Enhancing audiology students’ understanding of person-centered care: insights from an multi-national virtual student conference

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Table 1. Details of sessions.

Session Topic	Presenting Institution	Summary of Content	Session Recordings*
Session 1: Understanding Clients Perspectives of Person Centred Care	University of Pretoria, South Africa	The six elements of PCC were discussed. Video recordings of interviews with three individuals with hearing loss on their value of PCC were played during this session.	https://vimeo.com/781797209?share=copy
Session 2: The transition from university to placement, and how to begin implementing PCC in the clinic	University of Southampton, United Kingdom	A student’s experience of i) transitioning to clinic, ii) common mistakes made during the transition, and iii) practical examples for implementing PCC were provided.	https://vimeo.com/781812125?share=copy
Session 3: Simulated Patients Online	Aston University, United Kingdom	The effect that COVID-19 and how PCC was implemented in online consultations was discussed.	https://vimeo.com/781762851?share=copy
Session 4: Removing Barriers to PCC	Rush University, United States of America	The impact of health literacy on PCC with practical examples on how to overcome barriers when implementing PCC within community outreach programs.	https://vimeo.com/781763849?share=copy
Session 5: Overcoming Barriers to PCC in South Africa	University of Cape Town, South Africa	The cultural barriers within the South African context was discussed. Recommendations on which Ida tools should be used to overcome the barriers were made.	https://vimeo.com/781775246?share=copy
Session 6: Cultural Humility in the Clinic	Nova Southeastern University, United States of America	The differences between cultural competency (“I’m the expert”) and cultural humility (“You’re the expert”) were highlighted and discussed in the light of PCC.	https://vimeo.com/781776288?share=copy
Session 7: Engagement with speakers	All participating University hosts engaged with the participants on questions/queries raised

*Permission was obtained from the Ida Institute to share the video links (Ida Institute 2022).

Table 2. Demographic data of participating students.

Demographics	n (%)
Gender
Male	6 (5.8)
Female	97 (93.3)
Other	1 (1.0)
Country of participation
South Africa	18 (17.3)
United Kingdom	8 (7.7)
United States of America	77 (74.0)
South America	1 (1.0)
Europe	1 (1.0)
Ethnic Group
Caucasian related groups	71 (68.3)
Hispanic related groups	16 (15.4)
Asian related groups	10 (9.6)
Mixed or more than one ethnicity related groups	3 (2.9)
African related groups	2 (1.9)
Black related groups	2 (1.9)

Note. Participants self-identified their ethnic group; ethnicities were grouped together by dominant ethnicity identifiers.

Table 3. Retrospective pre-post scores with level of significance (WSR, p < 0.001).

Topics	Pre		Post		WSR Test	p-value
	Median (IQR)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Mean (SD)
Client perspectives of PCC	4.00 (2.00)	3.86 (0.97)	5.00 (1.00)	4.52 (0.64)	−5.79	<0.001
Motivation tools addressing cultural barriers	3.00 (1.00)	3.35 (1.07)	4.00 (1.00)	4.25 (0.69)	−7.06	<0.001
Cultural humility in the audiology clinic	4.00 (1.00)	3.51 (1.03)	5.00 (2.00)	4.35 (0.67)	−6.96	<0.001
Resources for implementation of PCC	4.00 (1.00)	3.55 (.108)	5.00 (1.00)	4.44 (0.68)	−6.42	<0.001
PCC in telehealth appointments	3.00 (2.00)	3.18 (1.13)	4.00 (1.00)	4.34 (0.72)	−7.24	<0.001
Role of health literacy in the community	3.00 (1.00)	3.44 (1.07)	5.00 (1.00)	4.44 (0.75)	−7.03	<0.001

Note. IQR = Interquartile Range; SD = standard deviation; WSR = Wilcoxon Signed Rank

Figure 1. Main themes and sub-themes that emerged from three open-ended questions.

Figure 2. Rating satisfaction of conference experience.

Ida Institute. 2022. Student Perspectives on PCC. Retrieved from www.idainstitute.com

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