Member Opportunities

Available Now: Partial scholarships for women in the Health Industry ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per person, for one of four leadership and workplace skill development programs.

These scholarships are aimed at encouraging more women to increase their impact at work, progress their career, and step into leadership roles.

Registrations of interest close on Friday 28 March 2025. Apply here: https://www.wla.edu.au/industry/health/

Three (3) full scholarship places are on offer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and prevocational doctors to attend the RANZCP Congress in the Gold Coast from 4 May-8 May 2025.

Eligible applicants are required to be members of AIDA and RANZCP’s Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF). New members with an eligible application underway are welcome to apply.

To find out more and apply by Tuesday 25 February 2025 please visit the Opportunities for PIF page.

The First Nations Eye Health Alliance (FNEHA) will convene the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference (NATSIEHC25) on Whadjuk Noongar Country (Perth) from 27-29 May 2025.

AIDA member junior doctors and medical students who have an interest in eye health and opthalmology are invited to apply.

Scholarships can be used to cover or contribute towards the cost of conference registration, travel to and from NATSIEHC25 and hotel accommodation for three nights during the Conference, up to the value of AUD $2,000.

To apply, please complete the online submission form. Contact anzef@ranzco.edu for more information.

There exists an exciting opportunity in the Northern Territory, as a Professor First Nations Health with the Charles Darwin University. In this role you will provide leadership to the teaching and learning team, through the provision of guidance and direction in relation to medical education, curriculum design development, assessment and evaluation.

You’ll support in delivering high quality teaching across the program, that is informed by research and cultural knowledge and practices, to ensure a high level of student satisfaction and appropriate skill and knowledge development for clinical practice.

Sydney Medical School, Indigenous Postgraduate Coursework Tuition Fee Scholarship
https://www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships
Eligibility:
• identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person as defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015
• be currently employed in clinical practice (or on approved leave)
• have an unconditional offer of admission or be currently undertaking coursework studies in a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, master’s or advanced master’s level course at Sydney Medical School (except the Doctor of Medicine program).
Applications for postgraduate coursework programs close this Friday 31 January 2025

The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) regulates more than 920,000
registered health practitioners and over 180,000 registered students across 16 health professions.

Fifteen health profession boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) work together to deliver the National Scheme.

Vacancies for one community member is arising on each of the NSW and ACT Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

Our community members are key to making decisions that put community and public safety first. They are active and engaged health consumers or advocates with lived experience and strong community connections who can represent the needs, perspectives and expectations of the community.

Position details: The Territory Boards work in partnership with Ahpra to make registration and notification
(complaint) decisions about individual practitioners, based on national policies and standards set by the
National Boards.

Established in partnership with Glaukos and RANZCO’s Australian and New Zealand Eye Foundation (ANZEF), RANZCO’s South Australia Branch has launched Ophthalmology Elective Grants for First Nations medical students at Flinders University and The University of Adelaide.

This grant aims to support and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students to pursue an ophthalmology elective, potentially leading to a future career in the field. To be selected, students must submit an outline of their plans to complete an ophthalmology elective along with a scholarship request to RANZCO SA Branch Chair Anna Galanopoulos, who led this initiative, via email to: anna.galanopoulos@sa.gov.au

ACD is offering Travel Awards to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and junior doctors with an interest in dermatology to attend the College’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on 31 May – 2 June 2025.

The Award provides the opportunity to access the ASM educational program, learn more about dermatology and network with College Fellows and trainees and others associated with the field of dermatology.

Multiple Awards are available. The Award covers registration and may also cover travel and accommodation costs up to $1000 AUD.

Applications for dermatology registrar training positions, 2026

Applications are invited for registrar training positions in dermatology in the training program of The Australasian College of Dermatologists, to commence in 2026.

Full details of the selection process can be found on the College website www.dermcoll.edu.au / Health Professionals / Becoming A Dermatologist / Australian Medical Graduates.

The College has a designated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander training position available in the Training Program intake for 2026. For information, visit the College website: www.dermcoll.edu.au / For Health Professionals / Becoming A Dermatologist / Aboriginal and Torres Strait I

The RVEEH offers a medical elective program for medical students in their final year of study. These are for 4-6 weeks of clinical attachment in ophthalmology. Appointments are made on a rolling basis, depending on availability of clinicians to supervise.

In the financial year 2024/25 two funded places will be available to AIDA members. Please contact the Education Officer to enquire further: medicalelectives.observers@eyeandear.org.au