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Articles Cultural competency in the delivery of health services for Indigenous people (Bainbridge et al., 2015) Our culture affects the way we look after ourselves. It should shape the health care we receive, too (Gupta & Tang, 2019) Understanding cultural competency (HumanServicesEDU.org, n.d.) Cultural competence education for health professionals (Horvat et al., 2014) Practice resources […]
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Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). (n.d.). Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs). Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). https://lifestylemedicine.org.au/shared-medical-appointments Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2016). Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2016 (1249.0). https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/1249.0Main+Features12016?OpenDocument Australian Government. (n.d.). Our people. https://info.australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/our-people Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC). (2017). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health […]
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Presented by A/Prof John Stevens, RN, BA(Hons), PhD, FACN, FASLM Download the slides for this presentation here: Cultural considerations Presentation
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Required reading Shared medical appointments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men (Stevens et al., 2016) Medical yarn ups: Sharing the caring (Mackee, 2018) Links may expire – If you find any links are not working, please let us know via info@lifestylemedicine.org.au.
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Demonstrate how to apply cultural competence in the clinical setting Identify cultural sensitivities and relevance Summarise culturally appropriate practice models Describe techniques to manage groups of multiple cultures
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Websites Virtual group consultations (British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM), 2020). A series of resources around virtual group consultations – developed in response to COVID-19 Books The ABCs of group visits (Noffsinger, 2013) Running group visits in your practice (Noffsinger, 2009) Videos How to set up and run a group consultation (5:09 mins) (Manson, 2018) […]
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Ard, J. D. (2015). Obesity in the US: What is the best role for primary care? BMJ, 350, g7846. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7846 Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). (n.d.). Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs). Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). https://lifestylemedicine.org.au/shared-medical-appointments Edelman, D., McDuffie, J. R., Oddone, E., Gierisch, J. M., Nagi, A., & Williams, J. W., Jr. […]
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Presented by A/Prof John Stevens, RN, BA(Hons), PhD, FACN, FASLM Download the slides for this presentation here: SMA lite – introduction to SMA (and the peer group) as a process in LM Presentation
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Required reading Programmed shared medical appointments for weight management in primary care: An exploratory study in translational research (Egger et al., 2019) Programmed shared medical appointments: A novel procedure for chronic disease management (Egger et al., 2018) Recommended reading Programmed Medical Yarn Ups for weight management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Stevens et al., […]
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Describe Shared Medical Appointments (SMA) in terms of the who, what, why, how and when Identify opportunities for SMA and programmed SMA (pSMA) in your own practice
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