Abstract:Background: The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo piloted an Asylum Medicine elective to improve medical students' knowledge, skill, and comfort serving refugee and asylum seeking patient populations. To augment traditional classroom learning, students also participated in community dinners at a local refugee shelter.Methods: Prior to and following community dinners, students completed a survey evaluating four primary endpoints: comfort speaking with an individual w… Show more
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