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Professor Helen MilroyDirector, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and HealthSciences, The University of Western AustraliaHelen is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.She is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Bentley Family Clinic andDirector for the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at The University ofWestern Australia. Helen is a Past President of the Australian Indigenous Doctors’Association, current member of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health,Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health initiative, Aboriginal & Torres StraitIslander Healing Foundation Development Team, the Western Australian IndigenousImplementation Board and the Australian Health Ethics Committee.Future directions of (Indigenous) medical education – workforce implicationsIn this keynote address Helen will reflect on the journey we have taken in Indigenous medical educationover recent years and look forward to the realisation of a truly culturally safe health care system. The shiftfrom a minimal, or complete absence of Indigenous health teaching and learning in medical courses tothe implementation of more comprehensive approaches that prepare graduates to work collaborativelywith Indigenous people in a collective journey towards better health and health care for all is a great stepforward. However, we need to remember that our job does not stop there. Our next step, as educators andpractitioners, is to consider how we support our new graduates into the future so they are able to continuetheir journeys.Professor Tim WilkinsonProfessor in Medicine and Associate Dean (Medical Education) at the University of Otago, ChristchurchTim is a Professor in Medicine and Associate Dean (Medical Education) at the Universityof Otago, Christchurch. He Chairs the Otago Faculty of Medicine Curriculum Committee,and the Faculty’s assessment committee. He is a member of the Australian MedicalCouncil’s Expert Advisory Panel on assessment. He is immediate past president ofANZAME, the association for health professional education. His research interests arein medical education, particularly assessment and workplace learning. He is a keen, butmediocre, double bass player and enjoys playing jazz and in orchestras. By day he worksas a consultant physician in geriatric medicine.Critical discussant:Sustainable curriculum practice and assessing Indigenoushealth sessions23