Cultural competency perceptions of physician assistant students

dc.contributor.author	Hook, Amy
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-22T14:45:11Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-22T14:45:11Z
dc.date.copyright	2008
dc.date.issued	2008-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1596
dc.description	A project presented to the Department of Physician Assistant of Wichita State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Physician Assistant.	en
dc.description.abstract	Cultural competency education has become increasingly important in health care education in order to treat patients in a nation of diversity. A standardized way of introducing cultural competency material and testing its effectiveness has not yet been formalized. Methodology: The purpose of this study was to analyze whether cultural competency attitudes of physician assistant students changed after completing a cultural competency curriculum based on a federally funded diversity workforce grant. A pre and post intervention survey of 15 questions was completed by a class of 42 physician assistant students. Results were analyzed using the Chi-Square statistic. Results: Attitudes regarding cultural competency were primarily unchanged from before and after completing the cultural competency curriculum. However, one item was statistically significant in terms of a relationship between pre and post intervention. Students initially believed that PAs cannot give excellent health care without knowing the patients’ understanding of their illness. However, after completing the cultural competency curriculum, students believed that PAs could do so. Conclusion: This preliminary study of PA students’ attitudes of cultural competency represents the attitudes of one class of PA students, where no significant changes were seen. Further studies are recommended in order to assess a variety of PA programs and cultural competency curricula.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This project was funded in part by the Workforce Diversity Initiative Grant, funded by US/DHHS, grant number D57HP05123, 2005-2008, Richard Muma, PI.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Wichita State University. Graduate School	en
dc.subject	Physician assistants	en
dc.subject	Education	en
dc.subject	Cultural competency curriculum	en
dc.subject	Medicine -- Study and teaching	en
dc.subject	Workforce development	en
dc.title	Cultural competency perceptions of physician assistant students	en
dc.type	Research project	en
dc.DoNotUse.field	Muma, Richard D.