Background: The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) developed a recent accreditation standard requiring medical schools “must prepare medical students to function collaboratively on health care teams that include health professionals from other disciplines as they provide coordinated services to patients”.  Our academic tertiary medical center does not offer training for non-physician medical learners, therefore […]

Background: One in five Americans (64 million) speak a language other than English, and one in twelve Americans (26 million) speak English less than “very well”, classifying them as having limited English proficiency (LEP). LEP patients have difficulty navigating the healthcare system due to language barriers in understanding their treatment plans, communicating with providers and […]

Background: Hospitalized patients are consented for procedures on a daily basis, and obtaining informed consent is a core competency in professionalism and medical ethics for hospitalists.  This provides an opportunity for academic hospitalists to evaluate this skill.  AAMC released Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency (CEPAER) as a reference for graduating medical students, and […]

Background: The Limited English Proficiency (LEP) population is at higher risk of receiving poorer care and worse health outcomes compared to their English-speaking counterparts. Interpreters should be utilized to help improve these encounters, but physicians are rarely trained on how to work with interpreters effectively. This is reflected in a prior study showing that residents […]

Background: HCAHPS is a nationally standardized, publically reported survey of patients’ perspective of healthcare. However, the effect of HCAHPS reporting on hospitals with baseline low versus baseline high patient satisfaction with physicians has not been studied.  Therefore, our objective was to compare the long-term changes in the patient satisfaction with physicians in hospitals with baseline […]

Background: When people with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) access the US healthcare system, a disparity is created, leading to worse outcomes and lower quality of care.1-5 In-person interpreters are essential in circumventing these disparities, yet pitfalls to collaboration between providers and interpreters persist.6-9 This study’s goal was to assess barriers and identify opportunities for intervention […]