Patti Pagels|Tiffany B. Kindratt|Danielle Arnold|Jeffrey Brandt|Grant Woodfin|Nora Gimpel
Training Family Medicine Residents in Effective Communication Skills While Utilizing Promotoras as Standardized Patients in OSCEs: A Health Literacy Curriculum
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|Children's Hospital Colorado|University of Colorado Denver|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
introduction future health care providers need trained knowledge skills effectively communicate patients limited health literacy purpose study develop evaluate curriculum designed increase residents health literacy knowledge improve communication skills work interpreter materials methods family medicine residents n 25 participated health literacy training included didactic lectures objective structured clinical examination osce community promotoras acted standardized patients evaluated residents ability measure patients health literacy communicate effectively using teachback ask 3 methods appropriately use interpreter pre postknowledge attitudes postdidactic feedback obtained compared osce scores group received training didactic group previous graduates residents reported skills used practice three months later results family medicine residents showed increase health literacy knowledge p 0001 scored adequately expertly performed range osce residents reported using teachback method 778 translator effectively 778 three months later conclusions innovative health literacy osce replicated medical learners levels training