There are few Indigenous doctors in Australia. This course hopes to change that
Share on Twitter There are about 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors in Australia. That's less than 0.5 per cent of the workforce. But Indigenous Australians make up three per cent of the population. It's something the University of Newcastle, north of Sydney, is hoping to change. The university runs an intensive five-day entry program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants who hope to become doctors every year, which pairs them with student mentors to successfully start medical school. It is called Miroma Bunbilla, which means ‘permit - take ...
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