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This exploratory study would involve both individual interviews and a focus group discussion with medical students who are involved in the podcast project. Students will also be observed during the course of their work on this project, and textual documents (i.e. emails, notes, and final reports) would be an additional valuable source of data.

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The proposed methodology is action research, with a touch of ethnography. Action research, because the students participating in the podcast project are actively creating a means of improving language accessibility for patients; ethnography, because as a researcher I am also supervisor on the project, and bring my own personal experience working with non-English speaking patients and community members.

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Interviews and focus group session would be recorded and transcribed. Qualitative analysis would consist of coding, then thematic analysis of the resulting data. Next, interpretation of these results and writing up of the research findings would be an integral part of trying to better understand the research topic.

The study would be assessed for rigor (in terms of sampling, quality of collected data, and a clear analysis process), member checking for credibility, utility (i.e. how useful are the results in terms of real-world application or applicability to other contexts), authenticity (capturing the participants perspectives and fostering change), as well as reflexivity (acknowledging the researchers’ role/influence on the research).

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What are the experiences of medical students working with community members to translate medical terminology into community languages?

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https://medicine.usask.ca/facultydev/index.php#ContactUs

M.Ed.(HPE) projects: https://portfolium.com/hsc125

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5427-0856

🎶: https://www.facebook.com/hummingbirdcrossingmusic/

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Welcome! Scroll along to discover different aspects of this research proposal: you’ll find a video intro, sample podcast, survey and more!

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Keep scrolling down for more of the background behind our Primary Care, Second Language podcast project!

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https://PollEv.com/free_text_polls/ZAGZq6eAKEEvvHEi0cigf/respond

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text HCHANG821 once to 37607 to respond, then submit as many questions as you like!

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Are we responding to our diverse population’s communication needs?

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Feedback will be sought from community members on participant interactions during this project. Email communications sent from participants to supervisor and written documentation of the project, including poster presentations submitted to the student research event, will be included as sources of textual data.

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Epistemology and ontology - and why this matters!

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Epistemology and ontology - and why this matters!

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As a constructivist, this project finds me leaning closer to critical research, exploring subjectivity, and issues of power and trust amongst researchers and subject. This also fits in with action research - and may cycle back on how to further improve access to care for patients who face language barriers, and from the perspective of what health care professionals can do on an individual basis (i.e. besides listening to podcasts).

From my perspective, the nature of truth is subjective, constantly evolving and changing. Similarly, learners’ perceptions of reality change with their experience; this project is designed to capture some of that changing perception and reflect this back to both the students involved in the project, and the learning context in which they are working. Further questions may arise from this work: do summer research projects influence the future paths of medical students? how do community members involved in this type of project describe their connection to health care, and how might this change through contact with medical students?

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Test your knowledge! Take this quick quiz!

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Test your knowledge! Take this quick quiz!

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Here’s a pilot podcast from this series featuring translation of medical terminology into Mandarin Chinese; this is the type of podcast that the students will be working on - thanks for listening!