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Aboriginal child health partnership — communication OSCE
OSCE on culturally safe engagement, ear and wet-cough counselling, and ACCHO-shared planning with an Aboriginal family.
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Target exams
MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
Mother and grandmother of a 4-year-old Aboriginal child request a second opinion after feeling dismissed elsewhere; concerns are hearing at preschool and a long wet cough.
Objectives
- Demonstrate recipient-defined cultural safety and respectful identity practice. [2] [3]
- Validate prior racism/harm without defensiveness and rebuild a partnership plan. [5]
- Prioritise ear/hearing assessment before behavioural labels. [9] [11]
- Explain why prolonged wet cough needs active management, not normalisation. [12]
- Co-design follow-up with ACCHO/Aboriginal Health Worker involvement. [2]
References6ShowHide
- [2]De Zilva S Culturally safe health care practice for Indigenous Peoples in Australia: A systematic meta-ethnographic review. Journal of health services research & policy, 2022.PMID 34875923
- [3]McGough S There is no health without Cultural Safety: why Cultural Safety matters. Contemporary nurse, 2022.PMID 35014602
- [5]Kairuz CA Impact of racism and discrimination on physical and mental health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples living in Australia: a systematic scoping review. BMC public health, 2021.PMID 34217243
- [9]Harkus S Routine ear health and hearing checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: a national consensus statement. The Medical journal of Australia, 2023.PMID 37716709
- [11]DeLacy J Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 2023.PMID 37517360
- [12]Chang AB Lung disease in indigenous children. Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2014.PMID 24958089