|Videos|November 3, 2021

Is cultural competency a necessary optometric skill?

Author(s)Sheryl Stevenson, Matthew G. Pearce OD, DrPH, MPH, FAAO

Why ODs should consider their own culture and how it influences interactions with patients.

Discussing his lecture at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Matthew G. Pearce OD, DrPH, MPH, FAAO covers how cultural competency and racial disparities affect health and visual outcomes in the United States, with Optometry Times® content director, Sheryl Stevenson.

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