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Please note: This study guide contains two versions – a full-colour guide and a text-only version for printing and referencing.
In the second series of this character-driven, observational documentary, First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, health professionals and traditional healers are filmed across Australia as they try to achieve better health outcomes for their First Nations patients and communities.
Curriculum Links
Season 2 of Our Medicine would be suitable for students from Years 7-12 as well as tertiary level in the learning areas of:
- HASS (Geography, Civics and Citizenship)
- Science (Science as a Human Endeavour)
- Health and PE
- English
- The Arts (Media Arts)
- VET (Community Services)
- Career Education
It also has relevance to the following General Capabilities and Cross-curriculum Priorities:
- Personal and Social Capability
- Intercultural Understanding
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Key topics explored:
- Culturally safe, holistic healthcare
- First Nations education, leadership and mentorship
- Traditional medicine and cultural healing practices
- Systemic barriers
- Cultural representation
