Indigenous Doctors
For many Aboriginal people, a visit to the doctor is never just about the appointment. It can be the difference between feeling understood or feeling invisible.
Proud Dharawal and Wiradjuri woman Dr Tatum Maybir has helped create a powerful family legacy in medicine, with two of her sons graduating as doctors last year and her daughter now beginning her own m...
Key points:- University of Queensland aims to double the number of Indigenous students studying medicine by 2030- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students currently make up about 4.
The Commonwealth government's funding package in response to the country's largest diphtheria outbreak on record has been welcomed by Indigenous health bodies, who have encouraged everyone to make sur...
Curtin University has marked a significant moment for Aboriginal health and education with the graduation of three Indigenous doctors. Jaaron Davis, Daisy Alps and Arkayla McPhee have completed the fi...
In a bright new building designed to shape the future of health in the Northern Territory, Jobe Bonney stood quietly among leaders, lecturers and his fellow students.
At only eight years old, Brianna Ozies had already decided she wanted to be a doctor. The proud Djugan woman had firsthand experience of the Indigenous health gap in her hometown of Derby, so she was...
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...