Survey: Familiarity With and Use of ASCO Guidelines for Culturally Competent Eye and Vision Care

The DEI SIG Wants Your Thoughts...

Before the DEI SIG meets again on December 3rd for its annual meeting, the SIG leaders would like your input. They are interested to find out how much your institution knows about and has used the ASCO Guidelines for Culturally Competent Eye and Vision Care [found here: https://optometriceducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Guidelines-for-Cult-Com-v2-7-24-2020.pdf]. (Background and a description of the Guidelines can be found here: https://optometriceducation.org/volunteer/diversity/cultural-competence/.)

Could you please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey as soon as possible -- c.o.b. November 9 is the deadline. Thanks so much!

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* 1. Have you heard of the ASCO Guidelines for Culturally Competent Eye and Vision Care?

Yes

Not Sure

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* 2. In general does your institution use the ASCO Guidelines for Culturally Competent Eye and Vision Care?

Yes

Not Sure

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* 3. If you answered YES to Question 1 (you know about the Guidelines) and NO to Question 2 (your institution does NOT use the Guidelines) could you briefly tell us why your college or university doesn't use the Guidelines?

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* 4. If you answered YES to Question 2, could you tell us which parts of the Guidelines document you use? The areas listed below are taken from the Guidelines table of contents. Please check all that apply.

Preface/Introduction/Rationale/Vision

Definition of Culture and Cultural Competence

Guiding Principles

Curricular Philosophy [Contains Attitudes/Knowledge/Skills Sections]

Curricular Integration [Contains Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence (TACCT) and TACCT Domains I-V]

Training Methods [Contains sections on teaching, communication models, self-awareness exercises, common ethnic stereotypes and student assessment for self-awarenes]

Program Assessment

Conclusion

References

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* 5. If you selected any of the boxes in Question 3 could you briefly describe for us how you or your institution use the section(s) of the Guidelines?

Thank you for completing the survey. If you have additional thoughts about the Guidelines, please feel free to contact Carol Brubaker at ASCO at cbrubaker@opted.org.