Theodoros Kevrekidis, Angelos Markos, Theodora Boubonari, Athanasios Mogias, Paraskevi Malea, Chrisa Apostoloumi, Alkistis Kevrekidou
Assessing the impact of an integrated educational program on Greek students' knowledge about coastal lagoons and attitudes towards marine environment conservation
Marine pollution bulletin
urgent educational need examine current gaps cultural competencehumility diversity equity inclusion accessibility deia may significantly affect teaching learning environments among studentsfaculty mixedmethods study examined current level cultural competemility perceptions diversity equity inclusion deirelated challenges recommendations among studentsfaculty health professions students faculty completed survey including inventory assessing process cultural competemility among healthcare professionals iapcchcp openended questions dei perceptions needs data analyzed via descriptive statistics independent ttests qualitative data coded using thematic content analysis total 100 participants 64 students 38 faculty completed survey majority identified caucasian nonhispanic white female satisfied deiarelated schoollevel initiatives familiar use pronouns reflect genders compared students faculty scored slightly higher although significantly five six domains including cultural humility cultural awareness culture skill cultural encounters cultural desire participants shared need address 1 deia gaps knowledge schools health professions curriculum 2 involvement students 3 racism biases discrimination 4 recognition underrepresented groups training needs areas 1 deia assessment training students faculty 2 deia school activities 3 deiainformed policies 4 modifications clinical education faculty students expressed need enhance dei cultural knowledge findings guide development educational activities schoollevel dei initiatives schools health professions