Submission ID 77947
| Code | OC-5-6 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Student |
| Title | A Positive Change in Medical Student's Attitude After an Indigenous Health Curriculum |
| Background/Purpose | The longitudinal curriculum on Indigenous health of the medicine program at Université de Montréal was created in 2019 and consists of 5 lectures, one simulation activity and two clinical vignettes over 4 years. The goal of this study was to measure the impact of this curriculum during one year on student's attitudes towards Indigenous People. |
| Methods | Medical students completed two validated scales on old fashioned (O-PATAS) and modern (M-PATAS) prejudice toward Indigenous People. Data was collected at four moments in the curriculum: before training (T0), after two lectures (T1- 1 week after T0), after a few months and before a simulation activity (T2) and lastly after the simulation (T3). One-way ANOVAs were used to compare scores at different times. |
| Results | Overall, 182 participants were included in the study. There was a significant reduction of prejudices as measured by the O-PATAS, with a large effect size (F3,172= 13.45, P ˂ 0.001, ηp2= 0.19). Tukey post-hoc analyses showed a significant reduction at T1 (p=0.003), T2 (p ˂ 0.001) and T3 (p ˂ 0.001). There was a signification reduction of prejudices as measured by the M-PATAS, with a moderate effect size (F3,172= 6.48, P ˂ 0.001, ηp2= 0.10). Tukey post-hoc analyses showed a significant reduction at T1 (p=0.01) and T3 (p=0.002), but not at T2 (p = 0.11). |
| Discussion | Our results suggest that the longitudinal curriculum creates a positive change in attitude towards Indigenous people that is maintained through time. Further studies will be required to see if some activities have a larger impact than others. |
| Keyword 1 | Indigenous |
| Keyword 2 | Curriculum |
| Keyword 3 | Attitude |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Curriculum |
| Curriculum | Evaluation |
| Authors | Catherine St-Louis Catherine St-Louis Christophe Moderie Anne-Sophie Thommeret-Carrière Jean-Michel Leduc |
