Simulation-Based Trauma-Informed Care Education Instills Empathy and Improves Clinician Practices Towards Refugee and Migrant Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Refugee and migrant communities carry histories wrought with trauma. These traumas and trauma-related responses often contribute to feelings of mistrust towards Western health care systems and can additionally foster negative clinician biases (conscious or unconscious) and attitudes towards these communities. Consequently, clinicians often fail to uncover underlying causes of poor health and distress for their refugee and migrant patients.

Methods

To dismantle biases and cultivate empathy towards refugee and migrant patients, we developed a 1-hour simulation-based educational workshop to train clinicians to think critically about incorporating trauma-informed care (TIC) for these patients' unique needs. We introduced this tool to the GME curricula at Texas Tech

SUBMITTER: Palnati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638314 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature