Assessing Medical Student Readiness to Navigate Language Barriers in Telehealth: Cross-sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased telehealth usage in the United States. Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) face barriers to health care, which may be mitigated when providers work with professional interpreters. However, telehealth may exacerbate disparities if clinicians are not trained to work with interpreters in that setting. Although medical students are now involved in telehealth on an unprecedented scale, no educational innovations have been published that focus on digital care across language barriers.

Objective

The aim of this study is to investigate advanced medical students' confidence in caring for patients with LEP during telehealth encounters.

Methods

We administered a written survey to medical students on clinical cler

SUBMITTER: Yin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9412902 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature