Medical Students’ Experience in a Trauma Chaplain Shadowing Program: A Mixed Method Analysis

Figures & data

Table 1. Trauma chaplain shadowing participation and response rates from 2013 to 2018

Year	Number of respondents	Number of students who participated	Response rate (%)
2013	19	39	49
2014	17	27	63
2015	10	21	48
2016	10	15	67
2017	23	24	96
2018	21	22	95

Table 2. Summary of participant responses to Likert-style (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) questions on respondents’ trauma shadowing experience

Item	Mean (SD)	Median
‘This experience provided me with a greater understanding of the role of chaplains in patient care.’	4.72 (0.62)	5
‘This experience provided me with a greater understanding of how to engage patients and/or families in difficult conversations.’	4.11 (1.03)	4
‘This experience provided me with a greater understanding of how to appropriately discuss issues of spirituality with patients and/or families.’	3.78 (1.15)	4
‘This experience was useful for my medical education and/or career.’	4.58 (0.71)	5
‘This experience was useful for my personal development.’	4.54 (0.66)	5
‘Debriefing with chaplains after each encounter was a valuable part of my shadowing experience.’	4.41 (0.85)	5