Best practices to recruit mature aboriginal students to medicine /

James One medical students in Canada (18 Rourke has described the overall strategy as Aboriginal students of 2020 total).1 Given that part of social accountability/responsibility, Aboriginal people (First Nations, Inuit and wherein ‘medical schools can make the Métis) comprise 3.3 per cent of the Canadian greatest contribution to the health and well- population,2 the number of Aboriginal students [...] For example, the Native In many regards the push to increase the Nurses Entry Program at Lakehead University number of Aboriginal physicians is also part of had noted that only five per cent of their a concerted effort by government, schools and students are not classified as “mature”.4 the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Roughly 50-60 per cent of all Aboriginal Canada (AFMC) and the Indig [...] The research was in retention of Aboriginal students in Canadian response to the announcement of funding for post-secondary institutions, the development Aboriginal health human resources initiatives, of new medical schools in Canada and looking specifically at the training of Australia with a commitment to serving Aboriginal people in health professions, Aboriginal communities, and government and [...] Most of these see an increase in their recruitment and initiatives seem to have a rural focus, however, retention of Aboriginal students, especially which leaves questions about the status of when they involve those Aboriginal faculty Indigenous health programs for urban and staff members in the development of populations.17 It appears that many of the Aboriginal initiatives. [...] The Koori Centre at University of Western Australia created the the University of Sydney also lists preparatory Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental undergraduate and graduate courses in Health to ‘improve the recruitment and Aboriginal Health and Community.