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Medical students
Year 1: Cultural Awareness
Workshop
Bring
in the Flying Doctor (pdf)
Presentation by Prof Paul Worley
The Year 1 Graduate Entry Medical Program Cultural Awareness Program
commenced in 2000. This program is a joint initiative of the Office
of Education in the School of Medicine, the Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal
Health, The Flinders University Rural Clinical School (FURCS) and
the Flinders University Rural
Health Society (FURHS). Financial support is provided via the
Commonwealth funded ‘Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination
Grant’, administered by staff of the Flinders University Rural
Clinical School.
INTRODUCTION
The cultural awareness workshop provides opportunities to explore
the interaction between health and culture. All students have their
own cultures and various cultural experiences and it is envisaged
that these will be a valuable contribution to the program. The cultural
awareness workshop focuses on the health and culture of Indigenous
Australians with comparisons to other global Indigenous communities.
This focus is in line with current medical education opinions and
reflects the tremendous disparities in health experienced by Indigenous
Australians and a real desire by the medical community to redress
this.
AIM
The primary aim is to increase students’ awareness of factors,
both positive and negative, that may influence the doctor-patient
relationship and medical practice. It is hoped that the program
will spark further interest in the issues covered and lead people
to consider the merits of working in an Indigenous environment at
some stage of their career.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the program students will
- Know the definition of Indigenous health
- Learn about the history of Indigenous Australians and the impact
of that history on Indigenous Australians today
- Appreciate the current state of Indigenous health
- Be aware of the multiple determinants of Indigenous health
- Be exposed to local Indigenous people and culture.
ASSESSMENT
Information from all the Medicine and Culture sessions will form
the basis for questions in mid year and end of year Doctor, the
Profession and Society exams. This includes cultural awareness workshop,
medicine and culture lectures, relevant learning objectives from
PBL’s and readings.
Previous years' programs:
Year 1: Rural Day
Rural Day is the first opportunity for you to view rural life
through the lens of a medical student. We hope you will develop
an understanding of the breadth of rural practice and in particular
the procedural skills required to practice medicine remote from
a tertiary hospital. Students are also introduced to some of the
rural programs that are available during the GEMP course.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Doctor and Patient |
Knowledge of Health and Illness |
Doctor, the Profession and Society |
| Year 1:
Cultural Awareness Program |
Content
1. Basic exposure to clinical environments typical of rural
practice.
2. Basic cultural competence skills.
3. Gender sensitivity skills
Mechanism:
1. Standard tutorials
2. Skills Workshop at cultural awareness program
Assessment:
Yr 1 exams: |
Content:
1. Awareness that rurality impacts on health and illness the
delivery of health care
2. Awareness of the health status of the Australian Aboriginal
Community
3. Awareness of the effect of gender on health status
Mechanism:
1. PBL tutorials
2. Cultural awareness program.
3. Gender awareness workshop
Assessment:
Yr 1 exams |
Content:
1. Knowledge of rural opportunities available
2. Self care and personal safety
3. Develop cultural competence skills
4. Gender sensitivity
Mechanism:
1. PBL tutorials and self directed learning
2. Gender awareness workshop
3. Workshop at cultural awareness program.
Assessment:
Yr 1 exams |
AIM
At the end of the rural day it is hoped that students will have:
- Basic exposure to clinical environments typical of rural practice
- Awareness that rurality impacts on health and illness
- Knowledge of rural opportunities available in the GEMP curriculum
Presentation:
opportunities and benefits of the the PRCC programs (pdf, 2.7MB)
CURRENT and PREVIOUS YEAR'S PROGRAMS
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