SCPMG University: Helping New Physicians Adapt and Succeed.
By Jeffrey Weisz, MD; Nancy H Spiegel, MS

An individual’s first few months with an organization are crucial. During that period, professionals develop a sense of what is important, what the organization expects from them, and what they can expect in return. Mean scores, from first-year, pre- to postprogram surveys, improved significantly on 11 of 14 items demonstrating the success of the University program in helping physicians adapt to their new positions, thus laying the foundation for a successful career within the medical group.
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At a Decade: Centers of Excellence in Culturally Competent Care.
By Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH

Rapidly increasing national racial and ethnic diversity calls for interventions that are culturally specific to improve patients’ health outcomes and to eliminate health disparities. Kaiser Permanente developed nine innovative Centers of Excellence in Culturally Competent Care that are population-based, data-driven research projects that unravel and explain the dynamic processes by which culture, race, and ethnicity interact in health care delivery settings.
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