Abstract
BackgroundCultural diversity teaching is increasingly present in both undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes. This study explored the views of stakeholders in medical education about the potential outcomes of cultural diversity teaching and how they thought cultural diversity programmes might be effectively evaluated.MethodsA semi-structured interview was undertaken with 61 stakeholders (including policymakers, diversity teachers, students and users). The data were analysed and themes identified.ResultsMany participants felt that clinical practice was improved through 'cultural diversity teaching' and this was mostly as a result of improved doctor-patient communication. There was a strong view that service users need to participate in the evaluation of outcomes of cultural diversity teaching.ConclusionThere is a general perception, rather than clear evidence, that cultural diversity teaching can have a positive effect on clinical practice. Cultural diversity teaching needs to be reviewed in undergraduate and postgraduate medicine and better evaluation tools need to be established.
Highlights
Cultural diversity teaching is increasingly present in both undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes
This paper reports on stakeholders' views about the perceived outcomes of cultural diversity teaching
This paper reports on the findings which explored the views of stakeholders in medical education about the potential outcomes of cultural diversity teaching and how they thought cultural diversity programmes might be effectively evaluated
Summary
Cultural diversity teaching is increasingly present in both undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes. This study explored the views of stakeholders in medical education about the potential outcomes of cultural diversity teaching and how they thought cultural diversity programmes might be effectively evaluated. The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health reported a case in which a young black man died after being inappropriately restrained. It accused the National Health Service of being racist, and advocated cultural awareness training for healthcare professionals [3]. This paper reports on stakeholders' views about the perceived outcomes of cultural diversity teaching. The discussion considers the implications for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education
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