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Personal Reflection on Privilege
Every medical student brings their own background into the communities they serve, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. How has your background shaped the way you understand people's access to health care, and where will you need to watch your own assumptions?
- 1What specific behaviours will you watch for in yourself on placement?
- 2What is the difference between genuine humility and self-flagellation?
- 3Who will hold you accountable for culturally safe practice, and how will you invite that feedback?
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- Be concrete about your own background and name a specific assumption it could produce, such as reading a missed appointment as disinterest rather than transport, cost or a previous bad experience with the health system.
- Give behaviours, not just attitudes, and distinguish humility from performance: constant apologising is its own way of centring yourself, and the test is the patient's experience of you, not your internal sense of it.
- Name your accountability structures: an Indigenous mentor where possible, a supervisor who treats culturally safe practice as part of their feedback role, and feedback from Aboriginal Health Workers, Liaison Officers and community members.
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Personal Insight
Look for: Mature self-awareness
Reflection
Look for: Distinguishes performance from humility
Ethical Awareness
Look for: Structural privilege awareness
Communication
Look for: Honest framing
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