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On being a Maori Surgeon -Two eyesTwo perspectives
Maxine RonaldGeneral SurgeonTe Tai Tokerau
Two eyes Two PerspectivesEvan Adams Sliammon First Nation Ancestry
CMO for First Nation Health Authority Canada
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Practicing being Maori
• Whakapapa• Whanaungatanga• Manaaki• Kawa
The business of working in a hospital…
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Challenges for Maori specialists working in a hospital setting
• Often the only Maori person working on the ward
• Breaches to tapu/noa
• Time constraints
• Environmental constraints • Care constrained to hospital setting – lack
of relationship to community services
• Balancing science with cultural beliefs
The way forward…• Increase the numbers of Maori Specialists
• Provide culturally safe and sensitive training programs
• Change the way we work – more time on ward rounds and in clinics
• Cultural competence and safety for all hospital staff
• Create genuine relationships with primary care and community services
• Advocate for equity in all forms i.e Te Reo
• Perform research into achieving equity in all specialties
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The Maori Health Action Plan RACS
• Acknowledgement of Maori health inequities and advocacy for change
• A surgical workforce that values cultural diversity and cultural competence and is representative of Maori within Aotearoa.
• Evidence based research on achieving equitable surgical outcomes for Maori.
• Provision of treatment and healthcare options to deliver the best outcomes for Maori.
• Incorporation of Te Ao Maori within the College’s activities, image and culture.
Tungia te ururoa kia tupu tewhakaritorito te tutu o teharakeke
In order to change we may need to leave some ways behind to that we can do things differently