Current position: National Learning and Development Manager, The Better Health Generation

What led you to study Clinical Education at Flinders University? It was the only course offering me a full Masters program in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and had the training and input into clinical communication skills that I was looking for.

What is your favourite memory of your time at Flinders? It was a moment in a supervision session where I was challenged empathetically, and it opened my world to the skill of calling out someone’s self-limitations in a way that was extremely empowering.

What did you do after graduating? I am now a PhD candidate. I also changed jobs from being an Innovation and Best Practice Lead to a National Learning and Development Manager.

Have you maintained connections with fellow students or academics since graduating? I have maintained connections with academics from the program including my PhD supervisors Dr Anthony Venning and Paula Redpath. I also have kept a working relationship with Dr Helen Stephenson who also works at Flinders.

What are the three most important professional attributes that your Flinders degree equipped you with?
• Expert clinical communication skills
• Expert influencing skills
• Enhanced self-management skills

How does your current career compare to the career/job aspirations you had as a child? It is a match in a sense that I was always drawn to helping roles and could see myself as a coach or instructor. However, it differs in industry, because as a child I aspired to work in and around elite athletes.

How did your time at Flinders University change you both professionally and personally?
Professionally, in the time since enrolment I transitioned from a senior occupational rehabilitation consultant to an occupational rehabilitation consulting lead clinician. I then progressed to become a national lead clinician and innovation and best practice lead to now being in a senior learning and development management role. Personally, I have been much better able to call out any self-limiting beliefs or behaviours and address them with strategic changes.

Tell us something about yourself that others may not know?
My wife is Korean, and we have a three-year-old boy. We speak a mix of English and Korean and it is very confusing because my Korean is not very good.

Find out more about studying postgraduate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Flinders