Adrianne Haggins1, Michael Clery2, James Ahn3, Emily Hogikyan4, Sheryl Heron5, Renee Johnson6, Laura R Hopson1. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine at Michigan Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA. 2. Department of Emergency Medicine Emory School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA. 3. Section of Emergency Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, and Program Director of Emergency Medicine University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA. 4. Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA. 5. Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA. 6. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern School of Medicine Houston Texas USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education expects specialties to teach and assess proficiency in culturally competent care. However, little guidance has emerged to achieve these goals. Clinical training within socioeconomically disparate settings may provide an experiential learning opportunity. We sought to qualitatively explore resident experiences working in the generic clinical learning environments (i.e., exposure to socioeconomically diverse patients across different training sites) and how it shapes cultural competency-related skill development. METHODS: Residents were recruited from emergency medicine (EM) programs. We used purposeful sampling across all postgraduate years and elicited experiences related to working at the different sites related to cultural identity, frustrating patient encounters, vulnerable populations, and development of health disparities/social determinants of health knowledge. Individual structured interviews were conducted via phone between May and December 2016. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, anonymized, and analyzed using systematic and iterative coding methods. RESULTS: Twenty-four interviews revealed three main themes. EM residents' experiences caring for patients across sites shaped their understanding of: (1) potential patient attributes that affected the clinical encounter, (2) difficulties in building rapport had adverse effect on the clinical evaluation, and (3) residency program and training experiences shaped their clinical preparedness and willingness to work in underserved areas. CONCLUSION: Assessing the impact disparate clinical setting exposures have on trainees' preparedness to care for socioeconomically diverse patients can provide valuable insight for medical educators into barriers and facilitators to delivering optimal learning and patient care. Participants provided a breadth of stories illuminating their real-world consciousness and competency with meeting the needs of diverse populations and their access to varied educational outlets to grapple with the disparities they observed. More research is needed to uncover effective strategies to help residents thrive and feel more prepared to care for diverse populations.
OBJECTIVES: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education expects specialties to teach and assess proficiency in culturally competent care. However, little guidance has emerged to achieve these goals. Clinical training within socioeconomically disparate settings may provide an experiential learning opportunity. We sought to qualitatively explore resident experiences working in the generic clinical learning environments (i.e., exposure to socioeconomically diverse patients across different training sites) and how it shapes cultural competency-related skill development. METHODS: Residents were recruited from emergency medicine (EM) programs. We used purposeful sampling across all postgraduate years and elicited experiences related to working at the different sites related to cultural identity, frustrating patient encounters, vulnerable populations, and development of health disparities/social determinants of health knowledge. Individual structured interviews were conducted via phone between May and December 2016. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, anonymized, and analyzed using systematic and iterative coding methods. RESULTS: Twenty-four interviews revealed three main themes. EM residents' experiences caring for patients across sites shaped their understanding of: (1) potential patient attributes that affected the clinical encounter, (2) difficulties in building rapport had adverse effect on the clinical evaluation, and (3) residency program and training experiences shaped their clinical preparedness and willingness to work in underserved areas. CONCLUSION: Assessing the impact disparate clinical setting exposures have on trainees' preparedness to care for socioeconomically diverse patients can provide valuable insight for medical educators into barriers and facilitators to delivering optimal learning and patient care. Participants provided a breadth of stories illuminating their real-world consciousness and competency with meeting the needs of diverse populations and their access to varied educational outlets to grapple with the disparities they observed. More research is needed to uncover effective strategies to help residents thrive and feel more prepared to care for diverse populations.
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