Not Lost in Translation: The Use of Standardized Patients Technology among Health Professional Students in Tanzania.

Autor: Mkonyi E; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2 St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Silla NB; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St Suite E8527, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA., Rohloff CT; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Bldg, 56 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA., Lukumay GG; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Ross MW; Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE. Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA., Kohli N; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Bldg, 56 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA., Mgopa LR; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, United Nations Rd, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania., Massae AF; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mohammed IS; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2 St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Mushy SE; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mwakawanga DL; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Rosser BRS; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2 St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Trent M; Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street Baltimore, MD, 21287 USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: East African journal of health and science [East Afr J Health Sci] 2023; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 149-161. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 08.
DOI: 10.37284/eajhs.6.1.1243
Abstrakt: Health professionals in Tanzania report a perceived need for sexual and reproductive health communication training to meet patient needs and reduce disparities. Simulation optimizes clinical performance and public entrustment. The study describes the development, feasibility, and acceptability measures of evidence-based, Afrocentric, standardized patient scenarios to train nursing, medical, and midwifery students in sexual and reproductive health in Tanzania. Standardized patient simulation cases with embedded cultural, language, gender, age, sexuality, and legal complexity issues were identified by stakeholders in Dar es Salaam centering on;1) adolescent health, 2) women's health, and 3) male health cases. Twenty-four health professional students evenly split across nursing, midwifery, and medicine were recruited and enrolled to participate in a pilot trial of the standardized patient simulations conducted in Kiswahili and the results recorded. Videos were evaluated by trained bilingual research staff using standardized behavioral checklists. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were used to assess the pilot data. The study found that seventy-five percent (N =18) of baseline participants (N=24) returned for the 3-month follow-up simulation assessment. While not powered for statistical significance, students showed improvement in all cases and a significant improvement in the male erectile dysfunction concerns case for both interpersonal communication (t (17) = -3.445, p < .005) and medical history taking checklist (t (17)= -3.259, p < .005). Further, most students found the opportunity to practice using the simulations helpful or very helpful in their sexual and reproductive health education. It was therefore concluded that preliminary sexual and reproductive health simulation data using standardized patients demonstrated feasibility and acceptability among student participants.
Competing Interests: Maria Trent receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and research grants or supplies through a material transfer agreement from Hologic, Inc and SpeeDx, Ltd. Other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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