Honouring the heritage and building the future of healthcare

In all systems of healthcare practice, the place of training and the practice settings become important for the new practitioners to enhance their skills (Buckley et al., 2010). [...]it is important for the healthcare training institutions to place much emphasis on incorporating core values rooted in the institutional traditions. [...]providing a good foundation of cultural understanding will assist the future practitioner to embrace the challenges they may face in a rapidly changing, dynamic clinical practice without losing the notion of one’s identity, self-worth, or getting burnout in providing care. There is evidence that students in medical programs from different localities show differences in the development of empathy (Ponnamperuma et al., 2019). [/RAW_REF_TEXT] [RAW_REF_TEXT] As professionals, when we engage with fellow colleagues, in public or during patientcare, we exhibit our learnings from role models and our cultural beliefs and practices that are deeply rooted in the institutional heritage. In all systems of healthcare practice, the place of training and the practice settings become important for the new practitioners to enhance their skills (Buckley et al., 2010). [...]it is important for the healthcare training institutions to place much emphasis on incorporating core values rooted in the institutional traditions. [...]providing a good foundation of