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Pika Wiya Learning Centre

Situated at the Pika Wiya Aboriginal Health Service at Port Augusta, our Centre aims to provide a culturally appropriate learning facility for Aboriginal people training as Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses , Aboriginal Health Workers and Allied Health professionals.

The Centre's emphasis is on providing culturally appropriate academic, personal, peer, social and administrative support to enhance the Aboriginal graduate outcomes of students studying at University or TAFE institutions.

The Aboriginal Coordinator is located at the Centre to support and facilitate the students to overcome the variety of barriers to successful study by:

	Providing one on one academic tuition
	Providing group tuition Facilitating ATAS tuition
	Providing confidential personal counselling
	Providing administrative and financial support networks for students
	Promoting peer support and role modelling within the Centre and in the Port Augusta community
	Acting as an advocate for students to training providers, community organisations, employment organizations
	Providing access to information technology resources
	Providing access to library resources
	Promoting a culturally safe environment

The Training Centre can also provide an advocacy avenue for students to express issues regarding pedagogy and curriculum to their respective training providers.
Our Centre creates a positive environment for role modelling to prospective Aboriginal students and contributes to enhancing a collective of Aboriginal health professionals in the Port Augusta region.

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This page was last updated on Thursday, 21 September, 2006.