About the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) Post 

About the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) Post 

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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 engage with AIDA over the course of the post to connect with culturally safe support. There is also funding available for the successful candidate to attend AIDA’s national conference.

Applicants may develop their own topic in consultation with their university supervisor and/or with the support of AIDA.

Contact AIDA

Contact Paula Myott and Kelly Kildea at AIDA via paula.myott@aida.org.au to be linked with culturally safe support.

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.