An anti-colonial discussion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PHAA DEI SIG

To celebrate the Global Public Health Week 7-11 April, which topic is Redefining Equity: Decolonizing Public Health for a Healthier World, please join us in a webinar to discuss An anti-colonial discussion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, hosted by the PHAA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Interest Group. Our speaker will be Associate Professor Quah Ee Ling from Western Sydney University.

Associate Professor Quah Ee Ling is a fire dragon feminist, Singaporean of Chinese-Hokkien and Indonesian-Peranakan heritage. Ee Ling insists on the correct order of her name - surname (Quah) first followed by given name (Ee Ling). She developed fire dragon feminism to blow flames at colonial and racial capitalist structures and build solidarities for more just and sustainable futures.

Ee Ling is the author of Fire Dragon Feminism: Asian Migrant Women's tales of migration, coloniality and racial capitalism (Bloomsbury 2025), Transnational Divorce: Understanding Intimacies and Inequalities from Singapore (Routledge 2020) and Perspectives on Marital Dissolution: Divorce Biographies in Singapore (Springer 2015). Her research on race, gender, sexuality and migration has also appeared in Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; Journal of Intercultural Studies; Gender, Work and Organisation; Journal of Family Issues; Emotion, Space and Society; Journal of Sociology; Australian Feminist Studies; Marriage & Family Review; and Sydney Review of Books. She is an editorial management board member of Emotions and Society (Bristol University Press). At Western Sydney University, Ee Ling is the Deputy Academic Lead of WSU Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE), and a member of Institute for Culture & Society, Writing & Society Research Centre, and Sexualities & Genders Research.

Event details:

Date: Thursday, 10 April 2025

Time: 1-2 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time

Platform: Online via Zoom

Registration: https://uws.zoom.us/meeting/register/O4Iji5xGQv-EZ07J9AbiEw

If you have any question about this event, please contact A/Prof Brahm Marjadi b.marjadi@westernsydney.edu.au

AIPPEN IPE 2025 Session 1: 

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This session is FREE  to attend and a recording will be available on the AIPPEN page of the ANZAHPE website following the event.

IAMSE 2025 Annual Conference

June 14 - 17, 2025 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada

IAMSE is a nonprofit professional development society organized and directed by health professions educators whose goals include promoting excellence and innovation in teaching, student assessment, program evaluation, instructional technology, human simulation, and learner-centered education.

Important Dates

September 1, 2024 – Deadline for Focus Session Abstracts

November 1, 2024 – Focus Session Authors Notified

December 1, 2024 – Poster and Oral Abstracts Deadline

December 15, 2024 – Travel Awards Deadline

January 15, 2025 – Educational Grants and Curriculum Innovation Grants Submission Deadline

January 15, 2025 – Student Grants Due

January 2025 – Registration to Open

March 2025 – Poster and Oral Author Notifications

April 1, 2025 – Travel Award Winner Notifications

April 1, 2025 – Early Bird Registration Deadline

Full details here

20th National Nurse Education Conference

June 18 - 20, 2025 | Sydney Masonic Centre, Sydney, Australia

This conference is a hub for educators, researchers, and professionals in clinical and tertiary education to exchange insights and collaborate under the theme “Accelerating to the Future: Empower, Innovate, Connect.”

As health professionals we have a commitment to life-long learning, and we recognise the importance of keeping abreast with current developments in our field of practice. The conference will allow you to share knowledge and celebrate experiences through invited speakers’ presentations, research opportunities, and networking.

Conference themes include:

• Connection in teaching and learning
• Empowering learner engagement
• Collaborative and creative health education projects
• Transformative Education

Full details here

AIPPEN IPE 2025 Session 2: 

Presenter: TBA

We anticipate that you will leave with at least one new idea to explore, and widen your network of colleagues with interests in interprofessional education.

About our presenter: TBA

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Best regards,

AIPPEN on behalf of
{Organization_Name}

This session is FREE  to attend and a recording will be available on the AIPPEN page of the ANZAHPE website following the event.

SAVE THE DATE!

International Medical Graduate Conference

September 18-19, 2025 | State Library of Victoria, Melbourne and Online

Working together to build a strong, safe and supported international medical graduate workforce

We are excited to announce that the Australian Medical Council (AMC) will be hosting the International Medical Graduate Conference 2025! This pivotal event is themed around ‘Building Partnerships’ focusing on strengthening Australia’s international medical workforce through collaboration and shared insights.

More details, including speakers and program highlights, will be released soon. In the meantime, stay tuned for further updates!

International medical graduates make up one-third of the Australian medical workforce and make important contributions to communities.

We know that the system that international medical graduates navigate can be complex, time-consuming, confusing and costly. The conference is an opportunity to come together to share ideas, network and explore opportunities for strengthening partnerships across the sector to support international medical graduates in their journeys.

Find out more on our website.

More details here

SAVE THE DATE!

Where’s the Patient’s Voice in Health Professional Education 20 years on?

November 12-15, 2025 | Marriott Pinnacle, Vancouver, BC Canada

BACKGROUND

This is the 3rd conference and will look at the progress that has been made since the 2015 Vancouver Statement.

DESCRIPTION

The conference is about practice, innovation and theory that embeds the patient/client voice in health and social care education. It is an opportunity to share examples of how health and social care education be enriched by patient involvement. Over three days, participants will present examples of collaborations between educators and patient/community groups that bring the authentic and autonomous voices and lived experiences of patients into the education of current and future health and social care professionals.

TOPICS

Conference topics will focus on patient/community involvement in health and social care education and may include:

• Patients as teachers
• Involving patients in interprofessional/ team-based education
• Outcomes of patient involvement
• Recognition and support for patient/community educators
• Approaches to increasing diversity of patients involved in education
• Accreditation standards, policies and government directives, best practices for patient involvement
• Sustainability of patient involvement in challenging times
• Involvement of patients throughout the continuum of learning
• Patient and community involvement in admissions, curriculum, assessment, academic conferences, etc.
• Health advocacy, social determinants of health, cultural humility / safety
• Approaches to patient involvement from classroom to clinic, virtual and in-person
• Community-university partnerships

Full details here