Influences on improved confidence among allied health students in working with Australian Indigenous people during a rural placement: a pre-post survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Together with addressing social determinants of health, culturally safe healthcare provision is essential for closing the health outcomes gap experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians. Rural placements potentially provide students of the health professions with opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills regarding cultural safety. We used rural placements data systematically collected from allied health students, including commencement- and end-of-placement questionnaire responses, to investigate the determinants of confidence in working with Indigenous people.

Methods

The study comprised data from all students who provided survey data at both commencement and end of their first placement directly supervised by the admin

SUBMITTER: Woods JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529035 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature