Raoul K Khanna, Emmanuelle Blanchard, Jeremy Pasco, Patrice Diot, Denis Angoulvant
Reform of the first year of medical studies and diversification of student profiles in France: an unmet need?
BMC medical education
culturally linguistically diverse cald cancer patients report unmet informational emotional needs receiving radiotherapy rt feasibility study aimed evaluate clinical use instant translation device itd facilitate communication mandarinspeaking patients radiation therapists rtts within australian public rt setting primary aim assess ability convey information relating daily patient care build rapport using device singlearm prospective interventional trial employed patient rtt participants eligible patient participants aged 18 years older diagnosed cancer referred rt selfreported mandarin primary language spoken home patients previously received rt excluded consenting patient participants completed baseline assessment health literacy realmsf english proficiency lextale surveys administered patients consenting rtts cessation treatment forming two distinct participant groups descriptive statistics used compare participant groups eleven patients 36 rtts recruited study descriptive statistics demonstrated participant group agreement conveying treatment instructions though differing experiences reported general conversation although reporting technical difficulties inconsistent groups recommended application itd within rt domain feasibility study demonstrated encouraging accounts patients rtts regard itd use context rt treatment expanded multiinstitutional recruitment required yield statistical significance inform impact device determine requisite training requirements hrec reference number lnr18pmcc115 18100l hrec approval date 10 july 2018