Indigenous equity and cultural safety
We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and Elders — past and present — of the lands and waters on which RACP members and staff live, learn and work.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our commitments
Find out how we're contributing to health equity and cultural safety in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health and initiatives to grow the specialty workforce.
Find out how we're contributing to health equity and cultural safety in Māori health and supporting initiatives to grow the Māori physician workforce.
We're committed to achieving equity and cultural safety in Indigenous health and growing the Indigenous Physician workforce. This is recognised our Constitution and Indigenous Strategic Framework.
The Indigenous object of our Constitution (PDF) states the College will:
Demonstrate a commitment to Indigenous aspirations and outcomes by:
- respecting and promoting the principles as enshrined in the Uluru Statement from the Heart (PDF), Te Tiriti o Waitangi. and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)
- advancing justice and equity in health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori communities
- acknowledge the world views, protocols and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Māori.
Our Indigenous Strategic Framework outlines 5 key priority areas for action from 2018 to 2028.
- Contributing to addressing Indigenous health inequities.
- Growing the Indigenous physician workforce.
- Educating and equipping the physician workforce on Indigenous health and culturally safe practice.
- Fostering a culturally safe and competent College.
- Meeting the new regulatory standards and requirements of the Australian Medical Council and Medical Council of New Zealand.
Indigenous leadership and collaboration with our partners are important in driving effective and sustainable progress towards Indigenous health equity and the delivery of culturally safe health care that supports the needs of the communities we serve.
Find out how we're improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Search and apply for Indigenous Scholarships & Prizes through RACP Foundation.
Artwork credits
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural elements
Healing Place by Riki Salam of We are 27, developed for the RACP.
The artwork depicts a great place of knowledge and healing.
Māori cultural elements
Tāniko pattern by Kaaterina Kerekere of KE Design developed for RACP.
The foundation of this design comes from Waharua kōpito tāniko motif. This stylised version of the pattern refers to the notion of transformation and change that occurs at such meeting points. For the College it symbolises the trans-Tasman training relationship, connecting the Indigenous peoples of 2 nations and bringing together medical specialists with patients.