1. Dr Vanessa Lee, Dr Leanne Coombe, Assoc Prof Priscilla Robinson
Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education (PHILE) Network – providing international leadership
Dr Vanessa Lee, Dr Leanne Coombe, Assoc Prof Priscilla Robinson

2. Acknowledgement
We would like to pay our respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia as the first inhabitants of the nation, and acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we stand, and acknowledge elders past, present and emerging.

3. Greetings from the PHILE Executive Committee
Vanessa Lee Yupinguthi & Meriam, (The University of Sydney) Chairperson Craig Allen Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka, (Flinders University) Deputy Chairperson Leanne Coombe Non-Indigenous Australian, (The University of Queensland) Secretary Ray Mahoney Bidjara, (Queensland University of Technology) Heather D’Antoine Bard, (Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University) Priscilla Robinson Māori, (La Trobe University)

4. Where we have been
Australian Government funded Indigenous Public Health Capacity Building project
2004 National Indigenous Public Health Curriculum Audit 1
2004–6 National Indigenous Public Health Curriculum Workshops
2008 National Indigenous Public Health Curriculum Framework 2
2008 Feasibility Study for a Nationally Accessible Master of Public Health Program Specialising in Indigenous Health 3
2009 ANAPHI published Foundational Competencies for MPH Graduates in Australia 4
National Review of Core Indigenous Public Health Competencies Integration into MPH Curricula
Publication of National Reviews ( plus peer reviewed publications
CAPHIA agreed to host PHILE when government funding ceased
2016 CAPHIA published Foundation Competencies for Public Health Graduates in Australia 2nd ed. 5
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework 2nd ed. 6
2018 Meeting with Māori colleagues to discuss potential expansion of PHILE in NZ

5. Findings from Curriculum Reviews
Achievements:
Raised profile of Indigenous health competencies
Identified models of curriculum integration
Frameworks for teaching Indigenous health
Increased level of Indigenous health content
Cross institutional arrangements
Ongoing Challenges:
Resourcing & prioritising Indigenous health education
Overcoming ongoing gaps in curriculum
Documenting Indigenous health content
Appropriate content and resource development
Workforce development needs survey
Required teaching support & staff development
Staff recruitment & retention

6. Where we are going

7. Competencies and Accreditation
CAPHIA and PHILE use of competencies review
WFPHA PET Indigenous public health competencies
Advance HE Race Equality Charter accreditation

8. Teaching and Curriculum
Support for program design and delivery
Explore potential model for ‘virtual faculty network’

9. Andragogic Research Student readiness for learning
Impact of integration of Indigenous public health content on student outcomes
Staff readiness in interpretation of Indigenous public health content for teaching
Core competency deliverables in the workplace

10. Global Charter

11. References
Anderson, I., Brabham, W., Genat, W., Jessen, J., & Fitzgerald, D. (2004). National Indigenous Public Health Curriculum Audit & Workshop Project Report. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Genat, W. (2008). National Indigenous Public Health Curriculum Framework. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Public Health Education and Research Program (PHERP) Indigenous Public Health Capacity Development Project Reference Group. (2008). Feasibility Study for a Nationally Accessible Master of Public Health Program Specialising in Indigenous Health. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Genat, B., Robinson, P., & Parker, E. (2009). Foundation Competencies for Master of Public Health Graduates in Australia.
Somerset, S., Robinson, P., & Kelsall, H. (2016). Foundation Competencies for Public Health Graduates in Australia. Retrieved from Canberra:
PHILE Network. (2017). National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Curriculum Framework. Retrieved from Canberra: