Kripalani S, Bussey-Jones J, Katz MG, Genao I. J Gen Intern Med 2006 Oct; 21(10):1116-20. This article describes the current approaches to cultural competence education and proposes several elements that may improve cultural competence training in medical education. There are three major conceptual approaches: 1) Knowledge-based – multicultural/categorical approach, 2) Attitude-based – cultural sensitivity/awareness approach, and 3) Skill-building – the cross-cultural approach. The authors propose a “prescription for success in cultural competence education” as follows: Back to Related Articles.