Capacity Building for Indigenous Medical Academic Leadership

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Organisation: 
Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association /Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand
Year: 
2011-12
Topic: 
Medical Professionalism and Cultural Safety

The joint initiative between the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) and Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ) to look at capacity building for Indigenous medical academic leaders gained momentum with the engagement of a Project Manager in May 2011.

The project, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), involves conducting a review of current capacity building models in academic leadership to inform discussion at a forum held in the second half of 2011. Stakeholders will come together at the forum to establish a plan, incorporating recommendations and strategies, to build capacity over the next three to five years.

The Project Manager, Rebecca Astles-Phillips, has established the Steering Committee, identifying current models on academic leadership building and making contact with key stakeholders, including members of the LIME Network. At the close of the project, the three to five year plan will be provided to key stakeholders and DoHA with the view to identifying concrete pathways and support mechanisms which will ensure rapid and sustained growth in the current Indigenous academic medical workforce.

For further information please contact Rebecca Astles-Phillips on
E: <astles@medicaldeans.org.au>.

Organisation Contact: 
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (Medical Deans)