Bed Prakash Sharma, Md Imdadul Haque, Md Biplob Hossain, Rebeka Jesmin Sarker, Ebney Sunjida Abedin, Md Shahinuzzaman, Kazi Saifuddin, Russell Kabir, Abm Alauddin Chowdhury
Depression and anxiety status among informal caregivers of patients with cancer treated at selected tertiary hospitals in Nepal
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
despite prevalence nonenglish languages us population existing medical training teach communication linguistically diverse communities limited electives solely focuses medical interpreting languageappropriate communication skills seldom comprehensively integrated medical education study describes development evaluation intervention teach foundational language equity concepts authors implemented preclinical language equity course three medical school campuses august 2020 march 2022 sessions focused impact language health physician language proficiency standards working medical interpreters study sought 1 understand students language skills prior clinical experiences patients nonenglish language preference 2 evaluate curriculums impact students selfreported language skills experiences part voluntary prequestionnaire pre postquestionnaires evaluated knowledge attitudes intent apply language equity concepts descriptive statistics chisquared tests used examine trends themes identified freetext responses overall 301 students completed course 252 83 completed least one questionnaire session 35 46 learners completed pre postquestionnaires three quarters 189252 reported nonenglish languages half 138252 reported previous nonenglish language patient care 28 62224 served ad hoc untrained interpreters two students 1 ever assessed medical language abilities students demonstrated improved postcourse language equity knowledge strategies interpretermediated encounters likelihood report plan language skills assessment p 001 plans multifaceted 61 3862 involving goals like completing language course taking proficiency exam openly discussing skills uncertainties team members increasing professional interpreter utilization longitudinal language equity curriculum feasibly integrated preclinical education highlight linguistic diversity student body serve first step ensuring students strong language equity foundation prior clinical rotations future steps include evaluating interventions potential longterm effects professional interpreter utilization student clinical performance institutional culture promotes multilingualism