Implementation of a cross-cultural simulation workshop: Feasibility and training satisfaction.

Abstract

Multiculturalism has played an important role in the history of psychology, yet cultural competency education can be limited in postgraduate training programs. This article reviews the current state of multiculturalism education and highlights the many benefits of incorporating the use of simulation-based training into multiculturalism curricula. Among the benefits of simulation-based training are the following: access to diverse standardized patients with scripts that provide consistent cross-cultural experiences for discussion among educators and trainees; reduced risk of remarginalizing by moving away from practices that rely on patients from traditionally marginalized backgrounds as sources for multiculturalism training; and the opportunity for outcomes-based assessment of culturally relevant service delivery. The current article outlines the acceptability and feasibility of a simulation-based training at an academic JULIA Z. BENJAMIN, PhD, is a pediatric pain psychologist at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. She earned her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her predoctoral internship in child psychology at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School as well as a postdoctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic focused on pediatric psychology. Her research and clinical interests include interdisciplinary treatment of chronic pain and functional symptom disorders, child and family adjustment to acute and chronic illness, and providing affirming care to youth who are diverse with regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.DAGOBERTO HEREDIA Jr., PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, where he contributes to the Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic and the John E. Herman Home and Treatment Facility. He is involved with various organizations dedicated to the well-being of people who navigate overlapping systemic inequities, including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Orgullo Latinx collective within the Latinx Psychological Association. He received his doctorate from Texas A&M University, completed his clinical internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. His clinical and research interests include the delivery of interdisciplinary and LGBT-affirming care that centers the experiences of marginalized communities, particularly sexual and gender diverse people of color.THIDA HAN, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist at Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. She specializes in providing rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology services for individuals with disabilities. Han received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Denver. She completed her clinical psychology internship at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and her postdoctoral fellowship in medical psychology and adult neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic. Her clin...

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