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A model for large-scale, interprofessional, compulsory cross-cultural education with an indigenous focus.
- Source :
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Journal of allied health [J Allied Health] 2014 Spring; Vol. 43 (1), pp. 38-44. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Cultural competency training for health professionals is now a recognised strategy to address health disparities between minority and white populations in Western nations. In Australia, urgent action is required to "Close the Gap" between the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians and the dominant European population, and significantly, cultural competency development for health professionals has been identified as an important element to providing culturally safe care. This paper describes a compulsory interprofessional first-year unit in a large health sciences faculty in Australia, which aims to begin students on their journey to becoming culturally competent health professionals. Reporting primarily on qualitative student feedback from the unit's first year of implementation as well as the structure, learning objects, assessment, and approach to coordinating the unit, this paper provides a model for implementing quality wide-scale, interprofessional cultural competence education within a postcolonial context. Critical factors for the unit's implementation and ongoing success are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Australia
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Humans
Interdisciplinary Studies
Models, Educational
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Program Evaluation
White People
Cultural Competency education
Health Personnel education
Healthcare Disparities ethnology
Social Determinants of Health ethnology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1945-404X
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of allied health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24598898