Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association

Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) is a not-for-profit, member-based, professional association supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and doctors.

Our purpose is to contribute to equitable health and life outcomes and the cultural wellbeing of Indigenous people. We do this by working towards reaching population parity of Indigenous medical students and doctors, and supporting a culturally safe healthcare system.

We encourage you to join today to support our work and to reap the many benefits of being an AIDA member.

To be eligible for membership with AIDA, an individual or organisation is required to be nominated by a current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctor or medical student who is a member of AIDA. Please read the AIDA eligibility guidelines.

For any queries regarding your membership, please contact us on 1800 190 498 or email [email protected].

To apply for a new membership please complete the relevant form below:

• AIDA Membership form (Individual)
  
• AIDA Membership form (Organisation)

Become a Member

Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) is a not-for-profit, member-based,  professional association supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and doctors.

Our purpose is to contribute to equitable health and life outcomes and the cultural wellbeing of Indigenous people. We do this by working towards reaching population parity of Indigenous medical students and doctors, and supporting a culturally safe healthcare system.

AIDA provides mentoring as a benefit for our members; it is a way for our members to support and guide each other through their medical studies and then careers as Indigenous medical practitioners.

Our mentoring program is called Nintintjaku malpa wiru which is a Pitjantjatjara phrase that means “learning from a good friend”, which is the goal of the program.

The AIDA Mentoring Program is a nine-month program with a formal intake of participants in March each year. It is open to all AIDA members. At this time, participation as a mentee is limited to Indigenous medical student and Indigenous medical doctor members of AIDA.

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Further to our cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors, medical students and patients, AIDA has developed the resources to provide guidance on implementing cultural safety in the health care context.

The AIDA Cultural Safety Factsheet gives further context to our position paper, providing some examples of work AIDA has undertaken to advocate for cultural safety.

The AIDA Cultural Safety Toolkit is a broad compilation of education and information resources and is intended to evolve over time. AIDA welcomes feedback and suggestions to enhance this resource.

More about cultural safety