Indigenous Doctors
When St Vincent's Hospital in Naarm introduced a policy ensuring Indigenous patients were triaged within 30 minutes of arrival, the results were immediate.
Inflammatory claims about hospital treatment for Indigenous patients in Victoria are "opportunistic, uninformed and deeply concerning," according to the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isla...
Universities Australia has welcomed the federal government's decision to remove caps on Commonwealth Supported Places for First Nations medical students through the Education Legislation Amendment (In...
A new guide for doctors offices around Australia reinforces the case that culturally safe and clinically sound health care is a must in order to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for Indi...
Dr Ellen Engelke, a Curtin Medical School graduate, and her mother Dr Catherine Engelke, a Curtin School of Nursing alumna and Senior Medical Officer in Kununurra, are contributing to better health ou...
The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association has congratulated Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on her reappointment as federal Minister for Indigenous Australians and Mark Butler on his reappointment a...
Gurindji and Noongar woman Ebony Hill is among the first graduates of Flinders University's paramedicine program in the Northern Territory and is now in her second year of a Doctor of Medicine degree.
The University of Newcastle is celebrating the biggest ever cohort of Indigenous doctors graduating from the Joint Medical Program (JMP), with 18 new doctors ready to bolster an empowered Indigenous h...
The Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors' Congress brought together hundreds of medical professionals from around the world this week in Adelaide.
Applications open for the Australian Medical Association's 2025 Indigenous Medical Scholarship this Friday, which could change the lives of an aspiring First Nations doctor.
Healthcare professionals have rallied in response to February's Closing the Gap report that highlighted significant target shortfalls related to institutional racism across the medical sector.
Scott Burgess left school in year ten to embark on a journey - originally working on a horse stud farm, now he's on his way to becoming a doctor.
A group of 12 Indigenous health professionals are set to graduate from South Australia's Flinders University next week. They include proud Ngarabal man, Jordyn Tomba, who is on the verge of graduating...