What do you value most about working at Flinders? My time at Flinders University has provided me with many opportunities, which has helped me grow both professionally and personally. However, it’s the network of amazing and innovative people that I work with, including staff, students and key stakeholders, all of whom have shown a high level of commitment and passion to making a difference to the overall health and wellbeing of the communities in which we reside.
What is your proudest achievement to date at Flinders? Whilst there has been a number of key achievements that I feel I could list here including my integral involvement of the abstract and organising committee for The Muster: Global Community Engaged Medical Education Conference held in Uluru and having the courage to challenge myself to take on a managerial role. But, perhaps one of the most memorable was being a part of the implementation team of the inaugural NT Medical Program back when it begun in 2011.
Tell us something about yourself others may not know: Firstly, I am passionate about the environment and our impact on it as well as the impact this has on our health. This is an area I would like to dedicate more time and energy on going forward. I also have a love of sailing and travelling the world experiencing different cultures.
What’s one thing you couldn’t live without? Although, at times I feel I couldn’t live without pasta, I know I could! On a serious note, I couldn’t live without my children, my family and friends who truly mean the world to me. As long as we have our health, I will be happy.
Regional Training Hubs were formed by the Commonwealth Department of Health to address medical workforce mis-distribution through contributing to a ‘rural medical training pipeline’. The Flinders NT RTH aims to further develop medical specialist and rural generalist training capacity through effective collaboration with local and national stakeholders, thereby addressing medical workforce needs in the Northern Territory. The College is currently working with relevant speciality colleges, health services and training providers to identify and prioritise the areas of need and in turn build well-coordinated, and well supported, vocational training pathways in the NT.