Adolescent Interview With a Medical Interpreter: A Standardized Patient Encounter for Pediatric Residents

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2023-10-18
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Background: Pediatricians can cultivate a more trusting relationship with their non-English speaking patients by emphasizing the importance of upholding patient confidentiality in the presence of an interpreter. We designed a case for pediatric residents to increase comfort when conducting an adolescent interview using a medical interpreter, emphasizing the importance of upholding patient confidentiality, specifically when discussing sensitive health topics.

Methods: We developed a standardized patient encounter (SPE) for pediatric residents at a large academic institution that focused on exploring sensitive health topics with an adolescent, non-English speaking female patient using an interpreter. A validated survey was administered upon completion of the case, prompting participants to reflect on their comfort and skills with specific activities before and after the case, and was analyzed using paired t-tests.

Results: Eighty-nine residents participated; 66 were interns and 23 were in their second year of residency. The mean scores of all paired survey items significantly increased after the case (p<0.01), indicating perceived personal growth in all educational objective categories. The majority of the participants (97%, N=86) agreed that they built skills in understanding cultural humility and caring for future patients (mean Likert scores: 4.91 and 5.10, respectively).

Conclusions: Upon completion of the case, residents reported increased comfort and skills using a medical interpreter for non-English speaking patients within the context of patient-centered care, discussing various sensitive health topics, emphasizing the importance of upholding patient confidentiality, and demonstrating skills in adolescent interviewing. Both medical confidentiality and cultural humility education can be integrated into simulation-based medical education to improve the quality of care for diverse patient populations.

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Hudson T, Hecht SM, Robbins C, McHenry MS, Byrne B. Adolescent Interview With a Medical Interpreter: A Standardized Patient Encounter for Pediatric Residents. Cureus. 2023;15(10):e47279. Published 2023 Oct 18. doi:10.7759/cureus.47279
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