Use of Simulated Patient Encounters to Teach Residents to Respond to Patients Who Discriminate Against Health Care Workers.

Background: Previous studies indicate that medical trainees frequently experience discrimination by patients. Little is known about effective strategies to teach trainees to respond to this discrimination.

Aim: To create a workshop for first-year residents utilizing standardized patients to improve skills in responding to patients exhibiting discrimination towards members of the health care team.

Impact of numeracy on understanding of prostate cancer risk reduction in PSA screening.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer in men of average risk remains controversial. Patients' ability to incorporate risk reduction data into their decision-making may depend on their numeracy. We assessed the impact of patients' numeracy on their understanding of the risk reduction benefits of PSA screening.