Relevant Auckland MBChB Learning Outcomes

Health and Society: medical graduate as a health advocate
3.4: Understand and describe the factors that contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Māori, including history, spirituality and relationship to land, diversity of cultures and communities, epidemiology, social and political determinants of health and health experiences. Demonstrate effective and culturally competent communication and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Māori.
MBChB Graduate Learning Outcomes
 Hauora Māori
Graduates will, with a critical understanding of the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental determinants impacting on Māori health:
 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori individuals, whānau and communities;
 •  Identify approaches to reducing and eliminating health inequities including actively challenging racism;
 •  Engage in a process of reflection on own practice, as it relates to obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.
MBChB 221: Principles of Medicine
 Hauora Māori
7Describe the Māori concept of whakapapa and outline how this might impact on genetic research, diagnosis of genetic disorders and novel gene-based therapies.
Discuss considerations for Māori in modern genetic research and clinical practice.
 Population Health
8Identify genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that contribute to disease in the New Zealand population.
MBChB 221: Respiratory System
 Hauora Māori
13Identify the prevalent respiratory conditions in the Māori population, and feasible strategies for their prevention.
MBChB 221: Cardiovascular System
 Population Health
12Describe the prevalence, distribution and trends in incidence of selected cardiovascular diseases in community subgroups and the population in New Zealand.
 Hauora Māori
15Identify the prevalent cardiovascular conditions in the Māori population, and feasible strategies for their prevention.
MBChB 221: Genitourinary System
 Hauora Māori
8Identify the factors that affect the incidence of the genitourinary diseases in Māori and compare with those of other populations.
MBChB 321: Reproduction, Development and Aging
 Population Health
7Describe NZ population demographics and outline some of the major impacts of its changing distribution on society and the health care system.
MBChB 321: Blood, Immunity and Infection
 Hauora Māori
9Establish reasons why selected infectious diseases are more prevalent in Māori and compare with other ethnic communities.
 Population Health
10Explain the reasons for population-based vaccination programmes targeted against selected infectious diseases.
11Identify factors that affect vaccine efficacy at both individual and population levels.
MBChB 321: Professional and Clinical Skills 2
 Hauora Māori
15Identify cultural factors and beliefs that influence the assessment
 •  Outline the cultural differences that affect grief, death and dying
 •  Discuss cultural competency in regard to communicating with people from a culture other than one’s own
 •  Define the terms culture, ethnicity and spirituality
 •  Relate common cultural and spiritual practices of specific groups and discuss, with reference to specific examples, the effects of these practices on specific health care interventions
 •  Adapt communication approaches as and where appropriate to account for cultural differences in patients, families and in healthcare
 Population Health
16 •  Evaluate the impact of historical, political and social processes with respect to people’s health
MBChB 401: Anaesthesiology
 Clinical and Communication Skills
6Extrapolate the general principles applicable to Māori patients to clinical situations involving patients from other cultures.
 Personal and Professional Skills
9 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.
 Hauora Māori
10 •  Identify key health issues for Māori patients undergoing anaesthesia and explain the approaches to addressing the issues.
 •  Discuss the specific, practical, cultural issues related to anaesthesia for Māori patients so as to engage in a culturally safe manner with the patient, whānau and communities.
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
MBChB 401: Emergency Medicine
 Hauora Māori
10Identify key features in patient care of Māori, drawing on your observations and experiences.
 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities;
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities;
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
MBChB 401: General Practice
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Develop an appropriate management plan for the Māori patient;
 Hauora Māori
6 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities.
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
 •  Recognise the social, cultural, political and economic factors impacting on Māori health.
MBChB 401: General Surgery
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Develop an appropriate management plan for the Māori patient.
 Personal and Professional Skills
7 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.
 Hauora Māori
8 •  Recognise particular issues for Māori with respect to tissue removal and general anaesthesia.
 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities.
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
MBChB 401: General Medicine
 Clinical and Communication Skills
5Develop an appropriate management plan for the Māori patient.*
 Personal and Professional Skills
6 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.*
 Hauora Māori
7 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes
MBChB 401: Specialty Medicine
 Hauora Māori
6 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities.
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
MBChB 401: Geriatrics
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Identify issues specific to Māori patients;
 Personal and Professional Skills
6 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.
 Hauora Māori
7 •  Engage in a culturally safe manner with Māori patients, whānau and communities.
 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes, particularly for older Māori.
MBChB 401: Formal Learning Yr 4
 Maori Health
 •  Explain why health professionals in Aotearoa/New Zealand need to understand Māori health, inequalities and associated concepts such as colonisation and racism.
 •  Identify actions that health professionals can take to recognise our own biases and reduce their impact.
 •  Examine differences in quality of care for Māori and non-Māori and explain how inequities can be reduced.
