Australian general practice registrars perceived development of cultural safety for Indigenous patients: A qualitative study
Brumpton, Kay, Woodall, Hannah, Evans, Rebecca, Neill, Henry, Sen Gupta, Tarun, McArthur, Lawrie, and Ward, Raelene (2025) Australian general practice registrars perceived development of cultural safety for Indigenous patients: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 20 (6 June). e0325960.
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Abstract
Objective It is poorly understood how general practice registrars develop skills towards providing culturally safe care to Indigenous patients. Finding ways to enable the patient to determine culturally safe care, but not be responsible for teaching or correcting, is a challenge for health education systems. This study aims to explore how Australian general practice registrars perceive they develop towards cultural safety in readiness to consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Design This study utilised a pragmatic philosophical position. It is a qualitative study involving administration of a survey for demographic details alongside semi-structured interviews to explore how general practice registrars develop towards cultural safety. Data collection was conducted from March to August 2022. Transcripts were studied using a content analysis approach. Setting Regional Queensland, Australia. Participants General practice registrars Results Sixteen registrars completed the survey and semi-structured interview. Registrars described four main factors that contribute towards their development of cultural safety: shared or similar life experiences, learning from cultural safety training, experiential learning, and critical reflection. Registrars thought it was acceptable for patients to educate, teach or correct culturally unsafe care and did not reflect on the power imbalance in these relationships. Conclusion Cultural safety appears to be a lifelong learning journey balancing critical self-reflection against an external determination of cultural safety. Understanding this process warrants further research and review of medical education teaching.
| Item ID: | 88008 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2025 Brumpton et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2026 05:24 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320224 Rural clinical health @ 50% 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450409 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200508 Rural and remote area health @ 50% 21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and outcomes @ 50% |
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