Professor Joanne Baxter
Dean, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
Professor Joanne Baxter (Poutini Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) is a Public Health Medicine Physician, Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Māori Health Workforce Development Unit in the University of Otago. She has been a member of the Ministry of Health’s Health Workforce Advisory Board and the Te Whatu Ora Health Workforce Taskforce. Joanne is recognised for her research on Māori mental health, ethnic health inequalities, indigenous medical education and Māori health workforce development. Joanne is committed to Māori Health Workforce Development including growing the number of Māori training in health professional programmes, and increasing the number of Māori working in health across diverse roles.
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Achieving Equity in Our Health Workforce
There are marked inequities in health workforce in Aotearoa / NZ and Māori comprise between 2 and 5% of many of our regulated health workforces. This talk will explore the importance of health workforce equity for health and describe key learnings and outcomes from work with Māori health workforce development at the University of Otago. The talk will conclude with strategies to grow health workforce equity.