An In-Depth Review of the Whare Tapa Whā Model and Comparative Scientific Literature

Aim

This course aims to provide healthcare workers, service providers and members of the public interested in health and wellbeing an opportunity for deeper understanding concerning both western and Māori health models. The course begins by looking at the history of Health and Wellbeing, Mātauranga Māori, and the Whare Tapa Whā Model, followed by an exploration and definition of the four Pou of the Whare Tapa Whā Model. The four Pou are then reviewed alongside the comparative concepts contained within health and well-being literature, followed by a discussion of the four Pou’s respective hierarchy. Implications concerning clinical practice, service provision, and research are further discussed.

Overview and Learning Intentions

• An understanding of the background and formation of health and wellbeing and the Whare Tapa Whā model

• Develop traditional core concepts of the Whare Tapa Wha model

• Explore how the core concepts of modern health and wellbeing literature relate to the core concepts of the Whare Tapa Whā model

• Develop an awareness of the hierarchical manner in which the four Pou of the Whare Tapa Whā model relate to each other

• Look into the relative strengths and weakness of the bio-medical, bio-psycho-social, and Whare Tapa Whā models

• Further develop an awareness of implications concerning clinical practice, service provision, and research

Let’s Get Real 

2. Working with Māori

4. Working within communities

7. Maintaining professional and personal development

Facilitated by Kore Tombs

BPhty (Otago), Senior Physiotherapist, Clinical Advisor

Kore brings 26 years of experience working predominantly as a self-employed private practitioner, with 9 years of medico-legal experience as a clinical advisor, as well as several special interest areas. Kore’s childhood mentoring by his Kuia in Social Work and Te Ao Māori, neurodiversity, and recovery from brain injury also brings a unique perspective. These experiences have motivated Kore to teach, study, and write to progress understanding, clinical application, and research in a variety of areas relating to distress, health equity, health and well-being, Mātuaranga Māori, pathology, and causation.

Workshop Type: Intermediate | Workshop Level: Six | Catering: Refreshments provided

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