Alemu Gebrie
Hypertension among people living with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care at referral hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
PloS one
providing optometry learners cultural safety training improve patient safety health outcomes among indigenous peoples healthcare practitioners require cultural safety training provide safe eye care indigenous peoples canada culturally safe care requires optometrists critically reflect upon unconscious biases power differences impact patient care informed cultural safety literature working directly learners revisions made first secondyear optometry clinic experience courses canadian doctor optometry program descriptive study examined student feedback curricular changes focused enhancing cultural safety 8item anonymous online survey offered learners n 178 enrolled clinic experience courses fall 2021 winter 2022 survey addressed student understanding cultural safety comfort selfreflective activities course effectiveness teaching patientcentred care six items used 5point likert response scale descriptive statistics analyzed wilcoxon wilcoxonpratt two openended items analysed using content analysis themes thirtythree surveys completed overall respondents found clinic experience courses provided effective training cultural safety professional value comfort engaging selfreflective activities increased mean response 40 44 students made connections societal problems overall mean 35 biaspower differential overall mean 40 suggested changes support learning objectives included increased clinic observation scaffolding topics additional courses adding relevant literature eg antiracism guest speakers indigenous knowledge experience optometry learners favourable inclusion cultural safety concepts clinic experience courses feedback points areas improvement including deepening course content collaborating indigenous peoples content course design crosscurricular scaffolding