LIMECONNECTIONV - LIME Network

WORKSHOP 4: Developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderhealth curriculum framework – does it matter?Health Workforce Australia2.00pm - 3.15pmFacilitator: Pat MaherAbstract:The Australian Government is committed to improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander peoples and contributing to closing the gap in life expectancy. To assist in achieving this goal, thereis a need to provide more culturally safe services and to educate health professionals about Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander issues and the significant role the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workersand Practitioners play in multidisciplinary health care teams. One way of doing this is to develop a culturallyinclusive, interdisciplinary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curriculum framework, to be integratedinto entry level health profession training. Health Workforce Australia and Curtin University are currentlyseeking feedback and this workshop will add a further dimension to the consultation process.Presenters:Zell DoddHealth Workforce AustraliaZell is a descendant of the Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna (Narrunga) Aboriginal peoples ofSouth Australia. She has extensive experience in working in State and CommonwealthGovernment and the non-government organisation sector, primarily in a leadershiprole. Over the past 14 years she has held senior positions in areas such as agedcare, substance misuse, health service delivery and workforce. This work has largelyconcentrated on advocating and working closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeoples to improve access to health care and contributing to improving the life expectancygap. Zell is currently the Project Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderHealth Workforce program, Workforce Innovation and Reform, Health Workforce Australia.Sue JonesCurtin University40Associate Professor Sue Jones is Director of Learning Design and leader of a university widecurriculum reform project (Transforming Learning @ Curtin) at Curtin University. She was theDean of Teaching and Learning in Health Sciences for six years and was responsible for leadingand embedding inter-professional education within health sciences curricula as part of herfaculty’s strategic plan. As part of the faculty’s inter-professional first year, Sue led the inclusionof a core unit for over 2300 first year students across 22 disciplines on Indigenous Culturesand Health. Sue has led two Australian Learning and Teaching Council leadership grants andis currently a project team member on an Office for Learning and Teaching grant: Workingtogether: Intercultural academic leadership for teaching and learning in Indigenous culture andhealth. She is also chair of the Australian Physiotherapy Council Accreditation Committee.