New record for AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship
The AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship has received the highest number of applications in its 30-year history.
The 2024 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship has received 38 applications — the highest number of applications in its 30-year history.
Applications for the 2024 round of the scholarship closed at the end of January and a selection panel drawn from the AMA-AIDA Taskforce on Indigenous Health is in the process of reviewing the applications.
In the lead-up to applications closing, several past scholarship recipients shared their inspiring career stories.
Professor Kelvin Kong, one of the first recipients in 1997, spoke about the importance of the AMA’s Indigenous Medical Scholarship and how it helped him as a young medical student.
Dr Gemma Johnston, 2008 scholarship recipient, shared her story of how she went on to become a Broome GP who runs a renal clinic, while 2005 recipient Dr Amy Rosser spoke about her career as a rural generalist in the Northern Territory.
Last November, the AMA announced one of the 2023 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship recipients — T’Kido Titasey, who spoke about his desire to provide healthcare in the Torres Strait after his studies and training.
You can donate to the scholarship fund year-round. Charitable contributions help the AMA support even more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to become doctors.
