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Associate Professor Marlene DrysdaleDr. Janice Chesters

FOOTPRINTS FORWARDS: Telling them “You Can Do It”

A collaborative project between

as lead agency and:

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Introduction:

The 3 Footprints To Telling them

“You can do it”

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Footprints 1. (Research)

• Aimed to explore and make recommendations on the opportunities for and the barriers to recruitment, retention and support of Indigenous students into medicine.

• 3 separate research projects • Establishment of an advisory group• Development of a DVD – “You can do it “• Publish a user friendly and publicly available

report.

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Footprints 2.

• Dissemination and scoping of the key recommendations identified in the report.

• Disseminate reports and DVD• Test student responses to DVD• Scope a Clearing House to help spread the ‘You can do it

message” • Develop 5 professional development modules for career

teachers

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Footprints 3. (As yet unfunded)

• Nation wide, large scale implementation of the outcomes from Footprints 2.

• Distribute DVD’s to all Indigenous organisations and university units

• Implement the career teachers professional development modules with all career teachers.

• Establish and maintain a clearing house.

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We Are Telling them

“ You can do it”

Acknowledgment

We would like to thank RUSC for their interest, support and funding.

Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination Program (RUSC)