ENCORE: Student Series: Laura Beaumont’s tips for getting into medicine - follow your dream and enjoy the journey!

We're relaunching a few of our fave episodes so people preparing for GAMSAT can learn from the best. Laura Beaumont’s life-long dream of becoming a doctor is on a road to reality as she completes her third year as a medical student at the University of Western Sydney. Her enthusiasm inspired her o…

Doctor in Training: 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 attempts at the GAMSAT, to finally securing a place at the University of Wollongong. Close-knit teams, hands-…

Doctors In Training: Against the Current, Toward the Goal - Dr Morgan Neasey’s Rural Journey towards orthopaedics

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 drive to help others. After studying biomedical science in Melbourne and postgraduate medicine in Wollo…

ENCORE: Dr Rebecca Irwin — Growing roots and doing rounds in Central West Queensland

To celebrate National Rural Health Month, we’ve reached into our archive and are replaying one of our most popular rural episodes of all time. Dr Rebecca Irwin has planted her flag in the town of Barcaldine in Queensland’s Central West, and it’s here she intends staying. As a rural generalist base…

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 community to playing a crucial role in building the rural generalist training and single employment model, …

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 reluctant start in anaesthetics became her calling, and how she balances front-line care, and mentorshi…

ENCORE: The Rural Generalist path to professional and lifestyle fulfilment

To celebrate Rural Generalism becoming a recognised medical speciality, we've reached into the archive and are replaying our most popular RG episode of all time. Dr Teena Downton's specialisation is a great example of the diversity you can have in your work, as a GP, based in the country. You may …

Doctors In Training: 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 at Port Augusta Hospital South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. Amanda shares the challenges of stepping b…

Student Series: It Took a Village: From Paramedic to Future Rural Doctor - Emily Turnbull

Emily Turnbull began her career as a paramedic but over time, realised she could do more for her community by becoming a doctor. Now a fourth-year medical student at Dubbo Rural Clinical School and raised on a property in rural almost remote NSW, rural life is in Emily’s blood. So, it makes sense t…

Doctors in Training: From a caring community to caring for community – Dr Rhi Noble

While it might seem like medicine is for the well healed, it’s actually a course that creates opportunities for everyone. Rhi Noble, now a Junior Doctor at Lismore Base Hospital, is an extraordinary example of fighting through disadvantage, with purpose, grit, knowing exactly who she is and what sh…