Date:
19 March 2012
Time:
6 – 9:30pm
Location:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre, 245 Lady Denman Drive, Yarramundi Reach, Yarralumla
This event is for:
- Indigenous Health PIP registered practice staff
- All interested practice staff
Winanggaay – from the local Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal language -
to look, to listen and to learn.
A workshop on cultural awareness training, meeting the requirements of the Indigenous Health Practice Incentive Program.
Learning objectives:
- To distinguish between cultural awareness and cultural safety
- To recognise the need for correctly identifying the Indigenous status of patients
- Identify steps your practice can take to improve cultural awareness within your practice
- Implement step by step procedures for identifying and recording the Aboriginality of all patients with your practice
- Increased awareness of some of the causes of poor health amongst the Aboriginal population of Australia and learn of local statistics