Researchers: Prof Colleen Hayward, Prof Cobie Rudd, A/Prof Moira Sim, Ms Toni Wain (Edith Cowan University)
Funding: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
Project summary: This is a two-year project (commenced May 2010), funded by Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The project has two primary aims:
to positively influence the health and wellbeing of Australian Indigenous people by improving the education of health professionals;
to engage students with authentic stories of Indigenous people’s experience of healthcare, both positive and negative, which enhance the development of deep and lasting empathy.
Progress: Completed in 2012