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Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of Integration into Medical School Curriculum*
OBJECTIVES: Few medical schools incorporate formal education on human trafficking (HT) and sex trafficking (ST) into their curriculum. Our objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate education on HT and ST in the first-year medical student curriculum. METHODS: The curriculum included a standar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10265360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37324053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23821205231164088 |
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author | Das, Devika M Talbott, Jennifer MV Dutcher, Jordan S Buras, Matthew Lim, Elisabeth Vegunta, Suneela David, Paru Kling, Juliana M |
author_facet | Das, Devika M Talbott, Jennifer MV Dutcher, Jordan S Buras, Matthew Lim, Elisabeth Vegunta, Suneela David, Paru Kling, Juliana M |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Few medical schools incorporate formal education on human trafficking (HT) and sex trafficking (ST) into their curriculum. Our objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate education on HT and ST in the first-year medical student curriculum. METHODS: The curriculum included a standardized patient (SP) experience and lecture. As part of their mandatory sexual health course, students interviewed an SP who presented with red flags for ST and then participated in a discussion led by a physician-facilitator in an observed small group setting. A multiple-choice survey to assess knowledge about HT and ST was developed and administered to students before and after the SP interview. RESULTS: Of the 50 first-year medical students, 29 (58%) participated in the survey. Compared with the students’ baseline scores (according to the percentage of correct responses), scores after the educational intervention showed a significant increase in percentage correct on questions related to trafficking definition and scope (elder care, P = .01; landscaping, P = .03); victim identification (P < .001); referral to services (P < .001); legal issues (P = .01); and security (P < .001). On the basis of the feedback, a 2-hour lecture, which was adapted from the American Medical Women's Association–Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans “Learn to Identify and Fight Trafficking” training, was presented the next year to all first-year medical students as part of their longitudinal clinical skills course and before the SP case. Curriculum objectives included learning trafficking definitions, victim/survivor identification, intersections with health care, the local impact of HT, and available resources. CONCLUSION: This curriculum fulfills course objectives and could be replicated at other institutions. Further evaluation of this pilot curriculum is necessary to evaluate its effectiveness. |
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spelling | pubmed-102653602023-06-15 Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of Integration into Medical School Curriculum* Das, Devika M Talbott, Jennifer MV Dutcher, Jordan S Buras, Matthew Lim, Elisabeth Vegunta, Suneela David, Paru Kling, Juliana M J Med Educ Curric Dev Original Research Article OBJECTIVES: Few medical schools incorporate formal education on human trafficking (HT) and sex trafficking (ST) into their curriculum. Our objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate education on HT and ST in the first-year medical student curriculum. METHODS: The curriculum included a standardized patient (SP) experience and lecture. As part of their mandatory sexual health course, students interviewed an SP who presented with red flags for ST and then participated in a discussion led by a physician-facilitator in an observed small group setting. A multiple-choice survey to assess knowledge about HT and ST was developed and administered to students before and after the SP interview. RESULTS: Of the 50 first-year medical students, 29 (58%) participated in the survey. Compared with the students’ baseline scores (according to the percentage of correct responses), scores after the educational intervention showed a significant increase in percentage correct on questions related to trafficking definition and scope (elder care, P = .01; landscaping, P = .03); victim identification (P < .001); referral to services (P < .001); legal issues (P = .01); and security (P < .001). On the basis of the feedback, a 2-hour lecture, which was adapted from the American Medical Women's Association–Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans “Learn to Identify and Fight Trafficking” training, was presented the next year to all first-year medical students as part of their longitudinal clinical skills course and before the SP case. Curriculum objectives included learning trafficking definitions, victim/survivor identification, intersections with health care, the local impact of HT, and available resources. CONCLUSION: This curriculum fulfills course objectives and could be replicated at other institutions. Further evaluation of this pilot curriculum is necessary to evaluate its effectiveness. SAGE Publications 2023-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10265360/ /pubmed/37324053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23821205231164088 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Das, Devika M Talbott, Jennifer MV Dutcher, Jordan S Buras, Matthew Lim, Elisabeth Vegunta, Suneela David, Paru Kling, Juliana M Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title | Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of
Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title_full | Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of
Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title_fullStr | Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of
Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of
Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title_short | Human Trafficking Education: A Pilot Study of
Integration into Medical School Curriculum* |
title_sort | human trafficking education: a pilot study of
integration into medical school curriculum* |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10265360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37324053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23821205231164088 |
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