Basma Y Kentab, Heather E Barry, Sinaa A Al-Aqeel, Carmel M Hughes
Improving medication dispensing and counselling for patients with vision impairment: a qualitative study of pharmacist-reported barriers and facilitators
BMC health services research
migration increasing globally societies becoming diverse multiethnic medical school curricula prepare students provide highquality care individuals communities serve previous research north america asia assessed effectiveness medical cultural competency training student preparedness delivery crosscultural care however student preparedness explored european context aim study investigate prepared finalyear medical students republic ireland roi feel provide care patients countries cultures ethnicities addition study aims explore students experiences perceptions crosscultural care finalyear medical students attending six medical schools within roi invited participate study modified version harvard crosscultural care survey cccs used assess preparedness skill trainingeducation attitudes data analysed using ibm spss statistics 280 fishers exact test employed compare differences within selfidentified ethnicity groups gender whilst respondents felt prepared care patients general 805 many felt unprepared care specific ethnic patient cohorts including patients minority ethnic background 507 irish traveller community 468 208 finalyear students felt received training crosscultural care time medical school respondents agreed assessed specifically skills cultural competence whilst medical school 832 large proportion finalyear medical students surveyed ireland feel inadequately prepared care ethnically diverse patients similarly report feeling unskilled core areas crosscultural care majority agree assessed aspects cultural competency study explores shortcomings cultural competency training confidence amongst irish medical students findings implications future research curricular change opportunities development relevant educational initiatives irish medical schools