Dr Jaclyn Aramoana ,Improving M?ori Health outcomes - a podcast by RNZ

When Dr Jaclyn Aramoana decided to become a surgeon she contacted the very first M?ori surgeon, Associate Professor Jonathan Koea for advice. What eventuated has been an ongoing relationship of mentorship. So far, so very M?ori. What became apparent and is perhaps only now really being looked at is that, while M?ori practicing medicine continues to increase, M?ori specialising in surgery not so much. Yet, if M?ori Health inequality is to be truly addressed doesn't that mean M?ori must be spread throughout the profession and how does that stack up when M?ori surgeons number less than 20? With Koea and Associate Professor Patrick Alley, Dr Aramoana has sought answers to that question amongst others, through a literature review that was published recently in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery.

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