Indigenous health in health professional education Dr Rhys Jones, Te Kupenga Hauora Māori SoPH Quick-fire research updates 23 September 2014
Health care inequalities Health system factors Health professional factors Patient or population factors
Educating for Equity (E4E) Research collaboration between partners in Australia, Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Seeks to compare, build and share international research regarding health professional education as a vehicle to achieving more equitable care and improved chronic disease outcomes for Indigenous populations
E4E Objectives Educating for Equity 1) Description of educational curricula and contexts 2) Review of the literature / key informant interviews 3) Qualitative enquiry into the impact of existing approaches 4) Development and evaluation of educational interventions 5) Development of Indigenous health education framework 6) Communication of research findings and knowledge translation
E4E Aotearoa – Projects Literature reviews Graduate outcomes / Curriculum mapping Key informant interviews re Indigenous health in medical education Development and evaluation of Indigenous health teaching & learning modules Project examining the potential role of bias in clinical decision making