Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2020
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Modern Languages
First Advisor
Felice Coles
Second Advisor
Luanne Buchanan
Third Advisor
Douglass Sullivan-González
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This study investigates the perceptions of pre-health students regarding which clinical interpretation options are most effective, while also assessing their personal proficiencies of the Spanish language. Information obtained from the research survey provides a basis of research that may aid in assessing trends of interpretation services, allowing for improvements to be made to these services prior to the influx of Hispanic/Latino residents into Mississippi. This investigation is entirely conducted at the University of Mississippi and includes the ideas of undergraduate pre-medical students, pre-pharmacy students, pre-PA (physician’s assistant) students, pre-PT (physical therapy) students, pre-speech therapy students, and pre-nursing students. After 61 undergraduate students provided responses to the survey via SurveyMonkey, health professionals at the University of Mississippi were asked to provide commentary on the results, indicating preferences for bilingual doctors serving interpreting functions. The most significant results of this study support previous research on Spanish interpreters in the health care professions. Pre-med students at the University of Mississippi are indeed following the norms for the rest of the nation in recognizing a need for Spanish bilingual doctors and professionally trained in-person interpreters in the clinical setting. The surprising results, however, indicate that pre-med students at the University of Mississippi believe that Spanish bilingual doctors and professionally trained in-person interpreters offer more accessible and affordable services than previous research signifies.
Recommended Citation
Statham, Elizabeth, "Analyzing Perceptions of University of Mississippi Pre-Health Students Regarding the Effectiveness of Medical Interpretation Options" (2020). Honors Theses. 1454.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1454
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