Just a few days ago our Aboriginal Health Team travelled to beautiful Lennox Head to provide the new cohort of long stay medical students from Western Sydney with a two-day intensive Aboriginal Health Immersion program. The Immersion involved a mixture of classroom and on-Country experiences.
Classroom activities included topics focussed on past and present health and welfare policies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity and cultural humility as an approach for improving cultural safety in the healthcare system for Aboriginal land Torres Strait Islander families and communities.
Throughout the two days the students were taken on part of the Aboriginal Cultural Ways Walk which is located on the Coastal Recreational Path at Angels Beach, East Ballina, stretching north along the coastline to Sharps Beach. The pathway provides historical information and yarning about the special significance of Aboriginal people and our culture through 22 panels of interpretive information. We also visited the Bora Ring at Lennox Head.
It was a pleasure to spend a few days getting to know these exceptional students and we look forward to getting to know them better throughout the year.
