Australia AMC Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs (2023) 5.2: Staff resources: sufficient academic staff recruited and retained for the student numbers and the approach to learning, teaching and assessment; an appropriate professional staff profile; a defined strategy for recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori staff at a level that sustains the First Nations health curriculum with succession planning; use of educational expertise including that of First Nations people; recruitment, support and training of patients and community members formally engaged in teaching, with inclusive, resourced processes that engage groups experiencing health inequities and First Nations communities; and indemnification of staff for their program work

What does 5.2 require?

People deliver the program. The provider recruits and retains enough academic staff for its student numbers and its approach to learning, teaching and assessment, and maintains a professional staff profile suited to its purpose and the program's development. It follows a written plan for attracting and keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori staff, at a level sufficient to implement and develop the First Nations health curriculum, with clear succession planning. It draws on educational expertise, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori expertise among it, in developing and managing the program. Patients and community members who take a formal part in planned teaching are recruited, supported and trained through inclusive and properly resourced processes that bring in groups facing health inequity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities. It ensures staff are indemnified for their involvement in developing and delivering the program.