Education and Training

The CRC for Aboriginal Health is committed to strengthening the Aboriginal health research workforce through education and training and professional development activities, and by developing partnerships and providing Aboriginal leadership.

We use the term capacity development to refer to the process of building skills, knowledge and capability. Capacity development includes formal and informal education and training, and other hands-on opportunities for development. Some people prefer the term capacity exchange, feeling this reflects the two-way process of learning that occurs, particularly in cross-cultural contexts.

Capacity Development Strategy
In 2005 the CRC for Aboriginal Health carried out a review of its education and training activities to consider how best to use its resources to support as many researchers and students as possible and to make changes that would be sustained beyond the end of the CRC for Aboriginal Health’s funding cycle. Consultations were held with staff and students of partner organisations. As a result, a CRCAH Capacity Development Strategy [pdf] was developed. The CRC for Aboriginal Health Board endorsed this strategy in March 2006.

More information in this section includes:

• Supporting researchers and students
  • International program
  • ASSA Summer School for Indigenous Postgraduate Students
  • Handbook for researchers and supervisors
• Capacity exchange through research
• Education and Training Programs
• Supporting Aboriginal communities to do research
• Education and Training Profiles

Examples of capacity development in the CRC for Aboriginal Health include:

• scholarships for Aboriginal students;
• support for Aboriginal Health Workers to be involved in roundtables for setting research priorities;
• exchange of ideas and knowledge between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers on CRC for Aboriginal Health research projects;
• funding for CRC for Aboriginal Health staff and students to attend conferences for networking and learning opportunities;
• bringing together representatives of research, community and government sectors to hear about each others' experiences at showcases of CRC for Aboriginal Health research.

Download a copy of the:

• Education and Training overview Brochure (2008)

• Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health overview Brochure (2008)