Cultural safety requirements

Consumers and other stakeholders have told us that cultural competence, and training in cultural safety and Hauora Māori is a very important element of the regulatory framework we design. This is especially so because all PAs initially working here will have trained overseas.

To help make sure PAs can work in a culturally safe way in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Council will set clear cultural safety expectations at every step of the PA regulation process.

These are proposed to include:

Before registration: All PAs to complete a knowledge-based programme in cultural safety for health practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
While practising: PAs must work in collaboration with patients, their whānau, communities, and the healthcare team to deliver equitable person/whānau-centred healthcare, and practise in a culturally safe way.
As part of supervision: For PAs registered in the Provisional PA scope of practice, their workplace orientation and induction must include cultural competency, cultural safety training and Hauora Māori education. For PAs registered in the General PA scope of practice, there is a requirement that supervisors support ongoing development of cultural capability.

➤ Deciding the right title for PA scopes of practice
➤ What PAs can do – their scopes of practice
➤ Qualifications and registration pathways – proposed
➤ How PAs will be supervised – proposed framework

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➤ Online survey questionnaire

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