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Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Dr. Alison NelsonDirector, Allied Health and Workforce Development
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Active Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients with a diagnosis of diabetes
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Improving Stable Worsened
Of all clients with more than one HbA1C recorded, what was the trend in HbA1C over the last 12 months?
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• Workforce Strategy tied to Comprehensive health care• Addressing social determinants of health alongside
health conditions• Education• Employment
• Enabling non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce
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Student Clinical Placements
• 2010: 5120 Clinical Hours/semester• 2013: 17484 Clinical Hours/semester
• 340% growth over 3 years
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Semester 2 2010
Medicine Occupational Therapy
Dentistry
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Semester 1 2013
Medicine Occupational Therapy
Dentistry and Oral health
Speech Pathology
Human Movement
Studies
Optometry
Psychology
Nursing and Midwifery
Pharmacy Podiatry Political Science
Business and Economics
Social Work
Counselling Arts Biomedical
Science
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Clinical Placements: Key Features
• Sector Driven• Students are centrally coordinated by IUIH– Universities have a central conduit
• All students receive common orientation with cultural orientation incorporated
• Different models of student placement to fit different needs
• Students are invited to complete research survey at completion of placement
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Outcomes
• Increased likelihood of working in the sector• Increased understanding of working with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people• Pool of capable professionals to draw on:– 4 Students/graduates now employed (1
Aboriginal)
• Also led to growth in allied health staff from 1 in 2010 to 15 FTE’s in 2013 (including 4 Aboriginal health professionals)
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School Based Traineeships
• Cert 3 in Allied health Assisting/Dental Assisting (9 students)
• 2013: 5 year 12’s completed (3 Year 11’s continuing)
• Transition plans for school to work/study including pathways into tertiary preparation and mentoring into health professions
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Questions?