Exploring language barriers to Evidence-based Health Care (EBHC) in post-graduate medical students: a randomised trial

L M Letelier; N Zamarin; M Andrade; L Gabrielli; G Caiozzi; P Viviani; A Riquelme

Exploring language barriers to Evidence-based Health Care (EBHC) in post-graduate medical students: a randomised trial

L M Letelier, N Zamarin, M Andrade, L Gabrielli, G Caiozzi, P Viviani, A Riquelme

Clínica Universidad de los Andes

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BACKGROUND: Understanding the written English language might be a barrier when teaching Evidence-based Health Care (EBHC) to Spanish-speaking physicians.

AIM: To quantify the magnitude of this potential barrier.

METHOD: Cochrane Review abstracts in English or in Spanish were randomly distributed among first-year residents at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica of Chile. Residents answered investigator-designed questionnaires to measure their comprehension while the time needed to complete the task was recorded.

RESULTS: Groups were similar at baseline. Mean score for those reading in Spanish was 11.9 +/- 2.8 (range 5 to 18) compared to 10.5 +/- 3.8 (range 1 to 17) for those reading in English (p=0.04). Low scores ( pound 9) were twice as frequent for the English group than for the Spanish group (16.7% vs 34.7%; p=0.042). The time to complete the task was also longer for the group reading in English.

CONCLUSION: Language should be taken into account when teaching EBHC to Spanish-speaking physicians.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	82
Publicación	Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice
Volumen	20
N.º	3
Estado	Publicada - nov. 2007

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