Educating the educators: Implementing cultural safety in the nursing and midwifery curriculum
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Article Title | Educating the educators: Implementing cultural safety in the nursing and midwifery curriculum |
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ERA Journal ID | 14140 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Best, Odette (Author), Cox, Leonie (Author), Ward, Aletha (Author), Graham, Coralie (Author), Bayliss, Luke (Author), Black, Barbara (Author), Burton, Lucinda (Author), Carey, Melissa (Author), Davis, Teresa (Author), Derrington, Kate (Author), Elliott, Jessie (Author), Jayasinghe, Thenuja (Author), Luyke, Trish (Author), Maher, Dianne (Author), McGregor, Rowena (Author), Ng, Linda (Author), O'Malley, Lee (Author), Roderick, Geraldine (Author), Sheridan, Georgina (Author), Stanbury, Linda (Author), Taylor, Melissa (Author), Terry, Victoria (Author), Tulleners, Tracey (Author) and Walker, Jan (Author) |
Journal Title | Nurse Education Today |
Journal Citation | 117, pp. 1-6 |
Article Number | 105473 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0260-6917 |
1532-2793 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105473 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026069172200209X |
Abstract | Background: The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council mandates the teaching of cultural safety in Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery programs in Australia. However nursing and midwifery academics may lack the awareness and knowledge required to share and develop cultural safety practices with their students. Specific cultural safety professional development for academics may be needed. Objectives: This research explores how nursing and midwifery academics at an Australian university understand cultural safety and whether they are equipped to embed it in the curriculum. It also examines whether professional development workshops can support academics to prepare for cultural safety. Methods: An intervention involving three cultural safety professional development workshops was offered to nursing academics at an Australian university. The authors used qualitative surveys to consider whether the workshops deepened participants’ understanding of cultural safety and developed the self-reflection required to embed cultural safety in teaching. Results: The workshops contributed to participants’ improved understandings of culture, colonisation, white privilege and the need for self-reflection, but not all participants developed a working knowledge of cultural safety practice. Conclusion: Professional development workshops can assist nursing and midwifery academics to develop their knowledge of cultural safety, but detailed, contextual understanding is likely to need more than three sessions. Academics’ motivations to include cultural safety in their teaching may be linked to their desire for patient-driven and equitable services and a desire to meet accreditation requirements. |
Keywords | Cultural safety; Intersectionality; Nurses and midwives; Mandated curriculum; Professional development; Privilege; Whiteness |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
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Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q78vz/educating-the-educators-implementing-cultural-safety-in-the-nursing-and-midwifery-curriculum
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