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Assessing Deaf Cultural Competency of Physicians and Medical Students

Authors: Lisa Hoang, Sheila F. LaHousse, Melanie C. Nakaji, Georgia Robins Sadler

Published in: Journal of Cancer Education | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

The Medical Students, Cancer Control, and the Deaf Community Training program (DCT) intended to create physicians who were culturally competent to care for deaf patients were evaluated. DCT medical students (n = 22), UCSD medical faculty (n = 131), and non-DCT medical students (n = 211) were anonymously surveyed about their perceptions related to deaf patients, deaf cultural competency, and interpreter use. The faculty and non-DCT medical students displayed less knowledge than the DCT students. These findings suggest that training medical students in deaf cultural competency can significantly increase their capacity to care for community members and reduce the health disparities experienced by this community.

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Title: Assessing Deaf Cultural Competency of Physicians and Medical Students
Authors: Lisa Hoang
Sheila F. LaHousse
Melanie C. Nakaji
Georgia Robins Sadler
Publication date: 01-03-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Cancer Education / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Electronic ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-010-0144-4

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