How do universities support communication skills for clinical placements with culturally and linguistically diverse students? A scoping review

The aim of this scoping review was to examine and synthesise contemporary research on clinical communication interventions for tertiary students from a culturally and linguistically diverse background enrolled in a health professional qualification. Clinical communication competence is essential to...

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Published in:Nurse education in practice 2024-01, Vol.74, p.103848-103848, Article 103848
Main Authors: Brewer, Margo L, Jackson, Emily, Bartle, Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Clinical medicine
Clinical placements
Clinical research
Clinical skills
College Students
Communication
Communication skills
Dentistry
Experiential learning
Foreign students
Health care
Higher education
Humans
Intervention
Learning
Medical personnel
Medical students
Non English Speaking
Non-English speakers
Patient communication
Physical therapy
Physiotherapy
Problem-Based Learning
Professional Education
Students, Nursing
Undergraduate Students
Universities
University students
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Summary:The aim of this scoping review was to examine and synthesise contemporary research on clinical communication interventions for tertiary students from a culturally and linguistically diverse background enrolled in a health professional qualification. Clinical communication competence is essential to high quality healthcare and thus is a critical component of all health professional education. The rise in tertiary students from non-English speaking backgrounds in Australia and many other countries has escalated concern over the communication skills required for success in clinical placements and future practice as a health professional. A scoping review was conducted using Arskey and O'Malley's methodological framework. The search targeted journal articles published in English between 2010 and 2022 in the databases Medline, CINAHL, ProQuest, Scopus, and Google Scholar. A total of 105 full texts were independently reviewed by the team of researchers, and hand-searching of the references in these studies was conducted. Eighteen articles were eligible for inclusion. The majority of studies involved a small scale (
ISSN:1471-5953
1873-5223
DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103848