You Can Do It In Another Way: Healthcare provider reflections on cultural safety training in Australia’s Northern Territory
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Title
You Can Do It In Another Way: Healthcare provider reflections on cultural safety training in Australia’s Northern Territory
Subject
Critical thinking
Electronic Resource Item Type Metadata
Journal Name
BMC Medical Education
Publication Date
2026
Publisher
BioMed Central (BMC)
Document Type
Journal article
Language
English
ISBN
14726920
Region
Australia
Access
Open Access
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Abstract
Cultural safety and effective communication are essential to equitable quality healthcare. Cultural safety requires critical reflection - an active
process which can be transformative when it supports a shift from awareness to practice change. Australian government departments,
training organisations and regulation authorities require healthcare providers to complete cultural safety training but methods for effectively
teaching critical reflection are not well described and evidence for their impact is limited. In Australia’s Northern Territory, a culturally safe
communication training program called Ask the Specialist Plus (ATS+) was delivered as part of the Communicate Study Partnership. This
study documents healthcare provider reflections on this locally-designed training.
process which can be transformative when it supports a shift from awareness to practice change. Australian government departments,
training organisations and regulation authorities require healthcare providers to complete cultural safety training but methods for effectively
teaching critical reflection are not well described and evidence for their impact is limited. In Australia’s Northern Territory, a culturally safe
communication training program called Ask the Specialist Plus (ATS+) was delivered as part of the Communicate Study Partnership. This
study documents healthcare provider reflections on this locally-designed training.
Cataloger
Edrina Adjei-Manu
Citation
“You Can Do It In Another Way: Healthcare provider reflections on cultural safety training in Australia’s Northern Territory,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/843.