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Funded Research Projects
Dialogue McGill funds research projects that investigate the relation between language and access to health and social services for Official Language Minority Communities. After a diligent review, the following research projects were selected for funding.
Impact and Outcomes of Deaf Cultural Competency Training Workshops for Medical Students and Residents
It all begins with an idea.
The objective of the current project is to increase knowledge and understanding about serving Deaf patients in the context of heath care provision. Medical students and residents will become familiar with appropriate communication strategies, and be provided with detailed information about how to access specialized communication resources to facilitate interactions with Deaf patients.
Prior to our interactive lecture, a focus group will be held with members of the Deaf community. Our objective is to ensure that the diverse needs of the Deaf community – including considerations of gender, age and ethnicity – are adequately incorporated into our interactive lecture design.
Following from our 2017 pilot Project (where we held the DCC workshop with 2nd year medical students), we now plan to offer our DCC interactive lecture to all interested medical students at McGill University, in all years of training, as well as residents in Family Medicine.
Outcomes:
Unknown (2019, April). Pilot project: Implementation of Deaf Cultural Competency Training in the McGill Faculty of Medicine’s Undergraduate Medical Curriculum [Poster presentation]. Canadian Conference on Medical Education, Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada