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Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait I slander Health Dr. Alison Nelson

Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait I slander Health Dr. Alison Nelson Director, Allied Health and Workforce Development. Workforce Strategy tied to Comprehensive health care Addressing social determinants of health alongside health conditions Education Employment

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Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait I slander Health Dr. Alison Nelson

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  1. Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Dr. Alison Nelson Director, Allied Health and Workforce Development

  2. 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

  3. Student Clinical Placements • 2010: 5120 Clinical Hours/semester • 2013: 17484 Clinical Hours/semester • 340% growth over 3 years

  4. Semester 2 2010

  5. Semester 1 2013

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. 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

  9. Questions?

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