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July 1, 2026Health Education JournalOpen Access

Responding to Racism in classroom and clinical settings: An international evaluation of a virtual simulation educational module for health professions students

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MLMarian Luctkar‐FludeCambrian CollegeDPDeborah Pina-ThomasUniversity of Colorado Colorado SpringsLKLaura A. KillamNipissing University

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Quasi-experimental study evaluates a virtual simulation module’s impact on addressing racism among health professions students, indicating significant improvement in cultural humility and...

Key Points

  • Evaluate the feasibility and impact of a virtual simulation educational module on cultural humility and perceived competence to respond to racism.
  • Quasi-experimental pretest-post-test multi-site design conducted across six academic sites in Canada and the USA.
  • Participants completed standardised prebriefing materials, three asynchronous virtual simulations, and a debrief.
  • Outcome measures included feasibility indicators, Simulation Effectiveness Tool–Modified, Foronda’s Cultural Humility Scale, and competency rubrics.
  • 354 participants consented, with 139 completing both pre- and post-surveys.
  • Cultural humility scores significantly increased post-intervention (p < .001), remaining in the usually culturally humble range.
  • Perceived competence to respond to racism improved significantly across scenarios (p < .001), nearing the competent learner category.

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Luctkar‐Flude et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a44af325cd2549c8bc44344https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969261457064
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