Indigenous health in health professional education

Dr Rhys Jones, Te Kupenga Hauora MāoriSoPH Quick-fire research updates23 September 2014

Health care inequalities

Health system factors

Health professiona

l factorsPatient or population

factors

Educating for Equity (E4E)

• Research collaboration between partners in Australia, Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand: 2010-2015• 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