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important. As would be expected,
students’ “cultural competency” knowledge
improved significantly as a result of the
program. This was evaluated based on
the findings of a pre- and post-program
questionnaire. Both male and female
students improved significantly on all
40-items on the knowledge questionnaire.
A second group of students was evaluated
using a shorter, 15-item questionnaire on
their level of confidence to serve patients of
diverse populations.
While students’ knowledge scores
significantly increased, confidence scores
did not change significantly from pretraining to post-training. In discussing
these findings, Drs. Khauv and Alcatara
pointed out that there is some evidence
that chiropractic students begin their
cross-cultural training with a higher level
of confidence than other student cohorts.
Confidence is a key element to success in
cross-cultural care and chiropractors may
have a head start in this area.
Research shows that practice and
coaching is an essential part of developing a
full skillset a