Assignment/exercise
A Teach-the-Teacher Module for Human Trafficking Bedside Instruction
MedEdPORTAL, Vol.20, 11422
Association of American Medical Colleges
07/23/2024
DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11422
PMCID: PMC11263469
PMID: 39044803
Abstract
Introduction: Human trafficking (HT) is a public health issue that adversely affects patients’ well-being. Despite the prevalence of trafficked persons in health care settings, a lack of educational modules exists for use in clinical contexts. We developed a 50-minute train-the-trainer module on HT. Methods: After piloting the workshop for faculty, fellows, and residents (n = 19) at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) national conference, we implemented it in medical students’ curricula during their emergency medicine clerkship at the University of Iowa (n = 162). We evaluated the worskhop by (a) a retrospective pre-post survey of self-reported ability to (1) define HT, (2) recognize high-risk signs, (3) manage situations with trafficked persons, and (4) teach others about HT, and (b) a 3-month follow-up survey to assess longitudinal behavior change. Results: In both contexts, results demonstrated improvement across all learning outcomes (pre-post differences of 1.5, 1.3, 1.9, and 1.7 on a 4-point Likert-type scale for each learning objective above, respectively, at the SAEM conference and 1.2, 1.0, 1.3, and 1.3 at the University of Iowa; p < .001 for all). In the 3-month follow-up, we observed statistically significant changes in self-reported consideration of and teaching about HT during clinical encounters among learners who had previously never done either (p < .001 and p = .006, respectively). Discussion: This train-the-trainer module is a brief and effective clinical tool for bedside teaching about HT, especially among people who have never previously considered HT in a clinical context.
Educational Objectives
By the end of this activity, learners will be able to:
1. Describe different types of human trafficking.
2. Identify high-risk signs that can be used to identify trafficked patients.
3. Employ interactive learning methods in the clinical environment to instruct others on recognition and care of trafficked patients.
4. Describe an effective approach towards assessment and management of trafficked patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Teach-the-Teacher Module for Human Trafficking Bedside Instruction
- Creators
- Anthony Young - Fourth-Year Medical Student, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Co-primary authorsShannon Findlay - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsMichael Cole - University of Michigan–Ann ArborJames A. Cranford - University of Michigan–Ann ArborMichelle Daniel - University of California, San DiegoHarrison AlterMakini Chisolm-Straker - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiWendy L. Macias-KonstantopoulosWendi-Jo Wendt - Medical College of WisconsinHanni Stoklosa - Harvard University
- Resource Type
- Assignment/exercise
- Publication Details
- MedEdPORTAL, Vol.20, 11422
- Publisher
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- DOI
- 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11422
- PMID
- 39044803
- PMCID
- PMC11263469
- ISSN
- 2374-8265
- eISSN
- 2374-8265
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/23/2024
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984688451902771
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