Biomedical subjects
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Standardized evaluation criteria would be useful for sorting through the huge volume of medical educational information now available on the Internet. The authors developed and pilot-tested a simple rating instrument. Using this instrument, students identified preferred Web sites and indicated that speed was particularly important in their assessments.
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Meeting compliance requirements to report information such as provider satisfaction typically inspires groans, followed by hasty actions by those who must collect and supply the information. Reports often reflect this lack of interest as findings are rarely defended as representative. Our medical group employed statistical methodology to make this process meaningful while also keeping it fairly simple and without incurring added costs. By establishing our provider satisfaction survey as a scientifically based endeavor, we improved the likelihood the provider would actively and honestly participate, and report findings with confidence.
Teaching cross cultural communication typically involves instruction in differences between groups. As part of this course in cross cultural communication, six specific underserved population groups are introduced to students as a cultural experience. Additionally, instruction is provided to sensitize students to their personal biases and prejudices through videotaped mock interviews. The combination of instruction and experience forms a paradigm for teaching cross cultural communication in a way that has personal and immediate impact on faculty members and students. The model, "Differences + Discomforts = Discoveries," inhibits factionalizing and promotes depth of knowledge about underserved groups as well as personal awareness of prejudicial feelings. As a result, students learn techniques to provide unbiased health care to these, and other, populations.