@article{Kairuz_Shaw_2018, title={Undergraduate inter-professional learning involving pharmacy, nursingand medical students: The Maori health week initiative}, volume={5}, url={https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/175}, abstractNote={<div data-canvas-width="907.0148741458822">Preparing health professionals in New Zealand requires an understanding of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and of the cultural needs and common illnesses of the Maori people. Inter-professional learning between pharmacy, nursing and medical students was incorporated into the undergraduate curricula at second-year level at the University of Auckland in 2002.</div><div data-canvas-width="906.9625531482355">Learning about Maori health is achieved through group work, with each mixed-discipline group of 12 students researching one health issue that is prevalent among the Maori, such as diabetes. Maori cultural advisors play a key role in conducting</div><div data-canvas-width="906.9642409223532">sessions of Te Reo, where they teach simple conversational Maori greetings and traditional songs and introduce cultural concepts. On the final day of the programme, each group presents a poster with their findings and recommendations to fellow</div><div data-canvas-width="907.0520051764706">students and assessors. Nursing students gave more positive feedback than pharmacy or medical students, and evaluation of the inter-professional programme was overwhelmingly favourable. </div>}, number={4}, journal={Pharmacy Education}, author={Kairuz, Therése and Shaw, John}, year={2018}, month={Aug.} }