Training a medical workforce to meet the needs of diverse minority communities

F Sopoaga, T Zaharic, J Kokaua, S Covello - BMC medical education, 2017 - Springer
Background The growing demand for a competent health workforce to meet the needs of
increasingly diverse societies has been widely acknowledged. One medical school in New …

Cultural immersion in dietetics curricula: A method for ensuring Aboriginal pedagogies are used for Aboriginal educational content

A Davies, J Chen, M Allman‐Farinelli… - Nutrition & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims To describe an Aboriginal cultural immersion delivered to dietetics students at
a large university in Australia and assess its effectiveness as a method to teach Aboriginal …

Music therapy in the global age: Three keys to successful culturally centred practice

S Swamy - New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy, 2014 - search.informit.org
In today's postcolonial and globalised world, cultural competency is an ethical responsibility
for music therapy and other healing and social science disciplines. 1 Given this reality, how …

Using cultural immersion as the platform for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in an undergraduate medical curriculum

JD Smith, C Wolfe, S Springer, M Martin… - Rural and remote …, 2015 - search.informit.org
Introduction: In 2011 Bond University was looking for innovative ways to meet the
professional standards and guidelines in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in its …

Enhancing cultural awareness education for undergraduate medical students: Initial findings from a unique cultural immersion activity

S Sargeant, JD Smith… - Australasian medical …, 2016 - research.bond.edu.au
Background Cultural awareness education is mandatory for medical programs, with
particular emphasis on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. However, there is limited …

Reflections on an evaluation of the'remote health experience'-an interprofessional learning, cultural immersion program

S Lenthall, L Moore, M Bower, K Stothers… - Rural and Remote …, 2022 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Cultural immersion can be an effective method of health professional student
cultural learning, and part of interprofessional learning. This evaluation aimed to report the …

Community experience of a Pacific Immersion Programme for medical students in New Zealand

M Mauiliu, F Sopoaga, A Ekeroma - 2013 - sadil.ws
To obtain the views of the Pacific community about their involvement in a Pacific Immersion
Programme, to determine the programme's viability as a resource for medical education …

[HTML][HTML] Two decades in the making: reflecting on an approach to increase the participation and success of Pacific students at the Otago Medical School in New …

F Sopoaga, P Crampton, T Wilkinson… - Pacific Health …, 2016 - pacifichealthdialog.nz
Introduction: Health professional institutions are required to train a health workforce to meet
the needs of their increasingly diverse communities. One approach is to increase the …

Developing Content for an Online Virtual Interactive Simulation Case for Cultural Competency of Nursing Students in Caring for Puerto Ricans in New York City: A …

L Mathew - 2015 - repository.arizona.edu
With growing cultural diversity in the United States (US), health disparities continue to exist
among many ethnic minority populations impacting the US economy. Health disparities are …