INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

OF MEDICINE
Using cultural immersion as the platform for teaching
aborignal and torres strait islander health in an
undergraduate medicate medical curriculum
Author name :JD SMITH , S SPRINGER,M mart
SUBMITTED to JUSUPOV K.O
NAME CHANDAN KUMAR SAO
GROUP NUMBER 6
SEM 8TH
Sub social medicine

INTERODUCTION GOAL

BOND UNIVERSITY SEARCHING

why author decided to research and write the article becoz

for good idea or ways to provide the professional standards

and guidelines and education in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
(ATSI) Islander health into its Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of
Surgery (MBBS) curriculum..
Bond created a cultural immersion program for all first year
students, which is a part of the MBBS program in 2012
The methodology,..
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
included three phases..
Organize an Indigenous health group
determining the Aboriginal group .
Torres Strait Islander educational group (TSIE)

GOAL OF
STUDY

Goal of study is :Disease like dibeties ,renal disease, cardiovascular system

should be preveted in atsi (aborignal and torres strait
islander)
Cultural awerness and diversity education shoould be tought
in education program.
Docter have a socialy responsibility do or provide his best
own service to the people from different culture and society
Sevaral impot ant step is taken to need of australian
medical profession awerness of atsi..

Cultural immersion
Cultural immersion means when peopl comes in a new place,
understanding intrecting into the community, interacting with local
people, and understanding the way others live..
Cultural immersion is introdused to cultural awerness of education to
medical student.
It is based of full engagment with another culture. Practice and
language is important way of learning onself .

methods
The cultural immersion test was held with 92 first-year medical
students in 2012
after that it was repeated aslo repeted in 2013 with 95 students
and 94 in 2014.
A comprehensive evaluation process was undertaken that includes
a paper-based evaluation form using a five point Likert scale, as
well as a confidential talking circle evaluation. The response rate
was 95.4% (n=271, pooled cohort). Data were entered separately
into SPSS and annual reports were written to the Faculty

result

Cultural immersion result was found positive in 2012..

Gretest stright of imersion seen by the result.
result of three combined student evaluation results was positive.
Students strongly admited that workshop was well exhibited..
the facilitators contributed very positively to their experience
that they were very satisfied overall with the activity .
They agreed that the eight overall objectives had been well met .

Conclusion

The use of immersion in cultural awareness program for medical students

provides an very valuable platform..
Immersion also provided to student opportunity to learn their own
contruscting culture and around other culture
its give detailed information about the history and its effect on the current
health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians..
Key to success is strong leadership, commitment and support from Faculty
level, a structured educational program and educating all staff and students
about its importance throughout the journey.

refrence

Autralian gov. our ppl.canbera aust canbera 2014

http//australia.gov.au/about australia?our countory/our people
Macrae a anomie tn,catto m, gray c, levitan l.,
http//www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-fact/overview
Mutchink is moyer ca stern dt ..expanding the boundries of
medical education

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