{"id":582,"date":"2021-10-27T16:37:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?page_id=582"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:11:28","slug":"health-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-students\/health-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Sciences Indigenous engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-1000x500.jpg\" alt=\"Health sciences Indigenous engagement team photo\" class=\"wp-image-16955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-1520x760.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/12\/IndigenousEngagementTeam_Photo1_Edited-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indigenous Engagement team provides a culturally secure learning environment for Indigenous students in the Faculty of Health Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We support students to grow and develop skills and knowledge, determine their own learning needs, and graduate with a strong sense of cultural and professional identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Faculty would like to pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the Wadjuk people of the land on which Bentley Campus is located, and the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields, where our Kalgoorlie Campus is located.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Indigenous Engagement team can support you with:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigating the transition to university<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessing academic support and guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocating on your behalf to staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting with the Koorda Network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Professional-networks\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Professional-networks\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Professional-networks\">Professional networks<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Professional-networks\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>In order to address Close the Gap targets we need to build an Indigenous health workforce. We encourage our students to join one of the many professional Indigenous health networks. You can contact the Indigenous Engagement team to learn more about the organisations and the benefits of joining.<\/p>\n<p>Associations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iaha.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigenous Allied Health Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aida.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Indigenous Doctors Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catsinam.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Physiotherapists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Admission-pathways\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Admission-pathways\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Admission-pathways\">Admission pathways<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Admission-pathways\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>There is more than one way to qualify for Curtin courses. Find out more about our different pathway options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/study.curtin.edu.au\/applying\/pathways\/portfolio-entry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Portfolio Entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/study.curtin.edu.au\/applying\/pathways\/atar-entry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ATAR score<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/study.curtin.edu.au\/applying\/pathways\/uniready-enabling-program\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UniReady<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/study.curtin.edu.au\/offering\/unit-ug-indigenous-premed-health-sciences-enabling-course--en-inpmhev1\/\">Indigenous Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling Course<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Research\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Research\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Research\">Research<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Research\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>The Indigenous Engagement team participates in and leads research activities that also create opportunities for local Aboriginal community groups to be involved in. The <a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/stories\/ground-breaking-program-supports-aboriginal-students\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Balang Djuripin project<\/a> was a 2018 Curtin Innovations grant which enabled the Koorda Network to be established.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin is proud to be widely recognised for its achievements in applied research and has a number of research focus areas in solving real-world problems. Some of these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/media-releases\/new-mental-health-research-draws-wisdom-from-aboriginal-elders\/\" rel=\"noopener\">New mental health research draws wisdom from Aboriginal elders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/stories\/big-systems-create-challenges-for-indigenous-health\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Big systems create challenges for Indigenous health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/media-releases\/tomorrows-indigenous-psychologists-awarded-inaugural-scholarships\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Indigenous psychologists awarded inaugural scholarships\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"cards\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n    \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"contact-our-indigenous-engagement-team\">Contact our Indigenous Engagement team<\/h2>\n            \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__subtitle large\">\n                <p>Our office is located in building 400, level 2.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"card-grid\"\n         data-card-size=\"standard\"         data-card-count=\"3\"\n         data-card-background=\"gray\">\n                    <div  id=\"cheryl-davis\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"cheryl-davis\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Cheryl Davis<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p><strong>Director of\u00a0Indigenous Engagement (Health Sciences)<\/strong><\/p><p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:0892664282\">(08) 9266 4282<\/a><br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Cheryl.Davis@curtin.edu.au\">Cheryl.Davis@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"kristy-indich\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"kristy-indich\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Kristy Indich<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p><strong>Indigenous Engagement Officer (Health Sciences)<\/strong><\/p><p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:0892662321\">(08) 9266 2321<\/a><br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kristy.indich@curtin.edu.au\">kristy.indich@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"colin-phillips\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"colin-phillips\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Colin Phillips<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p><strong>Indigenous Engagement Officer (Health Sciences)<\/strong><\/p><p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:0892661009\">(08) 9266 1009<\/a><br \/>\nEmail: <a 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