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By Tag: Managing Challenges / Shortages

Flying high — Dr Scott Lewis’ journey home to regional SA10
Flying high — Dr Scott Lewis’ journey home to regional SA
If you are planning to practice in an area the size of South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, it helps if you buy a plane and learn to fly. That’s how Dr Scott Lewis brings crucial GP and anaesthetist...
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A Tiny Town Triumph – Dr Emmy Hennell8
A Tiny Town Triumph – Dr Emmy Hennell
Running her own practice in a “top ten” tiny town, Dr Emmy Hennell is a rural GP in a position to sit back and survey her great achievements, wrapped in the arms of a supportive community. From her...
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Training a new generation in rural anaesthetics – Dr Robert Easther7
Training a new generation in rural anaesthetics – Dr Robert Easther
An ambition to find a challenging position in life, where close teamwork and hands-on experience go together, has led Dr Robert Easter to an incredibly interesting and varied specialist career. In...
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The Accidental Generalist: Dr Kayla Mizzi, Manjimup WA4
The Accidental Generalist: Dr Kayla Mizzi, Manjimup WA

Born and bred a city kid, Dr Kayla Mizzi has transformed into a passionate rural generalist working in the tiny town of Manjimup in Western Australia’s far southwest. In this episode, we follow...

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Dr Ian Carey – being part of the bigger picture in Broken Hill12
Dr Ian Carey – being part of the bigger picture in Broken Hill
Broken Hill, with its wide-open spaces and desert sunsets, is certainly Dr Ian Carey’s ‘happy place’. Dr Carey's journey to medicine was influenced by his parents, both doctors, and his early...
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I want to do the best I can – Dr Grace Nelson, rural intern and life-long learner8
I want to do the best I can – Dr Grace Nelson, rural intern and life-long learner
It was sage advice from an English teacher that saw Dr Grace Nelson achieve her aspirations. She was counselled to not only celebrate her good grades, but also work hard to shrink the margin...
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The doctor I was meant to be — Dr Louis Christie, Emergency come Palliative Care Specialist7
The doctor I was meant to be — Dr Louis Christie, Emergency come Palliative Care Specialist

One of the first NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) cadets in NSW, Dr Louis Christie only intended staying in Orange in Central NSW for a couple of years, but he found it far too attractive, both...

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Dr Lauren Bradbury — The Holistic Attractions of Rural Medical Oncology6
Dr Lauren Bradbury — The Holistic Attractions of Rural Medical Oncology
Born and trained in the UK, Dr Lauren Bradbury came to Australia to experience new things. A short visit turned into a permanent commitment when she experienced the joys of working as a rural...
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Dr Danielle Winch — Sold on Psychiatry5
Dr Danielle Winch — Sold on Psychiatry
Fascinated by what she calls the “mad” characters in children’s’ books, Dr Danielle Winch knew that she wanted to be a Psychiatrist when she was just eight years old. Her initial ambition was to...
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From the Amazon to Arnhem Land and a commitment to rural health6
From the Amazon to Arnhem Land and a commitment to rural health
A couple of “short stints” in two continents is all it took for Associate Professor Marco to realise his medical calling. Working in the Amazon early in his career left a deep impression, as did...
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Travelling full circle – from birth to geriatric specialist at Shoalhaven Hospital1
Travelling full circle – from birth to geriatric specialist at Shoalhaven Hospital
Dr Katie French was born in Shoalhaven Hospital, in Nowra, New South Wales. Now she’s back at the very same place, working as a specialist in geriatrics and committed to serving the community where...
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A late starter to medicine finds all-round fulfilment as a Lismore GP8
A late starter to medicine finds all-round fulfilment as a Lismore GP
It wasn’t until Dr David Glendinning was well into his first career as an engineer that he had a change of heart. He decided to try medicine. By that time married life had taken hold, but a stint...
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Delighting in Dubbo in PGY37 and beyond...7
Delighting in Dubbo in PGY37 and beyond...
Not everyone thinks the city has it all. Associate Professor Mark Arnold left Sydney to pursue the immense opportunities he saw in Dubbo in the clinical teaching space and in his chosen field of...
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A journey far and wide to reach Busselton – and career fulfilment as a GP Obstetrician5
A journey far and wide to reach Busselton – and career fulfilment as a GP Obstetrician

Dr Sarah Moore covered huge tracks in her career development in WA. But she never lost track of her colleagues and mentors, nor of her love for obstetrics and the privilege, as she calls it, of...

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From Blighty to Broken Hill – and Dr Sarah Wenham has never been busier4
From Blighty to Broken Hill – and Dr Sarah Wenham has never been busier
Whoever said a rural life would be quieter? Dr Sarah Wenham started her medical career in the city of Manchester in the UK. After qualifying in palliative care, she moved to Blackpool with a...
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The conversion of a sceptic - Dr Sean Hogan's road to rural practice1
The conversion of a sceptic - Dr Sean Hogan's road to rural practice
When Dr Sean Hogan was seeking a placement for the last two years of his degree, Wagga Wagga was right at the bottom of his preference list. Reluctantly he took the placement. That was in 2010....
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Taking emergency medicine around the world and back6
Taking emergency medicine around the world and back

If you think the TV hospital drama ER could entice you into a career in emergency medicine, take a note from Associate Professor Tim Baker, a rural emergency physician who talks passionately...

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The Rural Generalist path to professional and lifestyle fulfilment4
The Rural Generalist path to professional and lifestyle fulfilment

Teena’s specialisation is a great example of the diversity you can have in your work, as a GP, based in the country. You may have heard of the term ‘Rural Generalist’ but what does it mean and...

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Lights, action, and far reaching places – a mega-directional career in medicine3
Lights, action, and far reaching places – a mega-directional career in medicine
Tim is an aeromedical retrieval specialist, a GP Anaesthetist and a film maker. Only two years after graduating from medicine, Tim felt disconnected from who he really was and took a break from...
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A General Paediatrician’s perfect career choice2
A General Paediatrician’s perfect career choice

Theresa was fortunate enough to receive a John Flynn Scholarship whilst she was studying medicine and spent two weeks each year of her degree on the beautiful Flinders Island with the local GP;...

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Throw your hat into the ring1
Throw your hat into the ring

Justin is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people and is living the dream of working and living in his home town of Broken Hill for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.  In this episode of Destination...

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