Medical Deans – AIDA National Indigenous Health Review

Medical Deans – AIDA National Indigenous Health Review: A review of the implementation of the Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework and the Healthy Futures Report within Australian medical schools’

This project is a direct outcome of the Medical Deans-AIDA Collaboration Agreement 2008-2011. The project involves documenting how Australian medical schools have developed and implemented the Healthy Futures Report, published by AIDA in 2005, and the Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework, published by Medical Deans (then CDAMS) in 2004. As the Review will be conducted across all Australian medical schools, it will provide a broad overview of the progress Australian medical schools have made over the past five years in fully implementing both initiatives.

Over the course of the project, collaboration with Deans of Medicine, the LIME Network, medical staff and students will be sought through interviews, focus groups and surveys. All participants will be invaluable resources and integral to the success of the Review Project.

A major outcome of the project will be a Final Report, outlining findings and tailored recommendations for medical schools. These recommendations will promote successful achievements, good practice case studies, and the barriers which impede full implementation of the Healthy Futures Report and the Curriculum Framework. Additionally, discerete reports outlining specific findings for individual medical schools will be provided to each school.

The Review Project is supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.