Megan E L Brown, Neha Ahuja, Vanessa Sivam, Alisha Khanna, Ravi Parekh
A qualitative evaluation of the impact of a medical student school outreach project on both medical students and school pupils
BMJ open
working culturally diverse environment entails moral professional responsibility provide culturally competent care recognised important measure reduce health inequalities improve quality care increase patient satisfaction aim study assess level cultural competence nursing students decade introduction transcultural nursing content nursing curriculum slovenia descriptive crosssectional design 180 syear nursing students convenience sample used cultural competence assessed using cultural competence assessment tool ccatool via online survey ibm spss facilitated statistical analysis using descriptive statistics inferential methods including chisquare test nonparametric tests mann whitney u kruskalwallis h wilcoxon signedrank used nonnormally distributed data shapirowilk test p 005 significance set p 005 results indicate students demonstrate high level cultural competence although room improvement terms cultural sensitivity determined coding ccatool results also show remarkable contrast selfassessed scores objective scores obtained ccatool coding statements subscale p 0005 addition significant differences p 0002 found subscale cultural knowledge particularly students lived abroad 6 months latter group higher score ccatool indicating greater cultural knowledge study suggests presence transcultural elements slovenian nursing curriculum associated higher selfreported levels cultural competence among nursing students although present research design allow causal interpretations competence immense importance preparing students future professional environment however crucial refine nursing curriculum especially greater integration transcultural content health disciplines addition introduction innovative teaching learning approaches better prepare students deal diverse cultural experiences encounter nursing careers