Journal Article

Supporting migrants and refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: development, pilot implementation, and pilot evaluation of a continuing interprofessional education for healthcare providers

Kugler, Christiane, Jobst, Stefan, Meng, Michael, Windeisen, Matthias, Wuensch, Alexander

2020

Overview

Background Refugees and migrants face an increased risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Adequate care can be insufficient due to language barriers, cultural differences, and knowledge deficits of health service providers. Therefore, professional associations requested that healthcare providers to be educated to provide culturally sensitive care. An evidence-based educational intervention in the form of a continuing interprofessional education (CIPE) for healthcare providers on the topic of PTSD in migrants and refugees was developed, pilot-implemented, and evaluated according to the first two levels of the Kirkpatrick evaluation model (reaction and learning). Methods The development of a curriculum for the CIPE intervention was based on a narrative literature review. Its content was validated by experts ( N  = 17) in an online survey and analyzed using both the Content Validity Index and a thematic analysis. The evaluation of the CIPE intervention was performed by conducting a pilot study with a quasi-experimental single group, using a pre-posttest design. In total, there were 39 participants distributed among three pilot courses. We collected and analyzed data on satisfaction, knowledge, and feasibility. Results The curriculum for a half-day course, consisting of 8 modules, showed almost excellent content validity (S-CVI = 0.92). In the pilot-implementation phase, participants were “very satisfied” with the pilot courses and a positive effect on their knowledge was detected. No correlation between satisfaction and knowledge gain was found. Conclusions The CIPE intervention can be considered feasible and seems promising in its effects on satisfaction and knowledge. The insights gained in this study can be used to adapt and optimize the educational intervention, whereby the feedback from course attendees is particularly useful. Future studies need to further examine the effects in larger samples and more robust study designs.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
• Subject: Analysis / Curriculum development / Development and progression / Education / Evidence-based medicine / Health care industry / Health Personnel - education / Healthcare / Humans / Interprofessional continuing education / Interprofessional Education / Learning Theories / Literature Reviews / Medical Education / Medical personnel training / Medical research / Mental disorders / Mental health care / Migration / Pilot Projects / Pilot study / Post traumatic stress disorder / Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Psychiatric-mental health nursing / Psychotherapy / Refugee / Refugees / Research Article / Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy / Theory of Medicine/Bioethics / Transients and Migrants