Students outside Te Poho o Tamaterangi wharenui, Kutarere with Kaumatua Bruce Pukepuke, Kuia Nancy Manuel, and Yvonne Boyes, RHIP Academic Co-ordinator.
Students on marae
By Denise Tahuri, Māori Health Services –
Te Pou Kōkiri.
The Rural Health Interprofessional Programme
(RHIP) is an initiative that exposes health
professional students to rural communities and
rural health providers with the hope that this
experience will encourage them to return to
rural areas once they graduate.
The programme based at Whakatāne Hospital is facilitated by
the University of Auckland and the Bay of Plenty District Health
Board’s Clinical School working closely with the Regional Māori
Health Services.
Dr Paul Anderson with students at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
Each year there are six blocks of five weeks of clinical placement
for students and to begin their RHIP experience, each group of
students is welcomed with a Pohiri at a rural marae around the
Eastern Bay of Plenty. Regional Māori Health Services are an
integral part of RHIP; we facilitate and ensure that Māori customs,
values and practices are adhered to along with ensuring that
students who attend marae visits are culturally safe throughout the
marae visit.
This year a new programme, ‘Engaging with Māori’ facilitated by
Dr Paul Anderson and Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford from Te Whare
Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been introduced. While the students
attend Te Whare Wānanga o Awanui-a-Rangi visit, representatives
of Regional Māori