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To be a recipient of this scholarship from Australian Rotary Health would give me more time to dedicate towards study, more opportunities to get involved in local community activities and allow me to facilitate a better study/life balance throughout the year. Extra financial support will make it easier for me to make the most out of my rural year and ensure that I have a healthy balance between study, clinical experiences, community engagement and social, cultural and sporting events. I would love to be able to fully participate in what the community has to offer and not shy away due to financial obligations.

To be a recipient of this scholarship from Australian Rotary Health would give me more time to dedicate towards study, more opportunities to get involved in local community activities and allow me to facilitate a better study/life balance throughout the year. Extra financial support will make it easier for me to make the most out of my rural year and ensure that I have a healthy balance between study, clinical experiences, community engagement and social, cultural and sporting events. I would love to be able to fully participate in what the community has to offer and not shy away due to financial obligations.

To be a recipient of this scholarship from Australian Rotary Health would give me more time to dedicate towards study, more opportunities to get involved in local community activities and allow me to facilitate a better study/life balance throughout the year. Extra financial support will make it easier for me to make the most out of my rural year and ensure that I have a healthy balance between study, clinical experiences, community engagement and social, cultural and sporting events. I would love to be able to fully participate in what the community has to offer and not shy away due to financial obligations.

When I first started medical school, I could not have imagined that I would spend a year in Bathurst.  I’ve lived my whole life in the city as a true-blue city slicker. But when the opportunity to go rural presented itself, I saw an occasion for a new challenge. Rural medicine from the outset seemed distinctly different from the metropolitan medicine that I have experienced so far. For one, there are stark inequities in the health of rural and remote communities in comparison to their metropolitan counterparts. There is the challenge of scarcity of resources, barriers to access and there is the test of generalist medicine and surgery. While the challenges themselves are enthralling, I was also engrossed by the sense of community that is interlaced in rural medicine.

Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to raise a doctor. As Cooma will play a vital role in my medical training, it feels only natural to deeply invest into the Cooma community. My journey into Medicine was shaped by my long-running passion for serving and connecting with people. Through intentional and consistent involvement, I hope to better understand the lived experiences of my patients and colleagues in Cooma. In turn, I hope this will also help the community to build trust in me as a medical student.

I grew up on a dairy farm in Meningie, and then later Victor Harbor in a family of 4 children, where I was exposed to numerous family health issues and navigating the health system. From the experiences of significant wait times to get into appointments and often having to travel for appointments, I developed a passion for rural health and any opportunity to help provide equal access to health care across rural Australia.

I have had a wonderful journey throughout my university studies and have been very grateful for everyone who has supported me.   Originally, I have managed to achieve to win the 2020 Academic Excellence Award and 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Federation University student of the year.   I feel very privileged and proud to have won these awards and hope they will inspire others that anything is possible if you at least start the journey.   Although saying that I have struggled a little this year to achieve the marks I wanted.   Due to the number of placements, I had to work7 days a week to safve money to attend the residentials and placements which came to 12 weeks this yar.

I am passionate about nursing and giving back to my community.   I have lived in the area for most of my life excluding 2 years in Western Australia. It was here I began to appreciate the disparity of remove locations.   I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to study directly across the road from where I attended High School.   I never imagined I would go on to gain a tertiary education and am the first in my family to do so.

I had originally summited an EOI for my final placement at Broken Hill Hospital.

Nursing is a profession often associated with compassion, dedication and a strong desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others.   For me, this calling to become a Registered Nurse goes beyond mere profession; it is deeply rooted in my personal history, my love for my community, and my  aspiration to inspire my two young children.    Born and raised in the Bega Valley of NSW, I have spent my entire life in this beautiful, close-knit community.   It is here that I have found my purpose as I embark on my journey to become a Registered Nurse.

Growing up in Eden, a small town within the Bega Valley Shire, rural nursing has always been my passion.   Living in a small community with limited health services, my vision is to positively impact the health service industry in rural and regional areas.   Experiencing the lack of resources within a rural area, my peers and family have to travel long distances for basic health care needs and staff shortages, I view these challenges as an opportunity for personal and professional growth and it would be an accomplishment to overcome these.   I wish to become a rural nurse for the deep level of person-centred care developed within these unique settings.   Fostering a sense of belonging and connection with patients creates a sense of belonging in a close-knit community which I believe would be highly fulfilling.