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Stories/News from medical specialist CollegesCollege of Intensive Care Medicineof Australia <strong>and</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong> (CICM)In 2012 the College of Intensive Care Medicine was awarded a grantby the Rural Health Continuing Education program to produce aneducational DVD on Communication with Indigenous patients.Asmall working group ofAssoc Prof Di Stephens(Darwin), Dr PennyStewart (Alice Springs), AssocProf Charlie Corke (Victoria),Phil Hart (CICM) <strong>and</strong> LisaDavidson (CICM) was formedto work on the educationalobjectives <strong>and</strong> important issuesthat needed to be covered. Afilm company with previousexperience in bothICU filming <strong>and</strong>Indigenous healthprojects was engaged<strong>and</strong> the processbegun.After months ofplanning, the groupall travelled to AliceSprings to beginfilming. Dr PennyStewart, the Directorof Intensive Careat Alice SpringsHospital kindlyopened the unit up<strong>and</strong> organised a groupof willing volunteerswho assistedwith providing information,interviews <strong>and</strong> some proved tobe great thespians.The working group were luckyenough to be invited out to huntfor bush tucker with a group ofwomen who had experiences inthe hospital <strong>and</strong> were happy toshare their stories. Not only wasthe experience unique, it wasalso a great insight into some ofthe issues that are common butnot often dealt with in training.After months of editing thefinal cut was completed.There are six chapters inall; Cultural Safety, DecisionMaking, Different Perspectives,End of Life, Non Compliance<strong>and</strong> Talking <strong>and</strong> Listening.These chapters explore arange of issues surroundingcommunication issues fromreal situations.‘Navigating Communication– Communication <strong>and</strong> ConsentIssues with <strong>Aboriginal</strong> Patients’is designed to assist culturalawareness <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ingwithin <strong>Aboriginal</strong> health deliverythrough offering practicaladvice <strong>and</strong> suggestionsfrom experts in the field <strong>and</strong>members of the <strong>Aboriginal</strong>community. It is designed toencourage <strong>and</strong> enable medicalpractitioners to underst<strong>and</strong><strong>and</strong> communicate moresuccessfully with <strong>Aboriginal</strong>patients <strong>and</strong> their families.While the focus of the DVD isprincipally on communicationwith aboriginal patients incritical care situations, it ishoped that the messagesit contains may be of moregeneral use in promotingintercultural awareness.The DVD has been sent to allCICM accredited units, will beuploaded on the Collegelearning managementsystem <strong>and</strong> is availableat the College uponrequest. The material willbe shared with the RACSAustralian IndigenousHealth <strong>and</strong> Cultural SafetyOnline Portal.A survey will be sent to allaccredited units in a fewmonths to seek feedbackon the educational tool.Author <strong>and</strong> Photographer:Lisa Davidson, CICM<strong>CPMC</strong> NATSIMSFP Newsletter | July 2013 | Page 8
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