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Hooves, Health and Higher Degrees – Natalie Vear52
Hooves, Health and Higher Degrees – Natalie Vear

From suburban Queensland to clinical training in Wagga Wagga — fourth-year medical student Natalie Vear has wholly embraced rural medicine. A former exercise physiologist and postdoctoral...

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Heart of the Red Centre: focus on what you love - Dr Angus Baumann18
Heart of the Red Centre: focus on what you love - Dr Angus Baumann

Dr Angus Baumann took a long, non-linear journey into medicine, that eventually led him to specialise in cardiology. Now based in Alice Springs with his family, and deeply entrenched in the...

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The Magic of Rural Medicine – Laura Sliskovic51
The Magic of Rural Medicine – Laura Sliskovic
Laura Sliskovic put aside her desire to become an actress and pursue her passion to become a doctor, supporting remote communities with limited access to healthcare. It was through her mother’s...
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Persistence Pays: From Farm Life to Rural Doctor – Dr Matthew Collocott26
Persistence Pays: From Farm Life to Rural Doctor – Dr Matthew Collocott
Raised on farms in both South Africa and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Matthew Collocott took the long road into medicine — from biomedical science at Griffith University, to four...
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Dr Morgan Neasey – A Journey of Determination and Rural Commitment25
Dr Morgan Neasey – A Journey of Determination and Rural Commitment
Dr Morgan Neasey grew up in rural northwest Tasmania, far from any clear pathway into medicine. First in her family to become a doctor and go to university, determination and community shaped her...
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Close-Knit Community Care in Finley; Training tomorrow’s Rural Doctors. Rural Generalist A/Prof Alam Yoosuff17
Close-Knit Community Care in Finley; Training tomorrow’s Rural Doctors. Rural Generalist A/Prof Alam Yoosuff
From Sri Lanka to small town Finley NSW. That was the path Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff and his wife took about 20 years ago. And what a journey it’s been. From becoming entrenched in the...
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Becoming a Book in Someone’s Library – A/Prof Deb Wilson’s Anaesthetics and Advocacy16
Becoming a Book in Someone’s Library – A/Prof Deb Wilson’s Anaesthetics and Advocacy
From a farm in remote WA to becoming a rural anaesthetist in Tasmania – Deb Wilson’s path was anything but straight. She describes growing up in a family that prioritised education, reveals how a...
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Balancing Medicine, Motherhood and Rural Life – Amanda Fulton’s Story24
Balancing Medicine, Motherhood and Rural Life – Amanda Fulton’s Story
After starting her career as a veterinarian, Dr Amanda Fulton couldn’t ignore the calling to study medicine. At 29, she took the leap, retraining while raising a young family, and is now a trainee...
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