Indigenous health: designing a clinical orientation program valued by learners.
Tania HuriaSuetonia PalmerLutz BeckertCameron LaceySuzanne PitamaPublished in: BMC medical education (2017)
Undergraduate medical students valued an indigenous health program delivered in an authentic indigenous environment and that explicitly reframed historical notions of indigenous health to contextualize learning. Content relevant to clinical practice, faculty knowledge, and strengthened peer interactions combined to build learner confidence and self-reported indigenous health competencies. These findings suggest empirical evidence to support a curriculum approach to indigenous health teaching that enhances clinical learning.