title: Pilot Testing an Intervention on Cultural Safety and Indigenous Health in a Canadian Occupational Therapy Curriculum.
abstract: First-year Canadian occupational therapy students (n=27) rated their knowledge of and cultural/emotional responses to cultural safety and Indigenous health prior to and following an educational intervention led by a trained Indigenous educator. At post-intervention, students were also asked to comment on their learning experience. Pilot data of 40% of the class were analyzed using nonparametric approaches proposed by Koller and colleagues; qualitative data were explored using conventional methods. The majority of participant ratings reflected a perceived increase in knowledge and cultural/emotional responses, indicative of positive change following intervention. Student comments about their learning were in keeping with the positive findings. Although our sample size was small and our study examined perceived knowledge acquisition, preliminary results were consistent with related literature.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, 933 Mayfair Crescent, Kingston, ON K7M 5S5, Canada. Tel 613-634-8042. m.jamieson@queensu.ca.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Shu-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maracle
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mofina
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000592:standards*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D064890:Social Determinants of Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*