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ArticleCureus2019

Evaluation of a Spanish Health Topics Course for Undergraduate Pre-health Latino Students.

Pilar Ortega, Yoon Soo Park, Alicia J Rodriguez, Jorge A Girotti

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pilar OrtegaMedical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Yoon Soo ParkMedical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Alicia J RodriguezMiscellaneous, Arturo Velásquez Institute of Richard J. Daley College, Chicago, USA.
Jorge A GirottiMedical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Richard J. Daley College · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLanguage concordance between doctors and patients and increased matriculation of underrepresented minorities in medical school are commonly cited goals of medical centers and medical schools in addressing health disparities for individuals with limited English proficiency. Pre-medical education may represent a high-yield untapped opportunity to address both through a Spanish Health Topics, or DISCUSSION: Most students reported benefits of the course. Future studies should focus on a more detailed evaluation of enrolled students' knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and long-term retention compared to students in a standard premedical path.

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hispanic/latino healthlanguage concordancelimited english proficiencymedical spanishpipeline programspremedical educationunderrepresented minorities

Identifiers

PMID31754560
PMCPMC6827707
OpenAlexW2978031496

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