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. 166.

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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.

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Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2731-4553
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Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2025 01:13
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420304 General practice @ 50% 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450409 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services @ 50%
SEO Codes:	21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210303 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health system performance @ 100%
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