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Know Your Limits. Self-Care in Rural Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor Andrew Dean21
Know Your Limits. Self-Care in Rural Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor Andrew Dean
  • Destination Medicine Series Five
  • Sep 16, 2026

Associate Professor Andrew Dean has built a career around emergency medicine, education and a passion for regional healthcare. Based in Ballarat, his work has taken him into communities across...

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Painting your own picture - Dr Pippa Kensit21
Painting your own picture - Dr Pippa Kensit
  • Doctors in Training Series
  • Jul 9, 2025
For Pippa Kensit, medicine always beckoned, especially because public health is where her heart is. A passion confirmed early on as she travelled abroad, and then through rural and reginal...
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From crisis to calling — Jack Howard's journey to medicine46
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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How Dr Kirbie Storrier found her second family in rural medicine1
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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Rural or city? For Georgia Cunningham, rural is more rewarding2
Rural or city? For Georgia Cunningham, rural is more rewarding
  • Doctors in Training Series
  • Dec 1, 2021
When Georgia Cunningham was studying medicine at The University of Sydney, she applied for all the rural rotations it offered. It led her to the central NSW town of Dubbo, where she felt welcomed...
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Dr James Collett – a specialty will choose you, not the other way round8
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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The rewards of rural general practice: making a positive difference in people's lives6
The rewards of rural general practice: making a positive difference in people's lives
  • Destination Medicine Series Two
  • Nov 18, 2020
Dr Paul Lunney knew he’d made the right decision to move from registered nursing to becoming a GP. What he didn’t know until his 3rd year placement in Dubbo was the attraction of working in a rural...
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Sally takes Surgical Career off the Beaten Track8
Sally takes Surgical Career off the Beaten Track
  • Destination Medicine Series One
  • Dec 18, 2019

General Surgeon, Sally Butchers, based in Lismore, has proved that you can achieve a distinguished career in surgery by working in rural Australia. Sally’s also very happy with a less than 15...

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A General Paediatrician’s perfect career choice2
A General Paediatrician’s perfect career choice
  • Destination Medicine Series One
  • Oct 25, 2019

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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