USA: New York City, NYP, Discharge Medication Comprehension among Families with Limited English Proficiency

Dr. Banker will not be taking students for the Summer of 2024.

This project is focused on looking at medication errors in Spanish speaking families who have children that were recently discharged from the hospital with a new oral medication versus English speaking families. This project will be done at both NYP MSCH and NYP Queens to include a larger academic center and a smaller community site. The study team screens the inpatient lists for patients who will be discharged soon and have the primary treating team give them more information and get consent. The team then contacts the family within 96 hours of discharge and does a survey over the phone. Bilingual medical students can join our team to help with surveying families as our goal is to enroll 200-300 patients - half Spanish speaking and half English speaking. 

Columbia University Faculty Liaison for this site: Sumeet Banker, MD, MPH
Mentor at the site: Hadley Brighton, MD, MA

Research opportunities available at this site:
Summer Research Projects, Scholarly Projects

Thematic Research Areas at this site:
Social Determinants of Health

Global Pop funds students from the following CUIMC Schools at this site:
VP&S

Language requirement:
Spanish

Preferred Experience in:
Knowledge of basic medications

Potential activities that could be carried out by students at this site:
Interviewing/Surveying, Attend regular Team/Site meetings, Data collection, Data analysis, Translation

Other requirements or information:
This site offers on-site orientation upon arrival.

This project provides students with an opportunity to learn about health disparities and survey methodology, work with patients that speak languages outside of English, and be involved in a study team with people of various levels of training (resident, fellow, attending, etc).