Social Determinants of Health: A Multilingual Standardized Patient Case to Practice Interpreter Use in a Telehealth Visit
Lead Author: Gigi Guizado de Nathan
Submitted by: Amy Lorion, National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners

Guizado de Nathan et al. describe a piloted simulation for teaching students the use of medical interpreters, a pilot created in recognition that the “growing diversity of the United States population and strong evidence of disparities in health care make it critically important to educate health care professionals to effectively address issues of culture.” They designed a telehealth case that includes an SP and a simulated medical interpreter, both bilingual, in a scenario that requires the student to both identify the need for an interpreter and to communicate with the patient through that interpreter.

The authors’ explanation of the process demonstrates awareness of the ASPE SOBPs, citing pertinent SOBPs throughout the descriptions of pilot design, recruitment, and training. The urgency of the topic remains at the forefront of the article, such as the note in the discussion section that “[t]he value of this educational activity is its ability to foreground a population that has been socially marginalized and to practice the skills urgently needed to close a gap in care.” The pilot used four versions of the case (in Spanish, Tagalog, Igbo, and French), and the authors provide all four versions of the case materials as well as the participant guides and the grading rubric as appendices.

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