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A year has flown by! Don’t worry, we’re still around and a lot is going on.

Please check out our recent peer-reviewed publication:

Training among non-custodial healthcare workers caring for patients experiencing incarceration: a preliminary investigation

Barnett H, Taylor Z, Booker L, Ricklefs C, Veltri K, Ervin DV, Gimarc K, Adedipe A. Training among non-custodial healthcare workers caring for patients experiencing incarceration: a preliminary investigation. J Correct Health Care. 2023;29(6):411-420. PMID: 37917880.

Abstract:

People experiencing incarceration in the United States receive much of their health care outside of custodial settings. Optimizing care in this setting requires further understanding of the training and experiences of noncustodial health care workers. We conducted a cross-sectional, exploratory survey of health care workers at a single academic institution to assess their training and experiences related to caring for this patient population. Of 333 respondents, 94.1% had cared for patients experiencing incarceration but only 22.5% had received any formal training, with 94.6% somewhat or very interested in further training. Common challenges included lack of privacy, difficulty obtaining patient history or completing an examination, and patient distress. Health care workers frequently experience challenges and report strong interest in further training to address knowledge gaps, and further detailed investigation is needed.

Training for residents and fellows: Thanks to UW GME and the UW Learning Gateway team, we are working on a formal training for UW residents and fellows to be included as a module on the Learning Gateway site. This training will be finalized this spring and expected to go live in June! If you are interested in participating in pilot testing or have questions, please get in touch!

New resource and advocacy group: If you have not done so yet, please check out https://www.scopesandshields.org/. This is a wonderful group we have been in touch with, and they have lots of resources available. Be sure to sign up for their newsletter: https://www.scopesandshields.org/contact!

Thank you for your care, interest, and advocacy for our patients!

It’s been a while since we have updated, but there is lots going!

Next steps!

Most importantly, our work over the next few months will focus on formalizing a training module for UW physician trainees. This work is being supported by the Learning Gateway team who will help optimize the training to be hosted through the UW training site.

Our first meeting to discuss the project model, goals, and audience specifics will be April 24th at 10am. If you are interested in joining and supporting this project, please get in touch and we will get you the link to join (hbarnett@uw.edu).

Task force work featured by GME!

Recently, the work done by the CPEI task force was featured by GME on Dr. Joyner’s blog! You can find some background on the group, links, and plans for next steps. Please check it out! We appreciate the ongoing support from GME, RFPU-NW, UW HQSC, and UW NURF.

Dr. Joyner’s Blog: January

Research

As you can see on Dr. Joyner’s blog, we have analyzed the responses we received to our survey on healthcare worker training and experiences caring for patients experiencing incarceration. Our findings have been helpful in planning next steps and goals for training. Thank you to everyone who participated in this survey!