I recently graduated in medicine from Townsville, Australia, and I still enjoy writing blogs on medicine and pharmacy-related topics. I appreciate writing about my experience on different placements or topics I'm interested in. As English is my second language, writing blogs is a hobby and a fun challenge!
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This video is about my rural and remote medical placement experience as a medical student in Hughenden, Queensland, Australia. In context, every two years of my degree, we have a rural/remote focus placement. In my 4th year, I decided to go on a solo placement to Hughenden.
I should have been studying, but who can when these Laughing Kookas are making a ruckus? I desperately tried to catch a complete “laughing cycle” but I was unsuccessful, still though I had fun having these companions in my backyard.
You are about to come to University (or at James Cook University) for the first time and you are not sure where to stay. The question is, should I go on-campus or should I go off-campus? And if I do, how long should I stay for? The same can be applied to international students who are coming on an exchange or to mature students.
Follow me on my normal medical day as a second-year medical student at James Cook University. Of course, every medical student’s day will be different, especially on the way they go on about their day such as watching lectures on-line, their social life, being on/off-campus and so on.
Sometimes as a student we are bound to come across unpleasant situations. So how do we cope with it or what should we do? Some scenarios can be difficult to deal with and on the moment can make someone’s mind race and go completely blank.
In 2017, the healthcare staff made a commitment to turn the tide of the impact of chronic Kidney disease and to provide the Indigenous community in Palm Island with the tools they need to take ownership of their kidney health.
Nearly all of us and every child by the age of 5, would have experienced otitis media. However; on Palm island, 75% of children suffer hearing loss from this condition. I wanted to learn more about how this situation has occurred.
I am sure we have all walked up castle hill as the sun is rising and looked out at the breathtaking view to see a number of islands surrounding our city. If we look towards the horizon we may be able to catch a glimpse of Palm Island. It may only be 65km from Townsville but the discrepancies between the two places are far further apart.
The further I researched Palm Island, the more I discovered how different it is to Australia. Palm Island could be described almost like a third world country. Palm Island has a lot of issues that needs to be addressed which is difficult when the socio-economic status is very low.
Almost every morning, there is this special calling from an unknown bird so I decided to investigate the specimen that created that sound. I noticed that the bird made three distinct noises. One deep continuous “coo coo coo” but the other two are really strange to describe.
