The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training Framework

This framework is key to embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values, ways of thinking and approaches to learning into RACGP education and training.

James Brown
RACGP National Director of Training

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training Framework

This framework is key to embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values, ways of thinking and approaches to learning into RACGP education and training.

James Brown
RACGP National Director of Training

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Guiding principles

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training Framework is underpinned by twelve guiding principles.

These principles have been identified by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the Framework Steering Committee and are supported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led research. These principles provide focus and direction, and a way of working together.

The principles are mutually reinforcing and help to provide a way to navigate complex and dynamic areas of work.

The principles are not prescriptive in how they are applied, as they can respond to circumstances, overlap, and evolve. This enables them to be situationally interpreted and locally contextualised.

Guiding principles

Elements of the Framework

There are four areas of focus within the Framework called ‘elements’.

Cultural and health, education and training

Input from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and People’s is vital to the success of GP training.

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Cultural safety

To truly support healing, we must listen deeply—to the land, stories, and silenced voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who have safeguarded their health and well-being for 65,000 years. In doing so, we acknowledge trauma, witness resilience, and walk beside them in their healing journey.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce development

A true commitment to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health outcomes requires a strong, skilled and supported workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities that delivers effective, safe and culturally appropriate care.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander GP training pipeline

A pipeline into general practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is more than workforce development, it’s embedding ancestral knowledge, sovereignty and cultural integrity into the heart of our healthcare system.

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