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Thackrah, Rosalie D.; Thompson, Sandra C. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2013
Since 2011, all first year students in a health sciences faculty at a university in Western Australia complete a compulsory (half) Unit titled Indigenous Cultures and Health. The Unit introduces students to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, diversity, cultural protocols, social structures, patterns of communication, contemporary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obstetrics, Health Sciences, Indigenous Populations
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King, Charles R. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A survey of fourth-year students in obstetrics at one medical school confirmed the absence of a liberal undergraduate education and indicated their failure to acquire cultural knowledge during their premedical and medical education. Knowledge deficits extended beyond the humanities to nonmedical sciences and the history and philosophy of medicine.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Background, Higher Education, Liberal Arts