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Overcoming language barriers when teaching interprofessional groups.

Jeanette Welsh¹

¹Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. jeanette.welsh@glos.nhs.uk

Emergency Nurse : the Journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association

|November 22, 2012

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Interprofessional training for unscheduled care staff requires clear communication. Trainers must ensure all participants understand medical terminology to improve team-based patient care delivery.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare education
Medical communication
Team-based care

Background:

Unscheduled care staff require effective preparation for team-based patient care.
Existing interprofessional training courses may present challenges.
Developing guidelines for interprofessional training is necessary.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the optimal preparation of unscheduled care staff for team-based patient care.
To identify issues within interprofessional training courses.
To inform the development of guidelines for interprofessional training.

Main Methods:

A small-scale qualitative study was conducted.
The study focused on the preparation of unscheduled care staff.
The research aimed to highlight problems in interprofessional training.

Main Results:

A key finding indicates that trainers cannot assume universal understanding of terminology among participants.
Variations in understanding medical terminology were observed.
This highlights a significant barrier in interprofessional training.

Conclusions:

Interprofessional training requires explicit clarification of terminology.
Guidelines for training should address potential communication barriers.
Ensuring shared understanding of terms is crucial for effective team-based care.