TY - JOUR
T1 - Building health workforce capacity in Northern Australia
AU - Johnston, Michael
AU - Smith-Vaughan, Heidi
AU - Bowman-Derrick, Sophie
AU - Hopkins, Jayde
AU - Mccrory, Kelly
AU - Collins, Raelene
AU - Marsh, Robyn
AU - Griffiths, Kalinda
AU - Mayo, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
The Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre is funded by the 2019 Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, with additional support provided by the Barlow Impact Group, and Edwina Menzies and Ian Albrey. The Centre has also administered scholarships funded by Hot North and received funding through competitive grants from the Northern Territory Government. Acknowledgements
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the ASM. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
PY - 2022/10/6
Y1 - 2022/10/6
N2 - The Menzies Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre (Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre) is located within the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) in Darwin, Northern Territory (NT). The Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre is contributing to the development of a local health workforce in the NT, including a strong biomedical workforce. The Centre facilitates health workforce career progression for regional and remote youth, with a focus on career development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) youth. The Centre works in collaboration with a range of industry and education partners, who also have strong workforce development goals and a commitment to serving a vital community need to build pathways into work and study with First Nations peoples. Part of the Centre’s focus entails delivery of high-quality training in biomedical sciences, including theoretical and practical skill development in microbiology, laboratory techniques, immunology, public health, data science, allied health, and health research. The Centre uses a non-linear, strengths-based approach to training with a multiplicity of entry and exit points including high school work experience placements, traineeships, vocational placements, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate placements.
AB - The Menzies Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre (Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre) is located within the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) in Darwin, Northern Territory (NT). The Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre is contributing to the development of a local health workforce in the NT, including a strong biomedical workforce. The Centre facilitates health workforce career progression for regional and remote youth, with a focus on career development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) youth. The Centre works in collaboration with a range of industry and education partners, who also have strong workforce development goals and a commitment to serving a vital community need to build pathways into work and study with First Nations peoples. Part of the Centre’s focus entails delivery of high-quality training in biomedical sciences, including theoretical and practical skill development in microbiology, laboratory techniques, immunology, public health, data science, allied health, and health research. The Centre uses a non-linear, strengths-based approach to training with a multiplicity of entry and exit points including high school work experience placements, traineeships, vocational placements, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate placements.
KW - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
KW - biomedical
KW - capacity building
KW - First Nations
KW - health sciences
KW - northern Australia
KW - regional
KW - remote
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U2 - doi:10.1071/MA22031
DO - doi:10.1071/MA22031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85141849716
SN - 1324-4272
VL - 43
SP - 93
EP - 97
JO - Microbiology Australia
JF - Microbiology Australia
IS - 3
ER -