Effect of a culturally safe student placement on students' understanding of, and confidence with, providing culturally safe podiatry care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For university-based podiatry education there are little data available documenting the delivery method and impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curricula or the use of, and outcomes from, immersive clinical placements generally or specific to podiatry practice. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of undertaking clinical placement in a culturally safe podiatry service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on podiatry students' understanding of, and confidence with, providing culturally safe podiatry care.

Methods

Final year University of Newcastle undergraduate podiatry students attending a culturally safe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student clinic at a local hospital were purposively recruite

SUBMITTER: West M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7836510 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature