About the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) Post 

About the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) Post 

Education > GPs in training > AGPT Academic Post Program > AIDA Post
Last updated 5 March 2024

What is AIDA?

AIDA is a not-for-profit, member-based, professional association supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and doctors. AIDA and its members are uniquely positioned to provide perspectives to improve the health and life outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

What is the AIDA academic post?

As part of the Federal Governments’ Closing the Gap strategy, the Department of Health has earmarked a specialised academic post referred to as the AIDA academic post. The post is an identified training term open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander general practitioners in training. 

What can I expect from this role?

The AIDA post comprises 0.5 FTE clinical work in a general practice clinic (minimum of 14.5 hours per week) and 0.5 FTE in academia including research (11.4 hours) and teaching (7.6 hours). The successful applicant will be supported to visit AIDA’s office in Canberra several times over the course of the post. Applicants may develop their own topic in consultation with their university supervisor or select from the list of suggested topics provided below. 


Dr Talila Milroy

2020 AIDA academic post holder 

'Racism in the healthcare workforce and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in
general is a really important topic that the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association [AIDA]
is trying to address, among many others. 

The AIDA post allows me to work with AIDA to get advice and support in developing my project,
the project design, helping with recruitment and also reviewing the project as it progresses
throughout the post. Also, it allows me to attend their annual conference – to present my findings
but also to meet other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or non-Indigenous researchers within
the Indigenous healthcare space.' 

LEARN MORE ABOUT TALILA’S EXPERIENCE  

Suggested research topics

  • Applying cultural safety in clinical practice at the GP practice level (could also be a collation/review of patient surveys on the cultural safety of their treatment/GP). 
  • Racism (as experienced and/or perpetrated) by GPs. 
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient and doctor (under)identification. 
  • GPs and ear health. 
  • GPs and BBV and STIs. 
  • GPs’ role in identifying and addressing current and future effects of climate change on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 
  • Euthanasia/Doctor assisted dying: 
  • the impact of proposed and current laws on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients 
  • the opinions on those issues among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients (should include palliative care). 
  • Integrating traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing practices in modern clinical practice. 

How can I apply?

If you're interested in the AIDA academic post, you'll need to submit the standard academic post application form and complete the extra AIDA post application fields outlined in the application form, which you can find from the main Academic Post webpage.


Contact us

Should you have further questions, please contact Georgia Franklin
03 8699 0418
gpedresearch@racgp.org.au