Integrating Cultural Humility Into Infant Safe Sleep Counseling: A Pediatric Resident Simulation

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2021-12-31
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Introduction: Co-sleeping with infants is a common practice across cultures, but pediatricians may struggle to engage in patient-centered conversations about infant sleep practices with non-native English- speaking families. Cultural humility is a critical skill to utilize when engaging in cross-cultural conversations. We designed a simulation for pediatric residents to counsel on safe sleep and enhance skills in self-perceived cultural humility and preparedness when caring for diverse patient populations.

Methods: We created a simulation for the second year and senior pediatric residents at a large academic institution focused on a co-sleeping parent and infant from the Burmese community. The Multidimensional Cultural Humility Scale (MCHS) was administered prior to and after the simulation. We also included additional questions regarding changes in knowledge and preparation in engaging in co-sleeping conversations across cultures.

Results: Fifty-seven residents participated. Overall, the mean score of the MCHS significantly increased after the simulation, indicating an increase in self-perceived cultural humility. All participants felt more prepared to have conversations about co-sleeping and to engage in difficult conversations with diverse patient populations, and all learned valuable skills to improve care for future patients. Comments regarding the scenario noted an appreciation for learning more about the Burmese population and understanding new approaches to safe sleep counseling.

Discussion: After this simulated scenario, residents reported increased self-perceived cultural humility, preparedness in counseling on co-sleeping, and skills to engage in difficult conversations with diverse patient populations. Topics such as cultural humility can be incorporated into simulation-based medical education to help improve the care of diverse patient populations.

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Moore C, Hecht SM, Sui H, et al. Integrating Cultural Humility Into Infant Safe Sleep Counseling: A Pediatric Resident Simulation. Cureus. 2021;13(12):e20847. Published 2021 Dec 31. doi:10.7759/cureus.20847
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