节肢动物传播的疾病:用英语和西班牙语培训医疗服务提供者的模块
Algevis Wrench1, Andrea Celeste Vélez-Figueroa2, Julián J Rubio Gil de Lamadrid3
1Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources
|March 26, 2025
概括
医疗保健提供者可以通过完成关节动物传播疾病的互动模块来改善西班牙语患者的护理. 这项培训显著提高了对管理Chagas,登革热和西尼罗河病毒等疾病的知识和信心.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 关节动物传播的疾病 (例如,查加斯病,登革热,西尼罗河病毒) 对移民和来自西班牙语地区的旅行者构成风险.
- 预计美国西班牙裔人口将大幅增长,增加对文化上有能力的医疗保健的需求.
- 医疗保健从业人员需要对这些疾病有更深入的了解,以获得有效的患者护理和合规性.
研究的目的:
- 为医疗保健提供者开发和评估关于关节动物传播疾病的交互式教育模块.
- 提高提供者对管理这些疾病的知识和信心,特别是对西班牙语患者.
- 创建一个可适应各种医疗保健和学术环境的资源.
主要方法:
- 使用Kern的模型创建了一个长达一个小时的交互模块,包括演讲,视频和案例研究.
- 用英语和西班牙语开发材料,以满足各种医疗保健提供者的需求.
- 会议前后的评估与统计分析 (Wilcoxon排名总和测试) 评估了知识和信心的改善.
主要成果:
- 该模块以两种语言交付给了49名参与者 (学生和教师).
- 从会议前到会议后的评估中,在所有教育目标中都观察到显著的改善 (p < .01).
- 在五分利克特级别上,信任度的中位数从"略有自信" (2) 增加到"相当自信" (4).
结论:
- 开发的模块有效地提高了医疗保健提供者的知识和对管理关节动物传播疾病的信心.
- 这种资源对于服务于西班牙裔社区的提供者来说特别有价值,可以纳入相关课程.
- 建议进行进一步评估,以评估其对教师和工作人员的影响.
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