It wasn’t until Hayley Andreazza was completing her PhD in Chemistry and bringing up a young, sick child, that she considered a career in medicine. What she needed was a solid plan to help her navigate all the twists and turns of getting into and studying medicine. Today that plan is in full swing. Hayley is a third-year medical student at the University of Wollongong and is currently completing her 12-month placement her home town of Broken Hill in outback New South Wales.