Validation of the first peoples cultural capability measurement tool with undergraduate health students: A descriptive cohort study

Health professional graduates require the capacity to work safely, both clinically and culturally, when delivering care to Indigenous peoples worldwide. In the Australian context, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework (The Framework) provides guidance for health professional programs to integrate, teach and assess Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' (First Peoples) health content. There is, however, a lack of validated tools that measure the development of students' cultural capabilities.

Source: Nurse Education Today - February 23, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Roianne West, Kyly Mills, Dale Rowland, Debra K. Creedy Source Type: research