Pharmacy students are showing signs of greater interest in indigenous health education than ever before, an expert believes.
However, a survey found many lacked access to study this topic.
Rollo Manning, pharmacist and indigenous health advocate, told Pharmacy News he was encouraged by the results of the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA) Rural and Indigenous survey, which showed 83 per cent of students felt it was important to be taught about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues.
“That is a great encouragement for someone like me, who wants to see more pharmacists involved in Aboriginal health and more pharmacists going out to remote areas to be practitioners,” he said.
However, around 40 per cent of respondents said they did not have access to...
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