Cultural Competence
Conditions
Brief summary
There are three purposes for this study: I. to establish the construct validity (via factor analysis) of the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals - Student Version (IAPCC-SV) II. to determine the responsiveness of the IAPCC-SV III. to investigate demographic predictor variables of the IAPCC-SV It is hypothesized that: I. the variables will load on only one component, with each component being represented by a number of strongly loaded variables II. the IAPCC-SV will demonstrate responsiveness, evidenced by significantly higher post-module IAPCC-SV scores of the experimental group when compared to the control group III. the cultural composite score and race will be significant predictors of IAPCC-SV score
Interventions
OTHERCultural Competence Education module
A four hour cultural competence education module including lecture, case studies, and discussion of cultural competence.
Sponsors
Texas State University, San Marcos
Texas Physical Therapy Association
Texas Woman's University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* First semester PT students at Texas State will be eligible to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Students previously enrolled in a PT education program will be excluded from this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals - Student Version (IAPCC-SV) Score | pre and post module |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed