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Medical Students as Medical Spanish Standardized Patients for Peer-to-Peer Communication Skills Practice and Feedback.
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Introduction: With the growing Hispanic population in the US and shortage of Spanish-speaking physicians, language barriers in health care persist. Training Spanish-speaking medical students as Standardized Patients (SPs) offers a promising strategy to enhance Medical Spanish communication skills and cultural competence among mainland US medical students. This module assesses the effectiveness of training medical students to serve as Spanish-speaking SPs to support Medical Spanish education. Methods: The module was implemented in two phases. In Phase 1, 16 Spanish-speaking medical students from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine were trained as Medical Spanish SPs. Their confidence in SP tasks was evaluated pre- and posttraining using a Likert scale (0 = Results: In Phase 1, Medical Spanish SPs' confidence significantly improved pre- to posttraining in performing as SPs (median score 3.0 to 4.0, Discussion: Training medical students as Spanish-speaking SPs effectively enhanced their skills and confidence as SPs. Mainland students highly valued these interactions. This approach can reduce cultural barriers, improving health care for Spanish-speaking populations.
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