Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network
The LIME Network advocates for improved teaching and learning about Indigenous health in medical schools, as well as for best practice in the recruitment and retention of Indigenous medical students and trainees. It is a program of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.
Its resources include:
- A Curriculum Framework for developing a medical school curriculum that teaches Indigenous health in a holistic, inclusive and culturally responsive way.
- A Critical Reflection Tool to help medical schools identify areas of strengths and areas that need improvement in their teaching of Indigenous health.
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The APS promotes its advocacy on Indigenous issues; among its public actions it has made a formal apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and funded a bursary for Indigenous psychology students.
The Australian College of Emergency Medicine, which represents emergency department doctors, notes that Indigenous people use Emergency Departments almost twice as frequently as non-Indigenous people - representing 3 per cent of the population but 5.6 per cent of ED visits.
The Australian Association of Social Workers has not published any recent policy or position papers specifically related to Indigenous wellbeing, but the needs of Aboriginal people feature prominently in many of its broader platforms.