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11 November 2020
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The Occupational Therapy Curriculum (OTC) team has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Spirit of Reconciliation Award for embedding First Peoples’ “knowing, being and doing” in the occupational therapy curriculum.
The Spirit of Reconciliation Award has been introduced in 2020 as part of the Vice-Chancellor’s commitment to ACU’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Employment Strategy (RAP). This award recognises the contributions of staff at ACU who strive to achieve culturally appropriate programs and activities for the betterment of our students and staff, and their commitment towards meeting the university’s Indigenous targets.
This year’s winning team comprises two groups. The first is led by Head of Discipline, Associate Professor Elspeth Froude, and Associate Professors Kerrie Thomsen, Loretta Sheppard and Laura Miller, along with Dr Susan Darzins, Dr Margaret Wallen and Hugh Stewart. The second group is the academic staff of the Contextual Determinants of Health Illness and Disability teaching team, Dr Elisa Yule, Dr Rosamund Harrington and Jennifer O’Brien.
Together, these staff have envisioned and delivered an occupational therapy curriculum that embeds First Peoples’ perspectives throughout the program.
“Our vision is that we want to have graduates who have begun their journey toward cultural responsiveness before they become qualified health professionals,” Loretta says.
“ACU Faculty of Health Sciences is a major contributor to the health professional workforce. There’s a responsibility to ensure our curriculum provides opportunities for students to develop cultural awareness before they graduate, so they are more ready to provide culturally responsive health services to the community.
“For a lot of students, it may be something they haven’t thought about. Our curriculum provides an opportunity for them to self-reflect and become more aware of the role they can play in the delivery of culturally appropriate health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”
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