Exploring how Australian general practice registrars define cultural safety with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients: a mixed method study

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Brumpton, Kay, Woodall, Hannah, Evans, Rebecca, Neill, Henry, Sen Gupta, Tarun, McArthur, Lawrie and Ward, Raelene. 2024. "Exploring how Australian general practice registrars define cultural safety with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients: a mixed method study." BMC Primary Care. 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02422-4
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Exploring how Australian general practice registrars define cultural safety with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients: a mixed method study

Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsBrumpton, Kay, Woodall, Hannah, Evans, Rebecca, Neill, Henry, Sen Gupta, Tarun, McArthur, Lawrie and Ward, Raelene
Journal TitleBMC Primary Care
Journal Citation25 (1)
Article Number166
Number of Pages12
Year2024
PublisherBioMed Central Ltd.
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN2731-4553
1472-684X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02422-4
Web Address (URL)https://bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-024-02422-4
Abstract

Background
Understanding how the general practice medical workforce defines cultural safety may help tailor education and training to better enable community-determined culturally safe practice. This project seeks to explore how Australian general practice registrars define cultural safety with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and alignment with an Australian community derived definition of cultural safety.

Methods
This mixed method study involved a survey considering demographic details of general practice registrars, questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews to explore how general practice registrars defined cultural safety and a culturally safe consultation.

Results
Twenty-six registrars completed the survey. Sixteen registrars completed both the survey and the interview.

Conclusion
This study shows amongst this small sample that there is limited alignment of general practice registrars’ definitions of cultural safety with a community derived definition of cultural safety. The most frequently cited aspects of cultural safety included accessible healthcare, appropriate attitude, and awareness of differences.

KeywordsCultural safety; General practice; Indigenous; Cultural safety; Definition
Contains Sensitive ContentDoes not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020450409. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
Byline AffiliationsGriffith University
Rural Medical Education Australia, Australia
James Cook University
University of Adelaide
University of Southern Queensland
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