Future Forum 

A unique part of this year’s conference will be an interactive ‘Future Forum’ with an invited expert panel. The forum is designed to draw out wide reaching and diverse views on the current state of general practice education and training in Australia We need to challenge the existing norms and consider the possibilities for the future.

This forum will be attended by people involved in every aspect of general practice education and training including medical students, interns, JMOs, registrars, supervisors, medical educators, academics, government representatives, cultural educators, administrators and community members. This facilitated session will be a highlight of the conference and guaranteed to be a redefining event, not only for those present but also for the broader education community. 

GPTEC 2019 would like to introduce Dr Jeff McMullen AM as the facilitator for the Future Forum.

Dr Jeff McMullen AM

For over five decades, journalist, author and film-maker, Dr Jeff McMullen AM, has given voice to the struggle by First Nations people in Australia and around the world, His focus is on improving education and health while addressing the fundamental human rights of First Peoples. In 2006 Dr Jeff McMullen was awarded an Order of Australia (AM), for service to journalism and efforts to raise awareness of economic, social and human rights issues in Australia and overseas, as well as service to charity.

Current Work
Dr McMullen is a foundational Director of AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) and has helped grow Australia’s most successful mentoring program for Indigenous students around the country and its introduction in Africa and North America. He is also a Director of the Engineering Aid Australia Indigenous Summer School program. 

Dr McMullen has been prominent in the Close the Gap campaign, chairing forums for AIDA and NACCHO, as well as the Northern Territory’s first conference focussed on Indigenous suicide prevention. He has worked closely with the Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation in the Katherine region, developing maternal and infant health programs. He is also an Ambassador of NOFASD, the national organisation working to reduce foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children. In 2018 McMullen supported the advocacy of Gilbert & Tobin law firm to change the laws in each State and Territory to recognise the impact on health of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

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