ethnicity online::Video interviews:medical student

Ms Arani Chandrakumar

Arani is a fifth-year medical student at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.

Arani Chandrakumar

Video interviews are available in high- and low-quality video format , audio and as a transcription.

section one – personal information

Do you consider yourself a member of any religious group? [1.1: low quality video, 175 kb; 1.1: high quality video, 793 kb; 1.1: audio, 120 kb; 1.1: transcript]
What role does your faith have in your everyday life? [ 1.2: low quality video, 239 kb; 1.2: high quality video, 1.3 mb; 1.2: audio, 176 kb; 1.2: transcript]

section two – training

Is there any training on your course with regards to healthcare in a multi-cultural society? [2.1: low quality video, 584 kb; 2.1: high quality video, 3 mb; 2.1: audio, 485 kb; 2.1: transcript]
Would you like to see further training available on the care of ethnic minority patients? [2.2: low quality video, 505 kb; 2.2: high quality video, 2.6 mb; 2.2: audio, 408 kb; 2.2: transcript]
Do you feel that you are equipped with the right amount of knowledge to deal with a range of people from various cultural backgrounds? [2.3: low quality video, 443 kb; 2.3: high quality video, 2.3 mb; 2.3: audio, 351 kb; 2.3: transcript]
How important do you feel it is to learn about various cultural backgrounds in terms of differentiated healthcare? [2.4: low quality video, 596 kb; 2.4: high quality video, 3 mb; 2.4: audio, 479 kb; 2.4: transcript]
As a student, have you found any resources on caring for ethnic minority patients that have been of use to you? [2.5: low quality video, 186 kb; 2.5: high quality video, 1 mb; 2.5: audio, 108 kb; 2.5: transcript]

section three – conflict between your cultural beliefs and healthcare

Do you find it hard studying for a medical qualification and balancing your cultural beliefs? [3.1: low quality video, 156 kb; 3.1: high quality video, 881 kb; a3.1: audio, 102 kb; 3.1: transcript]
Are there any areas of medicine you feel uncomfortable dealing with? [3.2: low quality video, 106 kb; 3.2: high quality video, 2.26 mb; 3.2: audio, 2.2 mb; 3.2: transcript]
Do you feel your cultural background has had an influence on your decision to go into healthcare? [3.3: low quality video, 342 kb; high quality video, 1 mb; 3.3: audio, 1 mb; 3.3: transcript]

section four – practical experience

Have you had any practical experience in caring for a patient from an ethnic minority group; if so, how did this experience go? [4.1: low quality video, 623 kb; 4.1: high quality video, 3.1 mb; 4.1: audio, 3.1 mb; 4.1: transcript]
What would you do to resolve a language barrier between yourself and a patient? [4.2: low quality video, 201 kb; 4.2: high quality video, 1009 kb; 4.2: audio, 130 kb; 4.2: transcript]
If a healthcare worker could speak various languages, do you think it would be a good idea for patients who needed assistance in this area to be assigned to this doctor in order to improve communication? [4.3: low quality video, 417 kb; 4.3: high quality video, 2.2 mb; 4.3: audio, 2.2 mb; 4.3: transcript]
What practices have you seen for the care of ethnic minority patients that have been particularly effective? [4.4: low quality video, 301 kb; 4.4: high quality video, 1.4 mb; 4.4: audio, 225 kb; 4.4: transcript]
What advice would you give to future medical students with regards to the care of patients from various cultural backgrounds? [4.5: low quality video, 418 kb; 4.5: high quality video, 2.2 mb; 4.5: audio, 2.2 mb; 4.5: transcript]

section five – future developments

What future practices can you envisage that will further help the care of ethnic minority patients? [5.1: low quality video, 354 kb; 5.1: high quality video, 1.9 mb; 5.1: audio, 270 kb; 5.1: transcript]

section six – miscellaneous

Can you talk about the following: Being a medical student in a diverse and multi-cultural society? [6.1: low quality video, 508 kb; 6.1: high quality video, 2.6 mb; 6.1: audio, 380 kb; 6.1: transcript]