“Listening to the silence quietly”: investigating the value of cultural immersion and remote experiential learning in preparing midwifery students for clinical practice

“Listening to the silence quietly”: investigating the value of cultural immersion and remote experiential learning in preparing midwifery students for clinical practice Journal Article

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• Author(s): Thackrah, Rosalie D., Thompson, Sandra C., Durey, Angela
• Published: 2014
• Volume: 7
• ISBN: 1756-0500

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Abstract: Cultural immersion programs are increasingly offered to medical and health science students in an effort to provide experiential learning opportunities that focus on ‘the self’ as well as ‘the other’. Immersion programs encourage self-reflection on attitudes towards cultural differences, provide opportunities to build relationships and work with community members, and allow students to apply knowledge and skills learned in training programs in a supervised practice setting. The aim of this paper is to describe midwifery students’ reflections on a remote Aboriginal clinical placement that has been offered at a Western Australian university since 2010.

• Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-685
• Work Type: journal article
• Keywords: Midwifery education, Aboriginal health, Cultural immersion, Cultural competency