31 Jul 2019

Treatment for a rare and currently incurable autoimmune disease has been given a major boost thanks to a $10 million bequest made to The Australian National...

12 Jul 2019

He was a deeply compassionate man, a quality which he brought to his work in law and medicine. Many colleagues have benefited from his mentorship, guidance and...

6 Jun 2019

I had the opportunity to travel to Zambia for my medical elective. I spent 4 weeks in Lusaka’s University Teaching Hospital (UTH).

6 Jun 2019

My time spent in the ICU department in Hasting was both educational and thoroughly enjoyable. The hospital covers the entire Hawke’s bay population of around...

6 Jun 2019

This placement provided great learning opportunities in developing my diagnostic thinking, as well as seeing late presentations that are not commonly seen in...

6 Jun 2019

For my elective block undertook General Surgery and Orthopaedics in the Pacific nation of Samoa. I had never travelled to any of the pacific islands before and...

6 Jun 2019

I travelled to South Africa for my placement in orthopaedics at the New Somerset Hospital in Greenpoint, Cape Town.  It was an interesting experience.

6 Jun 2019

I conducted my neurology elective at the Lanka Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka in January 2019. The elective lasted 4 weeks and was divided into 3 separate...

6 Jun 2019

Thailand was a natural choice for me to undertake my elective because of my close involvement with the Thai-Australian community.

6 Jun 2019

My elective was in Kasangati, a small town around 40 minutes outside of the capital Kampala.

6 Jun 2019

My elective over January 2019 consisted of two placements, 3 weeks at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LCHC) and 1 week at Ormskirk Medical Practice.

6 Jun 2019

As the bus pulled into Wexford Station one cold, drizzly Sunday afternoon, on Ireland’s historical south-eastern coast, I couldn’t help but think “I left an...