Medical Program (MChD) Student Support Staff

No reason is too big or too small to not involve your year coordinator should you feel the need to do so. We are here to help and can draw on the collective experience of each other to help you navigate life during your study in the medical program. For any issues that you require some support, please contact you relevant year coordinator.

Year Coordinators

Dr Brett Scholz

1st Year Student Coordinator

Telephone: 6125 5753

Dr Nathan Emmerich

2nd Year Student Coordinator

Ms Nancy Parsons

3rd Year Student Coordinator (student surname A-L)

Telephone: +61 2 9480 3663

Dr Selina Watchorn

3rd Year Student Coordinator (student surname M-Z)

Dr Bevan Brown

4th Year Student Coordinator (student surname A-L)

Dr Luke Franceschini

4th Year Student Coordinator, (student surname M-Z)

Dr Lakhwinder Bhatia

International Student Coordinator

Phase 2 Medical Advisors

Medical advisors are doctors who are able to provide assistance and advice about issues specific to medicine that are impacting on your mental wellbeing. These issues can include but are not limited to:

  • Dealing with disease and death.
  • Managing compassion fatigue.
  • Dealing with the stresses that can come from working within a clinical environment.
  • Note:
    • Medical advisors will not provide help for academic issues, these should be referred to your year Coordinator.
    • Medical advisors will not become long-term therapists and should refer students on to either a General Practitioner, Student Counselling Services or the Student Health Service.

Please feel free to contact these Medical Student Advisors:

To be announced

Other support queries

For any other queries or if you feel that the support provided has not quite addressed your concerns, you may want to contact Dr Nicky Schembri, who Chairs the Student Welfare Committee, to either help you directly or point you in the right direction where is best to seek help that is most appropriate to your needs.

Dr Nicky Schembri

Chair, MChD Program, Student Wellbeing Subcommittee

Consultant Radiologist

Escalating support requests

If you need support please reach out to the appropriate person.  If you need to escalate an issue, kindly use the flowcharts below to determine the correct person to contact.

Spiritual & Wellbeing support

Your Student Coordinator
Chair, MChD Program, Student Wellbeing Subcommittee
Dr Nicky Schembri
Director, School of Medicine and Psychology
Professor Paul Fitzgerald

Phase 2 Academic & educational support

Your Academic Supervisor
Your Student Coordinator
Chair, MChD Program, Student Wellbeing Subcommittee
Dr Nicky Schembri
Director, School of Medicine and Psychology
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
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