Cultural competency is the ability to understand, interact, and work well with people of different cultures and ensure quality in health care among different cultural groups. The training exemplifies the use of cultural competency concepts in medical offices, professions, and organizations.

The Cultural Competency Training for healthcare providers and staff, works to address the cultural gap between physicians and their Pacific Islander patients. It covers linguistically appropriate services and Pacific Islander culture, values, beliefs, and perspectives on healthcare.

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination education program’s goal is to raise awareness to parents with kids age 9-17 and adults age 18- 26 about HPV and the importance of getting an HPV vaccination.

The clinical trials education program's goal is to increase overall awareness about clinical trials for medically underserved populations. The program currently focuses on recruitment of Pacific Islander populations to the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST).

Since 2003, the UH Cancer Center has provided clinical trials education to John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) medical students. Students work on problem-based learning scenarios featuring clinical trials, using the National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Trials Education Series—Cancer Clinical Trials: The In-Depth Program. Additionally, up to 5 first-year students are offered a year-long clinical trials shadowing program where they rotate training onsite at the Clinical Trials Office (CTO) and with oncologists who are part of the Hawaiʻi Cancer Consortium.