To begin our annual Back to Health conference on 21-23 October, Healthy North Coast is offering a unique, immersive and in-depth cultural safety training experience.
It combines 2 online modules and a face-to-face component that includes an on-Country visit to Niigi Niigi (Sealy Lookout). Needless to say, it’s not to be missed. Register early as places are limited.
This RACGP-accredited training is a comprehensive series designed to increase cultural awareness and develop practical skills to enable health professionals to deliver culturally safe health care to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.
The training is delivered by Ochre and Salt and Wajaana Yaam Gumbaynggirr Adventure Tours in partnership with Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation. It will be delivered in 3 parts and will combine both online and face-to-face learning. It is under application as approved Cultural Awareness Training, required for the Indigenous Heath Incentive PIP.
- Consider Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander experiences of health and illness.
- Explain the historical impact on contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Have increased confidence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the primary care setting.
- Evaluate your practice’s cultural safety and implement steps to provide culturally safe and acceptable health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.
- Appraise the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspectives as individual and social determinants of health and wellbeing.
Component 1 is a self-paced e-learning module that must be completed before attending the face-to-face component (2). It will take approximately 1 hour to complete online. Delivered by Ochre and Salt, it comprises:
- history and culture as they apply to Aboriginal experiences of health care
- examining the over representation of Aboriginal people in health/mental health domains
- defining and exploring trauma and its impact in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- the social determinants of health and how health behaviours can influence access and experiences of health care.
Component 2 is a face-to-face cultural excursion that includes a 2-hour cultural engagement workshop, catered lunch and afternoon tea; a 2-hour on-Country cultural experience at Niigi Niigi (Sealy Lookout); and a hand-crafted local Aboriginal gift.
Agenda:
8:30am – cultural engagement workshop at BreakFree Aanuka Beach Resort, delivered by Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation. The workshop includes:
- how history impacts the present
- the importance of culture, kinship, family, language and land
- discrimination, stereotypes and myths
- Aboriginal holistic views
- practical ‘where to from here’ strategies on how to engage with Aboriginal communities
- practical strategies on how to create a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people within your clinical workplace
- direction and empowerment of staff to successfully build rapport and relationships with Aboriginal clients
- the importance of cultural learning for Aboriginal patients and staff
- investigation of how Aboriginal cultural values and worldviews can be implemented into organisations and primary care systems.
10:30am – catered morning tea.
11:15am – transport by bus to Niigi Niigi (Sealy Lookout).
11:30am – immerse yourself in Gumbaynggirr culture through stories, songs, language, native plants and a guided walking tour. Delivered by Wajaana Yaam Gumbaynggirr Adventure Tours in partnership with Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation. Participants will:
- enjoy 360-degree views of Orara East State Forest
- hear the Dreaming stories of how the land was made to the north
- participate and experience speaking traditional language
- taste Aunty Jenny’s damper and bushtucker.
1:30pm – lunch at the Nyanggan Gapi Café.
2:15pm – return to the bus to be transported back to BreakFree Aanuka Beach Resort.
Component 3 – a self-paced e-learning module that must be completed within 6 weeks of attending the face-to-face component (2). It will take approximately 2 hours to complete. Delivered by Ochre and Salt. The module consists of:
- the meaning of ‘cultural safety’ in health care settings
- optimising cultural safety in physical health care environments
- the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification in health and mental health care
- recognising and responding to limitations in health and mental health literacy
- building trust and rapport in interpersonal care relationships
- creating a sense of control and ownership in health care journeys.
When registering for this cultural safety training experience, please consider enjoying a long weekend of learning and register for all 3 days of the Healthy North Coast annual conference. Saturday and Sunday are all about getting back to health with 27 preventive health topics to choose from.
For more information visit: www.hnc.org.au/annual-conference
Tickets cost $150. RSVP by 5pm, 7 October via www.eventbrite.com.au/e/377813298747 or telephone 0437 027 751.
Training cost has been subsidised through the PHN program, an Australian Government initiative.
IMAGE CREDIT: “View of Coffs Harbour from Forest Sky Pier, Sealy Lookout, NSW” by Jim 03 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 .