Evaluating Simulation Experiences to Help Navigate Racism and Hidden Bias

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

education intervention A-CHARM: Didactic education plus virtual simulation regarding discrimination in the hospital setting

Study summary

This study utilizes a quasi-experimental design to examine the acceptability, usability and impact of the A-CHARM resources including the pre-learning, the SEs and the debrief. Consenting participants will be asked to complete a demographic questionnaire and pre-simulation assessment of cultural humility using the Cultural Humility Scale, and cultural awareness using the Cultural Diversity Awareness Questionnaire. Participants will complete an education intervention that provides definitions of race, racism, and discrimination and provides an overview of the Six-Step Approach, ERASE framework and Microaggression Triangle model. Following the education intervention, they will complete a SE and a post-simulation questionnaire that reassess cultural humility, cultural awareness and the usability and acceptability of the SE.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Cultural Humility — Day 1
  To evaluate cultural humility the Foronda's Cultural Humility Scale will be used. This outcome measure includes 19 questions and was validated and tested with 322 undergraduate nursing and health sciences students and yielded a Cronbach's α = 0.85 (Foronda, Porter \& Phitwong, 2021). The Foronda Cultural Humility Scale has three subscales including 1) context for difference in perspective; 2) self-attributes; and 3) outcomes of cultural humility.

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