LIMECONNECTIONV - LIME Network

WORKSHOP 2: Recruitment models: what has worked for you?2.00pm - 3.15pmFacilitator: Lisa Jackson PulverAbstract:This workshop session will enable participants to explore the approaches a number of universities have takento recruit Indigenous medical students, with a view to developing an action plan for their respective university.Presenters from Monash University, James Cook University and University of Tasmania will showcase andshare what has worked for them, including their respective pathways to medicine, selection processes, as wellas ways of engaging students and parents with practical applications.Resources which have been developed to progress this important work will also be shared.Presenters:Clair AndersenUniversity of TasmaniaClair Andersen has Yanuwa and Gunggalida clan connections in the Gulf countryof northern Australia. She began her education in the Northern Territory beforecontinuing schooling in Tasmania, where she completed high school and a Bachelorof Education at University of Tasmania. Currently, Clair is Director of the RiawunnaCentre at University of Tasmania and her research interests are in improving educationand training pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and thedevelopment of appropriate learning resources.Marlene DrysdaleMonash University and General Practice Education and TrainingAssociate Professor Marlene Drysdale was Chief Investigator for a National project titled 'Footprints Forwards- Better strategies for the recruitment, retention and support of Indigenous medical students'. In 2010 shewon the General Practice Education and Training/Ochre Recruitment Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderHealth Training Award and the Gippsland Regional Australian Reconciliation Award for outstanding individualachievement and contribution to reconciliation through the field of governance. Marlene is the SeniorAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Adviser to General Practice Education and Training.36