Choose an online activity or interrelated online activities that has introduced you to a new concept/learning or challenged your own pre-conceived ideas, assumptions, or biases.
A specific learning activity to reflect upon has deliberately not been prescribed to all students, as cultural safety is an individual journey. You can choose from any of the activities included in the e-Books, including videos, readings (journal articles, news reports or opinion pieces), keynote presentations or case studies/clinical scenarios.
Your reflection must not focus on a clinical encounter. The focus needs to be on your experience of learning in this subject.
Your reflection should:
Clearly identify the activity/activities you have chosen and describe what you have learnt from the activity/activities.
Detail how your ideas, assumptions or biases have been challenged and transformed in a positive way.
Finally explain how your learning has built your cultural safety skills and enhanced your professional practice (pharmacy).
Instructions.
Include a cover page which provides the following information: subject code and title of assignment, full name, student number, campus, and word count.
The discussion must be presented using academic assignment format with attention to good paragraph structure, grammar, Australian spelling, and formal academic expression.
It is important to link sentences to establish the flow of ideas and there should be no single sentence paragraphs in an academic paper.
Use 1.5 or double line spacing.
Dot point format is not acceptable.
Stay within the word count (675 – 825words).
In-text citations, if used, are included in the total word count. The end-text reference list, if included, is not counted in the total word count.
Appropriate and respectful terminology related to First Nations people is required.
Proper terminology:
First Nations: Inclusive of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Increasing usage, international origins but seen as ‘claimed’ not imposed; respects place as the original peoples and use of plural recognises the existence of many sovereign nations. First People of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly used but be aware that there is a growing view amongst some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that these terms are more applicable to the first British arrivals rather than the original peoples.
Terms directly derived from Indigenous languages: Increasing awareness of the terms used by local communities (eg Dja Dja Wurrung), and the greater regions they are connected to (eg Koori, Kulin Nation). Preferred terms by many as they are not European imposed and reflect the way First Nations peoples know and identify themselves ie these words are actual names rather than descriptor terms. This is explained in more detail on the next page.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Preferred by many over Indigenous but may also be considered as imposed and too generic. Peoples (plural) goes some way to representing diversity. Use Aboriginal only as an adjective, not a noun ie Aboriginal person/peoples and it is best to avoid the term Aborigine/s (although used by some Aboriginal people themselves) due to the historical negative references associated with this word.
Indigenous: Inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; common usage in academia, by governments and in the public domain. Acceptance of this term varies but increasingly seen as inappropriate; for many it is a European construct which does not reflect diversity between and within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Most appropriate in a national context and when used as an adjective e.g. Indigenous health. In an International context, lower case i can be used for indigenous when collectively referring to indigenous peoples globally.
Use capitals: First Nations, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Koori, Indigenous, etc as you would for the name of any other group of people (eg Australian). Capitalisation for Country and Elders is respectful.
Avoid Abbreviations: e.g. ‘ATSI’ is only ok as an acronym for the name of an organisation (eg AIATSIS) and should not be used to describe a group of people.
