Teaching & learning partnerships : from policy to practice

![CDATA[Western Sydney University is proudly committed to strong partnerships with local communities for co-creating, codelivering, co-assessing and co-evaluating teaching and learning programs. The symposium will demonstrate how the University’s overarching strategy to community partnerships in teaching and learning are translated into practice at the School of Medicine. The University’s Indigenous leadership and engagement strategy will be highlighted. Aligning with the University’s social accountability mandate, the School of Medicine (SoM) maintains its partnerships with local communities in Greater Western Sydney and Indigenous communities and Aboriginal Medical Services across New South Wales. Experiences of partnerships in Medicine in Context, the SoM’s flagship community-engaged teaching and learning program and the SoM’s Indigenous Health program will be highlighted. Challenges faced and lessons learned in synchronising school-level practical actions with university-level strategic policies will be shared and discussed.]]