U.S. medical student knowledge and interest in asylum seeker medical care
U.S. medical student knowledge and interest in asylum seeker medical care
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DOI：
10.1080/14739879.2022.2137856
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发表时间：
2022-10-30
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Heisler, Michele
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作者：
Das, Porag J.;Sagal, Kyra M.;Heisler, Michele
内容：寻求庇护者面临着重大和独特的医疗挑战，需要医疗保健从业人员，特别是在初级保健，接受培训，以照顾这一病人群体。然而，对医学生的兴趣和未来照顾美国寻求庇护者的能力的了解有限。项目目的：我们旨在了解美国医学生在为寻求庇护者提供护理方面的兴趣、经验和知识，以评估医学院校向学习者介绍寻求庇护者护理的方式是否需要改变。描述：从2020年6月至2021年3月，我们对四所与人权医生组织（PHR）有关联的庇护项目机构的美国医学生进行了一项23个问题的调查，询问了为寻求庇护者提供护理的各个方面。结果：在接受调查的约2846名学生中，有436名学生（15%）完成了全部调查。大多数受访者希望接受有关照顾寻求庇护者的培训（91%）。超过一半（52%）的人认为他们的庇护问题的整体知识为“穷人”或“无”，73%的人认为他们的医学院的课程对寻求庇护者的健康需要improvement.Conclusions：医科学生在学校与附属庇护诊所的愿望照顾寻求庇护者的病人，但觉得没有准备好这样做，突出了未满足的需要，在美国正式的庇护教育医学院。
Context: Asylum seekers face significant and unique healthcare challenges, requiring healthcare practitioners, specifically in primary care, to be trained to care for this patient population. However, there is limited understanding of medical students' interest in and future ability to care for the population of asylum seekers in the United States.Project Aims: We aim to understand U.S. medical students' interest, experience, and knowledge in providing care for asylum seekers to assess the need for change in the ways in which medical schools introduce asylum seeker care to learners.Description: A 23-question survey was administered to U.S. medical students at four institutions with asylum programmes affiliated with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) from June 2020 to March 2021, querying various aspects of providing care to asylum seekers.Outcomes: Of the approximately 2846 students who received the survey, 436 students (15%) completed it in its entirety. Most respondents desired training about caring for asylum seekers (91%). Over half (52%) rated their knowledge of asylum issues overall as 'poor' or 'none', and 73% thought their medical school's curriculum on asylum seeker health needed improvement.Conclusions: Medical students at schools with affiliated asylum clinics desire to care for asylum seeker patients but feel unprepared to do so, highlighting an unmet need for formal asylum education in U.S. medical schools.