Assessing Hauora Māori in Medical Students in Clinical Settings

Project Description

This project aims to identify and develop valid and reliable assessment methods and staff development processes to effectively assess Hauora Māori (Māori Health) in clinical settings. The newly developed assessment tasks will focus on enhancing cultural competence among New Zealand’s future doctors, and will be tested across two intervention sites using clinical staff and learner feedback.  

Project Team

• Dr Rhys Jones (Project Leader), University of Auckland
• Dr Mark Barrow, University of Auckland
• Associate Professor Philippa Poole, University of Auckland
• Associate Professor Papaarangi Reid, University of Auckland
• Dr Sue Crengle, University of Auckland

Project Funding 

$124,597 GST exc

Key Dates

• Project commencement - mid-2009.
• Expected completion - mid-2011.

Project Outputs

Presentation about the project at the Ako Aotearoa Research in Progress Colloquium 2010 (click on ppt image to left)

Presentation about the project at the Ako Aotearoa Research in Progress Colloquium 2009 (click on ppt image to left)