"How can I do more?" Cultural awareness training for hospital-based healthcare providers working with high Aboriginal caseload.
Vicki KerriganNicole LewisAlan CassMarita HeflerAnna P RalphPublished in: BMC medical education (2020)
Healthcare providers found cultural awareness training to be an invaluable entry point. Cultural education which elevates the Aboriginal health user's experience and provides health professionals with an opportunity for critical self-reflection and practical solutions for common cross-cultural clinical encounters may improve the delivery of culturally safe care. We conclude that revised models of cultural education should be developed, tested and evaluated. This requires institutional support, and recognition that cultural education can contribute to addressing systemic racism.