Simulated scenarios, real impacts: Nursing study enlists student actors to explore bias and racism in obstetrical care
The College of Public Health’s Nursing Department is enlisting students from Temple’s School of Theater, Film and Media Arts to assist in a research study that will explore a troubling issue: bias and racism in obstetrical care. Student actors will portray pregnant patients and healthcare providers in the Nursing Department’s Simulation Lab, participating in simulated clinical scenarios where racial bias occurs. The clinical scenarios are based in part upon interviews with community residents from North Philadelphia who have experienced or witnessed discrimination or mis...