The ultimate goal of this project is to ensure that Indigenous health is embedded as a sustainable, continuing and living part of every Australian medical school’s curriculum. This means that this curriculum framework will require a broader commitment and process for its implementation than relying exclusively on the individual efforts of any particular staff member/s, student/s or community group/s.

To this end, encouragement is given to whole-of-school partnerships for implementing these guidelines, and to a gradual approach to growth and clarity of Indigenous health within the medical curriculum. While the process of embedding curriculum development in this area may take years, the establishment and/or continuation of developmental processes is strongly encouraged. It is acknowledged that each school may be at a different stage of curriculum development, and the following recommendations may prove useful for the growth or consolidation of Indigenous health in individual curricula.

Whole-of-School Partnerships [0]

1. Encourage ownership and participation [0]

2. Embed the commitment and goals of the school in this area in strategic documents, curriculum maps and student outcome and attributes statements [0]

Developmental Processes over Time [0]

3. Trial and review initiatives [0]

4. Celebrate Indigenous health as a part of regular curriculum [0]

5. Identify processes and methods for evaluation [0]

6. Encourage vertical integration beyond core medical education [0]

Complete version of this document in the CDAMS Curriculum Framework including references [1] (PDF 192.16KB)