Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study

Frontiers in Genetics

Genetics

Keri Finlay¹  Stephanie Best²  Lindsay F. Fowles³  Miranda E. Vidgen⁴  Priya Ramarao-Milne⁵  Nicola Waddell⁶  Gregory Pratt⁶  Satrio Nindyo Istiko⁷  Deborah Robins⁷  Jessica Bean⁷  Gary Hondow⁷  Louise Healy⁷  Aideen M. McInerney-Leo⁸  Erin Evans⁹  Katrina Cutler^1,10  Kate Sullivan^1,10 

[1] Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Genetic Support Network of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics Community Advisory Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Australian e-Health Research Centre, Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics Community Advisory Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics Community Advisory Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics Community Advisory Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics Community Advisory Group, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Health Consumers Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;Queensland Genomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;

关键词: genomics;    genetics;    education;    medical interpreter;    health interpreter;    culturally and linguistically diverse;    implementation;    evaluation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fgene.2021.771892

 received in 2021-09-07, accepted in 2021-12-29,  发布年份 2022

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Health Interpreters enable effective communication between health practitioners and patients with limited knowledge of the predominant language. This study developed and evaluated a training session introducing Health Interpreters to genetics. The online training was delivered multiple times as a single 2-h session comprising lectures and activities. Participants completed questionnaires (pre-, post-, and 6-months follow-up) to assess the impact of training on knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and self-reported practice behaviour. Questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, Fisher’s Exact, or independent t-test. In total, 118 interpreters participated in the training sessions. Respondent knowledge improved, with gains maintained at 6-months (p < 0.01). There were no changes in self-efficacy, and attitudes. Training did not change self-reported practice behaviour, but there was notable pre-existing variability in participants’ methods of managing unknown genetic words. Most respondents agreed that training was useful (93%) and relevant (79%) to their work. More respondents reported learning more from the case study activity (86%) than the group activity (58%). Health Interpreters found the training acceptable and demonstrated sustained improvement in knowledge of genetic concepts. Increased delivery of this training and associated research is needed to assess findings in a larger cohort and to measure the impact on patients.

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Copyright © 2022 Vidgen, Fowles, Istiko, Evans, Cutler, Sullivan, Bean, Healy, Hondow, McInerney-Leo, Pratt, Robins, Best, Finlay, Ramarao-Milne and Waddell.