1. Pascale Dettwiller
Associate Professor & Director
Rural Clinical School Katherine (NT)
Sarah Strasser
Inaugural Associate Dean NTMP
Relationships with commercial interests: NA
2. Disclosure of Commercial Support
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This program has received financial support from the Northern Territory Government and Commonwealth Government through funding of the NTMP.
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I am an employee of Flinders NT and I have been supported to attend and present at the 2014 MUSTER.
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Potential for conflict(s) of interest: NA
3. The Frozen North meets the Tropical North: six years down the track in Central Australia
4. Acknowledgement
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We acknowledge and respect the people as the traditional custodians of the ancestral land on which we are hosting this meeting, and we acknowledge and respect the spiritual connectivity of Aboriginal peoples to their country.
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We acknowledge all of the traditional owners, Elders past, present and future from all of the sites that each delegate comes from.
6. Six Key Academic Principles
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Interprofessional
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Integration
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Community Oriented
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Distributed community engaged learning
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Generalism
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Diversity
Flinders University's Strategic Plan
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Differentiate, Focus & Intensify
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A social mission & role in the development of the Central South Australia & Northern Territory corridor
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Local community of Southern suburbs of Adelaide
7. 1000 persons
N Engl J Med, Vol. 344, No. 26 · June 28, 2001 · www.nejm .org
8. ADMISSION
NOSM
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Selection criteria target
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northern students:
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Background living in northern urban, rural and/or remote communities
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Admissions process eliminates many barriers for northern students
NTMP
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In Darwin, place offers by ranking specified by NT Government started in 2011 capped to 24 :
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NT Resident – Indigenous
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NT Resident – Non Indigenous
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Non NT Resident – Indigenous
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Non NT Resident – Non Indigenous
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10. The Program
NOSM
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Four years 2+2
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Clinically driven
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Holistic cohesive curriculum
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Distributed learning
•Consultative process in developing curriculum
NTMP
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Four years 2+2
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Contextualised to NT
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Inclusive approach
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Distributed learning: Katherine, Nhulunbuy Alice Springs (New facilities, SIM lab. and AV)
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Consultative process is a work-in-progress
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“Social Accountability of medical schools is the obligation to direct education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region and/or nation they have a mandate to serve”
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WHO,1995
14. Strengths
NOSM
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more skilled doctors
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enhanced health care
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improved health outcomes
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broader academic developments
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economic developments
NTMP
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Science and Scholarship: the medical graduate as scientist and scholar
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Clinical Practice: the medical graduate as practitioner
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Health and Society: the medical graduate as a health advocate
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Professionalism and Leadership : the medical graduate as a professional and leader
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Strong connection with partners.
17. Future & Immediate Challenges
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2014 AMC Accreditation
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LIFT program
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MD program
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Consolidate partnerships and interprofessional cooperation (education &research).
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Community Engagement: delivery population health in the multidisciplinary integrated model – social responsibility; contextualised curriculum.
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First NTMP graduates December 2014.
18. THANK YOU
Acknowledgment to Dr Ruth Sladek and Dr Mark Slee from FU and Professor R Strasser from NOSOM for sharing their material
