Students Page

Welcome to the LIME Network Students Page. Here we will provide information on pathways into medicine, scholarships for Indigenous students wanting to study medicine and contact details of Indigenous Education Centres around Australia and New Zealand. If you have something you would like to contribute to the Student Page please send us an email at lime-network@unimelb.edu.au.

 Please click on the below links to access information on:

Pathways into Medicine

Scholarships

University Indigenous Education Centres

Footprints Short Film

Better strategies for the recruitment, retention and support of Indigenous Medical Students

By Monash Univeristy (lead agency) in colloboration with James Cook University and The university of New South Wales        

Full Footprints Forward report avialble below

 

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Barawul Yana: Better Strategies for the Recruitment, Retention and Support of Indigenous Medical Students in Australia - A NSW Report

This resources highlights 'the voices and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who decide to go to university to become a doctor or other health professional... It looks at the experience of several groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and others involved in their education as they explore options for a career as health professionals. This booklet... tells you what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, teachers, careers advisors and Aboriginal Elders think works well about university and schools programs and also what else is needed to get more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids onto a good career track.'

 

Footprints Forwards: Better Strategies for the Recruitment, Retention and Support of Indigenous Students

This project involved a consortium of the School of Rural Health of Monash, the University of New South Wales and James Cook University and was funded through Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA). It was conducted within the Program of National Significance and was led by the Monash team. The project aims were focussed on investigating the opportunities and barriers to Indigenous student entry into medical education. The reasons for low enrolment and high withdrawal rates for Indigenous students in medical courses were examined. We were also interested to know what strategies are adopted by Australian medical schools to recruit and retain Indigenous students, and what advice, guidance, promotional materials, and support were available to Indigenous secondary students and medical students.

                                                                       

Also check out the You Can Do It video from the Footprints Forwards Research Project

 

Journeys into Medicine

The Journeys into Medicine, an AIDA publication, is a collection of stories from both Indigenous doctors and medical students speaking about their experiences, challenges and triumphs in becoming and being an Indigenous doctor. The book profiles 15 Indigenous medical graduates and 5 students and was launched by the Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health & Regional Services Delivery at the AIDA Annual Symposium, Brisbane, 3 October 2009.

                                                                         

 

Pathways into the health workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION

The Pathways into the health workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION (an AIDA publication) was endorsed by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council on 3 April 2008. The paper highlights the need for strong collaboration between health and education across all levels of government and identifies four areas for action: the student and their needs; the institutional context; enabling the system; and leadership for change.

                                                                        

 

Healthy Futures: Defining best practice in the recruitment and retention of Indigenous medical students

The Healthy Futures Report, an AIDA publication, was launched at the AIDA Annual Symposium held in Newcastle in October 2005. The Best Practice Framework has been developed for Australian medical schools, governments and other stakeholders to improve recruitment and retention strategies for Indigenous medical students.