Up close and real: living and learning in a remote community builds students' cultural capabilities and understanding of health disparities

RD Thackrah, M Hall, K Fitzgerald… - International journal for …, 2017 - Springer
Background Rural and remote communities in Australia fare worse than their urban
counterparts across major health indicators, with geographic isolation, restricted …

Learning from follow-up of student placements in a remote community: a small qualitative study highlights personal and workforce benefits and opportunities

RD Thackrah, SC Thompson - BMC medical education, 2019 - Springer
Background The maldistribution of the Australian health workforce contributes to restricted
accessibility and poorer health outcomes for rural and remote populations, especially …

'Working together': an intercultural academic leadership programme to build health science educators' capacity to teach indigenous health and culture

A Durey, K Taylor, D Bessarab, M Kickett… - The Australian Journal …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Progress has been slow in improving health disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander (Indigenous) Australians and other Australians. While reasons for this are complex …

A brief experience for medical students in a remote Aboriginal community

J Benson, C Ryder, M Gill… - Australian Family …, 2015 - search.informit.org
Background: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly those in remote
communities, have lower access to health services when compared with the rest of the …

[HTML][HTML] Building cultural responsiveness in a mainstream health organisation with '8 Aboriginal Ways of Learning': a participatory action research study

E Webster, A Hall, Y Hill, C See, E Simons… - Australian and New …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Despite much effort and goodwill, the gap in health status between Aboriginal and
non‐Aboriginal Australians persists. Bringing Aboriginal cultural protocols and teaching …

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 …

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 …

Applying a midwifery Lens to indigenous health care delivery: the contribution of campus learning and rural placements to effecting systemic change

RD Thackrah, SC Thompson - Canadian Journal of Nursing …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Study background Increasing cultural safety in health settings is essential to address stark
health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Respect for cultural …

Challenges to student transition in allied health undergraduate education in the Australian rural and remote context: a synthesis of barriers and enablers

MC Spiers, M Harris - Rural and Remote Health, 2015 - search.informit.org
" Introduction: The optimum supply of an allied health workforce in rural and remote
communities is a persistent challenge. Despite previous indicative research and government …

“Listening to the silence quietly”: investigating the value of cultural immersion and remote experiential learning in preparing midwifery students for clinical practice

RD Thackrah, SC Thompson, A Durey - BMC Research Notes, 2014 - Springer
Background Cultural immersion programs are increasingly offered to medical and health
science students in an effort to provide experiential learning opportunities that focus on 'the …