Good Medicine Better Health

The Good Medicine Better Health program

Good Medicine Better Health (GMBH) is a series of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-accredited learning modules and consumer resources on a range of health topics.

The modules can be found on NACCHOs Online learning platform https://learn.naccho.org.au/

These have been developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners and their communities to improve quality use of medicines and medical tests.

The Good Medicine Better Health program aims to:

provide CPD-accredited education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners on a range of conditions

build skills around the quality and safe use of medicines in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia

enable access to the best resources to improve community understanding of Quality Use of Medicines

Assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners in their career progression to help retain these roles that are essential to supporting good health care.

The program is run by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group to ensure it adheres to NACCHOs core values by promoting Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands; through whole-of-community self-determination, governance, and leadership in the workforce.

Advisory group members as of 2024

Karrina Demasi
Telethon Kids

James Harris
Executive Director Professional Development,
National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP)

Linda Da Costa
Community Member, Danila Dilba Health Service

Judith Parnham
Advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker, Ravenshoe Primary Health Care Centre

Paul Stewart
Deputy CEO, Lowitja Institute

Lee Bradfield
Manager Indigenous Strategy, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

CPD-accredited modules

Self-paced CPD accredited learning modules for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners.

ACCHO locations

NACCHO oversees a network of 148 members, each running Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) across urban, regional, and remote Australia. These ACCHOs range from large facilities with multiple healthcare professionals providing comprehensive services to smaller centres focused on preventive care and health education, primarily delivered by Aboriginal Health Workers and nurses.

Contact

For any inquiries or further information about the Medicines and Pharmacy team at: medicines@naccho.org.au.