Elders help prepare future health-care workers
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Public health and wellness summer students with the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority participated in Indigenous Cultural Awareness training before beginning work in communities across the region this summer.
The training, held in Pine Falls, brought students together with elders, knowledge keepers and community members to learn about Indigenous history, perspectives and culturally safe health care.
The regional health authority said the program was designed to help students understand that providing quality health care extends beyond clinical skills by emphasizing listening, trust-building and understanding patients’ individual experiences.
Student participant Vanessa said the training reinforced that excellent health care requires more than clinical knowledge.
“It also requires listening, building trust and striving to understand each person’s unique experiences,” she said.
Sophia said she wil carry lessons about humility and relationship-building into her future practice.
Natasha said hearing directly from elders and Indigenous people would help her provide trauma-informed, patient-centred nursing care.
Nevaeh said she valued learning about Indigenous history while also hearing elders share their personal experiences and teachings on the spiritual aspects of care.
The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority said it is grateful to the elders, knowledge keepers and community members who shared their knowledge and said the experience is helping prepare the next generation of health-care professionals to provide compassionate, culturally safe care.
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