Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori Health

Optometry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Frameworks

Indigenous Cultural Safety

The accreditation standards include the requirement for programs of study to integrate cultural competence/safety as required learning outcomes.  The following document contains recommendations to implement this requirement.

Optometry Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander HCF - 2024

A self-reflection tool to enable education providers to map their progress in implementing the Optometry Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander HCF is provided below.

Critical-Reflection-Tool-Optometry-Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Curriculum-Frameworks.pdf

 

Optometry Māori Health Curriculum Framework

Māori Cultural Safety

The OCANZ accreditation standards include the requirement for programs of study to integrate cultural competence/safety as required learning outcomes.  The Optometry Māori Health Curriculum Frameworks introduces education in Māori principles and core values with the goal of enhancing the cultural safety and responsiveness of optometry education in Aotearoa and Australia.

The Optometry Māori Curriculum Health Frameworks has been developed to support accessible and equitable eye health services through the development of a culturally safe and aware optometry workforce.

Optometry-Maori-Health-Curriculum-Framework

 

Optometry Health Curriculum Framework Implementation Guides

The Optometry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework: Implementation Guide and the Optometry Māori Health Curriculum Framework: Implementation Guide has been developed to assist optometry educators embed the Optometry Health Curriculum Frameworks into the curriculum. The Implementation Guides articulate OCANZs expectations for implementation of each Framework in Australia and Aotearoa and provide recommendations to guide successful implementation of the learning outcomes, including key statements on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and the use of generative Artificial Intelligence in teaching and assessing cultural safety learning.

Optometry Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HCF Implementation Guide - 2024

Optometry Maori HCF Implementation Guide - 2024