Simulation-Based Trauma-Informed Care Education Instills Empathy and Improves Clinician Practices Towards Refugee and Migrant Populations

Introduction: Refugee and migrant communities carry histories wrought with trauma. These traumas and trauma-related responses often contribute to feelings of mistrust towards Western health care systems and can additionally foster negative clinician biases (conscious or unconscious) and attitudes towards these communities. Consequently, clinicians often fail to uncover underlying causes of poor health and distress for their refugee and migrant patients. Methods: = 44). Additionally, residents self-reported percentage increases in behaviors that promote equitable care for refugee and migrant patients 6 months postintervention. Discussion: This training enhanced clinicians' trauma-informed practices towards refugee and migrant patients, with learners qualitatively expressing a greater sense of empathy towards this community. While measuring the impact on learners' empathy requires further assessment, this educational innovation's preliminary success provides a foundation for the role of simulation-based learning in medical education.