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Back in the late '90s, Geraint Lenegan used to deliver groceries with his semi-trailer to Aboriginal communities in remote WA. His son Jarrad is now an RVTS registrar at Broome and Fitzroy Crossing.
RVTS CEO, Dr Pat Giddings, caught the Rural Medicine bug early in his career and hasn’t looked back – and 21 years after taking the helm at RVTS, he continues to be equally passionate about that too.
The beginning of a new year is always an exciting time and 2022 has been no exception, writes RVTS’s Director of Training, Dr Ronda Gurney.
Dr Sirisha Potti had an adventurous start to her medical career, working as a doctor with the Indian Army in the troubled regions of Jammu and Kashmir before moving to a remote town in NSW.
The month of March featured three important events on our calendar which are strongly embraced by RVTS and the wider RVTS family.
Dr Ahlam Ibrheem never expected that, a decade after moving to Australia, she would be a driving force in helping Sydney’s Sudanese community to get safely through a global pandemic.
After moving from his native Pakistan to Canada, and then to Queensland, Dr Mubashar Sherazi finally found his ‘pot of gold’ working as a GP registrar at Mallacoota on Victoria’s north-east coast.
Dr Rohana Wanasinghe is a Rural Generalist surgeon and practice principal in Narrabri, north-west NSW. He trained with RVTS to gain his FRACGP in 2015, and is now an RVTS supervisor.
In this end of year update, RVTS Director of Training, Dr Ronda Gurney, shares her views on the year that was...and how RVTS fared in navigating the uncertainties of COVID.
Like many rural and remote doctors, Dr Chris Carroll (one of RVTS’s Supervisor Liaison Officers) has been on the frontline during the COVID pandemic. She sent us this update.
When Alison Jones decided to try her luck on a reality TV show back in 2010, she could not have imagined where her life would take her – including training as a specialist GP with RVTS.
As a girl growing up in rural South Africa, Ronda Gurney wanted to be a teacher. Now the former RVTS registrar is putting her passion for medicine and education to great use in her new RVTS role.
After decades working as a doctor in Northern Australia, Dr Jacki Mein’s journey to becoming an RVTS Registrar – and ultimately RVTS Chair – had a surprising start.
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