Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 6, 2017 17:33:10 GMT 12
NEW STRATEGY TO IMPROVE MAORI HEALTH OUTCOMES
On 4 March 2017 the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College) is launching a refreshed Māori Strategy 2017-2021 ‘He Ihu Waka, He Ihu Whenua, He Ihu Tangata’.
The strategy’s vision is ‘achieving health equity for Māori’. This vision is supported by three goals: to increase the number of Māori GPs; to enable a culturally and clinically competent GP workforce; and to provide advocacy for Māori health equity.
“The College has 152 Māori GPs, so the vast majority of Māori are seen by non-Māori GPs. We have therefore set ourselves a goal of increasing the Māori cultural competency of our GP workforce. This will help ensure consultations including treatment planning are offered in a way that resonates with Māori patients,” she says.
“We also recognise the need to train more Māori GPs and we will be actively working with medical schools to achieve this. By 2021, it is envisioned that 22 percent of the doctors that enter our General Practice Education Programme will be Māori.”...
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2017/march-2017/06/New-strategy-to-improve-Maori-health-outcomes.aspx
On 4 March 2017 the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College) is launching a refreshed Māori Strategy 2017-2021 ‘He Ihu Waka, He Ihu Whenua, He Ihu Tangata’.
The strategy’s vision is ‘achieving health equity for Māori’. This vision is supported by three goals: to increase the number of Māori GPs; to enable a culturally and clinically competent GP workforce; and to provide advocacy for Māori health equity.
“The College has 152 Māori GPs, so the vast majority of Māori are seen by non-Māori GPs. We have therefore set ourselves a goal of increasing the Māori cultural competency of our GP workforce. This will help ensure consultations including treatment planning are offered in a way that resonates with Māori patients,” she says.
“We also recognise the need to train more Māori GPs and we will be actively working with medical schools to achieve this. By 2021, it is envisioned that 22 percent of the doctors that enter our General Practice Education Programme will be Māori.”...
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2017/march-2017/06/New-strategy-to-improve-Maori-health-outcomes.aspx