With the global increase of culturally diverse patients in healthcare, there is a demand for allied health students to become culturally competent. Cultural competence is the ongoing process of learning, understanding, and applying appropriate care, inclusion, and comfort to patients with appropriate treatment. Cultural competence education and training in nursing have extended into other allied health professions. The purpose of this literature review was to explore the benefits of including cultural competence education in an allied health curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students. Recent changes to professional standards and policies in healthcare have helped integrate cultural competence training. Healthcare programs attempt to outline curriculum implementation in academic settings to include cultural competence in didactic and clinical learning settings. Literature supports cultural immersion clinical experiences or study abroad trips. Training workshops are helpful for healthcare professionals as continuing education and an organizational standard. In the literature, the consensus is that more cultural competency training is needed. However, there is a lack of protocols or standards in implementing cultural competency training in healthcare educational programs. This literature review explains the conceptual definition of cultural competency and the framework theories. The impact of cultural competency in different healthcare professions is discussed, along with how cultural immersion, cultural competency training, and academic courses are implemented into healthcare curricula. This review provides foundational evidence to support the need to implement a cultural competence course for students pursuing a career in allied health. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]