Dr Michael Doyle (second from the left) with Senator Pat Dobson and others at the June 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards. (Emma was unable to physically attend the ceremony).
Walke and the team are translating the experiences of the rural and remote communities into a virtual reality training tool. This innovative immersive learning tool is about helping to build medical students’ appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences of racism in the health care system.
It will and is shaping the students’ understanding of what people actually feel and experience. It confronts the endemic issues of institutional racism in order to build a less biased, more caring and competent workforce.
Emma Walke was a part of the AHMRC Ethics Committee who received the Reconciliation Australia national award for ‘Outstanding examples of Governance in Indigenous led non-incorporated initiatives’ along with Dr Michael Doyle who chairs The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW Human Research Ethics Committee.
