Simulated Interactions with Deaf Patients

Each quarter ASL Fellows conduct patient simulations on a cancer-related topic with a Deaf patient. The topics for the patient simulations are as follows:

1. Breast Cancer
2. Testicular Cancer
3. Prostate Cancer
4. Cervical Cancer
5. Skin Cancer
6. Family Cancer Syndrome

ASL Fellows are videotaped and provided feedback based on:

1. ASL Skills
2. Interviewing skills
3. Appropriate Deaf Cultural behaviors
4. Use of eye contact
5. Use of facial expressions
6. Ability to understand the patients’ signs
7. Turn-taking skills
8. Appropriate responses to the patient’s concerns and question