We need to value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural education in the Northern Territory health services

In their editorial, Lock et al1 present the range of policies that support cultural safety and cultural competence in health training programs, curricula, codes of conduct and service standards. Lock et al1 argue that full implementation of these policies ‘could enable transformative shifts in rural health outcomes’ [p4] and call for rigorous evaluation to provide evidence of the effectiveness of such education programs. We support this call for relevant research and offer a multistage research plan, particularly relevant for the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia which is mostly considered a remote and rural setting...