Associate Professor Marlene Drysdale Dr. Janice Chesters FOOTPRINTS FORWARDS: Telling them “You Can Do It”

A collaborative project between as lead agency and:

3 Introduction: The 3 Footprints To Telling them “You can do it”

4 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.

5 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

6 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.

7 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)