Cuellar Norma Graciela, Miller Alyssia, Knappen Jackson, Visina Jacqueline
University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Hisp Health Care Int. 2016 Dec;14(4):192-197. doi: 10.1177/1540415316673625. Epub 2016 Oct 25.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 17% of the U.S. population is Latino, with an expected increase to 31% by 2060. It is imperative that we prepare students who will be future health care providers with the resources needed to care for the Latino population, specifically increasing the number of Spanish-speaking health care providers who have some understanding of the Latino culture. There is a lack of health care providers who are educated about the Latino culture and lack mentorship in the development of medical conversational Spanish.
The Nicaragua Clinical Experience is a service learning abroad program embedded in an academic setting through the scholarship of cultural immersion, language development, health care, and leadership development of students.
The Nicaragua Clinical Experience is a unique academic program that prepares pre-health care majors to provide culturally congruent health care for the Latino population.
Students are prepared to care for Latino patients through the cultural immersion program and are also introduced to working in "team-based care" multidisciplinary groups to improve health care outcomes.
根据美国人口普查局的数据，美国17%的人口为拉丁裔，预计到2060年这一比例将增至31%。我们必须为未来的医疗服务提供者——学生们提供照顾拉丁裔人群所需的资源，特别是增加对拉丁裔文化有所了解的西班牙语医疗服务提供者的数量。目前缺乏接受过拉丁裔文化教育且在医学西班牙语会话发展方面缺乏指导的医疗服务提供者。
尼加拉瓜临床体验项目是一个海外服务学习项目，通过文化沉浸、语言发展、医疗保健和学生领导力发展的学术研究融入学术环境。
尼加拉瓜临床体验项目是一个独特的学术项目，为未来的医疗保健专业学生提供了为拉丁裔人群提供文化适配医疗服务的能力。
通过文化沉浸项目，学生们有能力照顾拉丁裔患者，并且还被引入到“团队式护理”多学科小组中工作，以改善医疗保健效果。
