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Hooves, Health and Higher Degrees – Natalie Vear

Student Series
May 20, 2026

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 Baumann

Destination Medicine Series Five
Apr 29, 2026

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 Sliskovic

Student Series
Apr 15, 2026

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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"Get yourself out there!” – Dr Liam Halford’s advice for going rural

Student Series
Jun 25, 2025

From playing gigs in pubs to delivering babies in the Outback, Liam Halford’s journey to medicine was anything but typical. Growing up in Gawler, South Australia, with no family history in...

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Dr Stefanie Pidcock — a courageous change from climate to clinic

Doctors in Training Series
May 14, 2025

After two decades working to heal the planet, Dr Stefanie Pidcock made a huge change, pivoting to a career of healing individuals in a rural setting. And this ecologist-turned-medic hasn’t looked...

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City convert finds a remarkable career as a rural generalist – Dr Emma Jones

Destination Medicine Series Five
Apr 16, 2025

Growing up a city kid, it hadn’t dawned on Dr Emma Jones that she could and would dedicate herself to being a Rural Generalist. Then a conversation with other medical students about the benefits of...

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From crisis to calling — Jack Howard's journey to medicine

Student Series
Apr 4, 2025

A frightening experience at the age of 16 prompted Jack Howard to study medicine. He was on a country road when his grandfather experienced chest pains, and Jack didn’t know how to help except to...

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From marketing to medicine – Kalgoorlie’s Dr Anna Western

Doctors in Training Series
Mar 19, 2025

It's certainly not a common trajectory — from an established career in graphic design and marketing to medicine — but that’s the extraordinary career path of Dr Anna Western, a Rural Clinical...

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Rescue missions and rural emergencies — Dr Jessica Martyn

Destination Medicine Series Five
Mar 5, 2025

Soaring to the heights of rural and remote medicine — and not just in RFDS planes — Dr Jessica Martyn has enjoyed an extremely varied and exciting career. Dr Martyn, who is now the Head of Unit at...

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Dr Isaac Taylor – surf and service in South Australia

Doctors in Training Series
Nov 27, 2024

The pristine beaches, the effortless rural lifestyle and participating in a welcoming community. It was all too much for Dr Isaac Taylor to resist. So he’s returned to the place he grew up in to...

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Dr Andrew Moreton – The only limit is your imagination

Destination Medicine Series Five
Nov 13, 2024

It’s hard to beat the regional doctor lifestyle. That’s according to veteran Dubbo GP Dr Andrew Moreton, who has dedicated his career to lifetime care in regional NSW. He’s had the opportunity to...

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Dr John Floridis — Top End adventures in remote medicine

Destination Medicine Series Five
Oct 16, 2024

There is so much to be learned from the vastly experienced Dr John Floridis, a pharmacist-turned rural generalist and advanced emergency medicine trainee. As well as being a rural and remote...

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Georgia Goodhew on where her "heart really lies"

Student Series
Oct 2, 2024

We all owe something to our mothers, but medical student Georgia Goodhew is especially grateful to hers. When Georgia finally realised a girl could become a doctor, it was her mother who stood...

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A Tiny Town Triumph – Dr Emmy Hennell

Destination Medicine Series Five
Sep 18, 2024

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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Grace Hollow – Rural medicine and the the opportunity to do more

Student Series
Sep 4, 2024

Medical student Grace Hollow is an astounding advertisement for home schooling. Having grown up on a farm in a small rural town in South Australia and being home schooled by her parents, Grace has...

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Dr Peter McInerny — Prescribing purpose

Destination Medicine Series Five
Feb 21, 2024

From dreaming of being a pilot to becoming a rural doctor with an enormously diverse skill set, Dr Peter McInerny has had an inspiring medical journey. In this episode he discusses the pivotal...

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Community Spirit in the Country – why Dr Marty Ryan chose Rural Generalism

Doctors in Training Series
Mar 29, 2023

Dr Marty Ryan has certainly found his ‘happy place.” A UNSW graduate who spent the last two years of his degree on a placement at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, he’s now very happily working as a...

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Dr Ariah Steel — A Rural Convert

RDN Cadet Series
Nov 26, 2022

Participating on the NSW Rural Doctors Network was a “no brainer” for Dr Ariah Steel, who says she was attracted to the program because of the wide experience she’d gain as well as the financial...

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How Dr Kirbie Storrier found her second family in rural medicine

RDN Cadet Series
Nov 26, 2022

When asked what advice she’d give to anyone considering a NSW Rural Doctors Network Cadetship, Dr Kirbie Storrier is emphatic: “Do it, apply for it, 100%, right now, you should have already...

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Dr Dominic Horne - Mentors Matter

Doctors in Training Series
Apr 20, 2022

A country boy from the boots up, Dr Dominic Horne was brought up on a cattle station near Wee Waa in northern NSW. Now part way through training to be an anaesthetist, he dreams of one day...

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Dr James Collett – a specialty will choose you, not the other way round

Destination Medicine Series Three
Sep 15, 2021

If you’re starting out on your medical journey and you’re not yet sure which speciality to pursue, don’t worry! Dr James Collett is a Nephrologist who enjoys working across renal and general...

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Dr Alice Henschke’s perfect career as rural Intensive Care Specialist

Destination Medicine Series Three
Mar 24, 2021

Medicine was in her genes, so was her plan for a regional destination. But specialising in intensive care? That wasn’t part of the plan for Alice Henschke – until she tried it, loved it, and then...

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