The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training Framework 17 Background The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is committed to developing and supporting a culturally safe and reflective general practitioner (GP) workforce that works effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities. The RACGP Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) vision for reconciliation is an organisation and GP profession free from racism, where all GPs can, and do provide culturally safe healthcare, grounded in mutual respect and trust. A key strategy for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequity is training that is evidenced to result in changing practice and in health outcomes (Reath, 2019). During the development of the RACGP Training Program, which includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training, it was identified that a comprehensive framework was needed at a national level to cohesively underpin all the work required in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training as well as training and workforce pipeline development. As a key partner in the Joint Colleges Training Services Pty Ltd (JCTS), a joint venture of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the RACGP, ACRRM has played a valuable role in the Steering Committee and development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Health Training Framework (the Framework). The Framework outlines an approach to how the principles underpinning it can shape the shared GP training activities for our respective Fellowship training programs. Through the Joint Colleges Training Services funding, the development and implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health strategic plans will reflect this approach. All general practice and rural generalist registrars, of both colleges, through key collaborations on areas such as training sites, placements and cultural education, will have the opportunity to engage with the Framework as it provides an ongoing process to reflect on, and embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values and ways of knowing, being and doing throughout the training programs. The RACGP values ACRRM’s ongoing role in the implementation and evaluation of the Framework. Background and Aims
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