 •  Describe the stages of the Hui Process and use these elements in clinical practice.
 •  Identify common stereotypes relating to Māori health and discuss the implications for clinical practice.
 Pacific People’s Health
 •  Explain the key strategies to gain respect and an ability to respond to the cultural context and aspirations of Pacific patients; families and communities.
 •  Summarise the importance of key stakeholders and community leaders to clinician’s work for health interventions and heath research in communities and countries.
 •  Identify the key components to incorporate cultural self-reflective practice in clinical encounters to ensure safe clinical practice.
 •  Apply respectful behaviours, skills and knowledge when working with Patients families and communities.
 Patient Can’t Speak for Themselves
 •  Summarise key points relevant to the respect of Māori patients in the operating room and more generally.
 •  Extrapolate from respect for Māori patients to more generic principles of cultural competence in the operating room and on the wards.
MBChB 501: General Practice
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Develop an appropriate management plan for the Māori patient and family that is consistent with whānau strengths and resources.
3 •  Identify specific patient values with particular attention to practicing in a culturally diverse community.
 Hauora Māori
8 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients and their whānau.
9 •  Identify key Māori health issues and explain the approaches to addressing the issues.
MBChB 501: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
 Hauora Māori
11 •  Identify key Māori health issues and explain the approaches to addressing the issues.
12 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.
MBChB 501: Paediatrics
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Develop an appropriate management plan for the Māori patient and family that is consistent with whānau strengths and resources.
 Hauora Māori
8 •  Reflect on own practice and systemic factors in relation to ethnic inequalities.
 •  Identify areas for improvement in communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori families.
9 •  Identify key health issues for Māori children and adolescents, and explain the approaches to addressing the issues.
 •  Propose strategies to address issues of ethnic inequality.
10 •  Engage appropriately in interactions with Māori individuals, whānau and communities identifying strengths.
MBChB 501: Psychiatry
 Hauora Māori
10 •  Participate in and observe a whānau meeting while being mindful of health beliefs, customs and cultural practices.
 •  Engage appropriately with Māori individuals, whānau and communities, identifying their strengths.
MBChB 501: Specialty Surgery
 Personal and Professional Skills
6 •  Identify the strengths and areas for improvement in both your communication and clinical skills when dealing with Māori patients.
 Hauora Māori
7 •  Identify strategies to overcome barriers with a view to improving Māori health outcomes.
MBChB 501: Formal Learning Yr 5
 Infections and Immunisations in Children
 •  Explain how differences in access to healthcare and inequality lead to differing health outcomes
 Hauora Māori
 •  Describe ways in which social, cultural, political, economic and environmental determinants influence Māori health
 •  Explain the importance of a whānau-centred approach to Māori health
 •  Discuss the role of support services in improving health care and outcomes for Maori whānau
 •  Identify approaches to address the wider determinants of health including racism
 •  Develop a better understanding of own role in addressing Māori health
MBChB 551: General Practice
 Clinical and Communication Skills
 •  Skills in working with distressed patients of all ages and ethnicities are identified, along with those for family and whanau.
 Hauora Māori
 •  Key issues leading to health inequalities for Māori patient are identified and interventions proposed to address them.
 •  Work to achieve correct pronunciation of names in te Reo Māori.
 •  Social, cultural, political and economic factors are integrated into clinical practice.
MBChB 551: General Medicine
 Hauora Māori
 •  Factors contributing to poorer health outcomes for Māori are identified and strategies applied to address these.
 •  Potential bias in working with Māori patients and whānau is identified and strategies are used to overcome biases.
MBChB 551: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
 Hauora Māori
 •  Factors contributing to poorer health outcomes for Māori women, including access to and quality of care, and the application of strategies to address these factors.
 •  Consideration of Māori customary practices associated with pregnancy and childbirth in the context of patient- and whānau-centred approaches to care.
MBChB 551: Paediatrics
 Personal and Professional Skills
 •  Key health issues for Māori children and adolescents are identified, and approaches explained to addressing the issues.
MBChB 551: Psychiatry
 Hauora Māori
 •  Elimination of mental health inequities through better access to psychiatric care and challenging racism in diagnosis.
MBChB 551: General Surgery
 Hauora Māori
 •  Inequities in the incidence and outcomes of surgical conditions for Māori are understood and strategies identified to reduce and eliminate these inequities.
 •  Potential bias in clinical decision making is identified, with a particular focus on how to minimise bias in the informed consent process.
MBChB 551: Emergency Medicine
 Hauora Māori
 •  Involvement of whānau and patients is incorporated in decisions about recommended management plans.
MBChB 551: Clinical Imaging
 Hauora Māori
 •  Strategies identified to overcome barriers to imaging procedures to improve Māori health outcomes.