Launch of the CDAMS Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework
Current topic| The following summary has been adapted from the 25 August 2004, University of Melbourne media release.
The launch of the CDAMS Indigenous Health curriculum framework by former Governor-General, Sir William Deane and senior Indigenous health authority, Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue, was held on 27August 2004, at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. The nationally agreed curriculum framework for the inclusion of Indigenous health content in medical curricula, has resulted from a joint initiative between the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools (CDAMS) and the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. The project – hosted and delivered by the VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit at the University of Melbourne – was under development for more than 12 months. It involved an audit of existing Indigenous health content in core medical education and the establishment of a nationally agreed curriculum framework. The framework is intended to improve, strengthen and develop training for medical professionals on the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Professor James Angus (Convenor of the Project Steering Committee and Dean of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne) was enthusiastic about the development of the framework and the challenges of working with universities and other key stakeholders to facilitate its implementation. He explained, ‘We believe the framework we have developed will ensure medical students nationwide will receive the right information and skills to enable them to become the best doctors we can produce for the improvement of Indigenous health in Australia’. The framework is expected to be an investment in the training of a more competent medical workforce; in the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities; and in the health status of all Australians. Also attending and speaking at the launch were:
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