Medical teacher
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Language barriers may lead to poorer healthcare services for patients who do not speak the same language as their care provider. Despite the benefits of professional interpreters, care providers tend to underuse professional interpretation. Evidence suggests that students who received training on language barriers and interpreter use are more likely to utilize interpretation services. ⋯ This e-learning module improved students' knowledge and self-efficacy in using professional interpreters during the medical interview. Using such tools in medical curricula might encourage future doctors to use professional interpretation services to overcome language barriers, thereby potentially contributing to equitable healthcare services for a linguistically diverse patient population.
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Twitter is a tool for physicians to increase engagement of learners and the public, share scientific information, crowdsource new ideas, conduct, discuss and challenge emerging research, pursue professional development and continuing medical education, expand networks around specialized topics and provide moral support to colleagues. However, new users or skeptics may well be wary of its potential pitfalls. The aims of this commentary are to discuss the potential advantages of the Twitter platform for dialogue among physicians, to explore the barriers to accurate and high-quality healthcare discourse and, finally, to recommend potential safeguards physicians may employ against these threats in order to participate productively.
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The study aimed to gain an understanding of the attitudes of trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) trainees regarding procedure-based assessments (PBAs) and identify factors that influence any perceived educational benefit. ⋯ This is the first nationwide study offering a deeper insight into factors influencing T&O trainees' perceptions of the educational benefit gained from using PBAs. This study informs the debate on how to improve the effective use of PBAs in T&O training, and generally, of workplace-based assessments in surgical training.