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Culturally safe practice
Each year you are required to complete at least one activity for each of the four CAPE domains, and record this as part of your CPD.
A reflection on how you could apply this learning to your practice should be included with your CPD claim as outlined in the CPD program guide.
Practising in a culturally safe way involves acknowledging the inherent power imbalance in the relationship between a psychiatrist and a consumer in your care. This is particularly important with Māori and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to address the inequities arising from colonisation. Learning will acknowledge the cultural diversity of the patient population and the need for doctors to conduct ongoing critical reflection and self-awareness of their knowledge, skills, attitudes, assumptions, and behaviours to provide accessible, safe, and responsive care.
Examples:
- Reflective practice – understanding how personal values, beliefs, and biases shape a health professional’s attitudes, behaviours, overall practice.
- Minimising power imbalance – reflecting on how health professionals’ societal and organisational positions of power and privilege affect their unconscious assumptions and comparisons about people from different backgrounds.
- Engagement and Discourse – creating a mutual understanding of treatment approaches while honouring and incorporating various cultural beliefs.
- Decolonisation – recognising and addressing the impact of intergenerational trauma within healthcare settings.
CPD activities for cultural safety
Learnit
Upon completion of these activities, the RANZCP will upload your CPD hours on your behalf.
RANZCP on-demand webinars
Log the time you spend viewing these on-demand webinars.
Australasian Psychiatry
Log the time you spend viewing and reflecting on these articles.
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Log the time you spend reviewing and reflecting on these articles.
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