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Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Clinical Teaching

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Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching

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In trans-cultural clinical teaching, differences in language, expectations, or cultural (indigenous) knowledge, beliefs and skills can cause problems. Medical students with such problems are challenging to their medical teachers. Clinical teaching offers many opportunities in which indigenous knowledge can be revealed and managed appropriately to facilitate learning. One way is through the Tailored Teaching approach.

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  1. Center for Medical Education Research and Development, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Retired), Madison, WI, USA

    Mariana G. Hewson

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Hewson, M.G. (2015). Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Clinical Teaching. In: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Medical Teaching. Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9300-1_10

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