National Faculty of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health
National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HealthImproving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is one of Australia’s highest health priorities. RACGP is committed to raising awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health needs. As a result, the RACGP National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health has been formed to help ‘close the gap’. By understanding the cultural context, the faculty hopes to advocate for culturally appropriate health delivery systems that will improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The faculty board will be overseeing a number of education and advocacy initiatives in 2010–2011 and will hold its first annual general meeting in 2011. RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy statements Membership The membership drive for the faculty is now fully operational. If
you are an RACGP member and have an interest in Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander health, work in an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander clinic, would like to know more about Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander health and/or would like to inform the faculty what form
of support would best assist you, please join the faculty by going to www.racgp.org.au/aboriginalhealth/membership and
either downloading the membership form or, if you have a member login,
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Latest news & media releases
E-news bulletinTo receive regular emailed news updates of interest to GPs and others working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health please contact Annyca O'Shea on annyca.oshea@racgp.org.au or Diane Lowther on diane.lowther@racgp.org.au
Current projectsDevelopment on an Interpretative Guide for the RACGP Standards for general practices A new resource With funding from the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, the RACGP has developed an Interpretive Guide of the RACGP Standards for General Practices 3rd Edition. The guide has been written for people working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services. It aims to guide people who are unfamiliar with the RACGP Standards for general practices through the standards. It aims to help people understand:
The Guide is now available for download. Quality Improvement Workshops At the invitation of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), the RACGP has contributed to half day workshops in each state during April and May. These workshops provided an overview of the Interpretive Guide and an introduction to the 4th edition of the RACGP Standards for General Practices. Cultural Safety Training Scoping Study The RACGP was contracted by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to undertake a scoping study of cultural safety training in Australia. A report on the project has recently been submitted to the Department of Health and Ageing and is now available.
Free GP Adverts on RACGP Website We also encourage those GPs who are interested in working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to browse this website to see where there are currently vacancies. This service is intended to help build bridges between GPs interested in this work and communities in need of GPs. We are keen to work closely with other agencies already engaged in workforce recruitment in expanding the reach of their activities
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Faculty InformationFaculty
contacts Media releasesMedia releases
relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander health. AwardsStanding Strong
Together Award Website
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