Cynthia Cantarutti, Claudia Véliz, Lorena Isbej, Amanda Fredes
[Intercultural Competences in Chilean Dental Education for Inclusive Healthcare]
Revista medica de Chile
health professionals tanzania report perceived need sexual reproductive health communication training meet patient needs reduce disparities simulation optimizes clinical performance public entrustment study describes development feasibility acceptability measures evidencebased afrocentric standardized patient scenarios train nursing medical midwifery students sexual reproductive health tanzania standardized patient simulation cases embedded cultural language gender age sexuality legal complexity issues identified stakeholders dar es salaam centering on1 adolescent health 2 womens health 3 male health cases twentyfour health professional students evenly split across nursing midwifery medicine recruited enrolled participate pilot trial standardized patient simulations conducted kiswahili results recorded videos evaluated trained bilingual research staff using standardized behavioral checklists descriptive statistics bivariate analyses used assess pilot data study found seventyfive percent n 18 baseline participants n24 returned 3month followup simulation assessment powered statistical significance students showed improvement cases significant improvement male erectile dysfunction concerns case interpersonal communication 17 3445 p 005 medical history taking checklist t17 3259 p 005 students found opportunity practice using simulations helpful helpful sexual reproductive health education therefore concluded preliminary sexual reproductive health simulation data using standardized patients demonstrated feasibility acceptability among student participants