The RDAA Podcast Lounge
Relax with RDAA's latest podcasts, including interviews with our Annual Excellence Awards recipients, as well as our latest MDA National and RDAA #DestinationRural Bursary recipients. New podcasts are uploaded regularly, so stay tuned in to ensure you don't miss out!
Episodes
10 episodes
Dr Mandeep Kaur - RDAA Rural Doctor in Training of the Year 2023
Of Punjabi-Sikh heritage, Mandeep was raised on her immigrant family’s vineyard in the remote NSW town of Hillston – nearly 700 kilometres from Sydney. After undertaking her initial medical studies in India – her family’s country of origin – sh...
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Kate Hurst - RDAA Medical Student of the Year 2023
Kate Hurst is a final year medical student at the University of Notre Dame’s Rural Clinical School in her home town of Wagga Wagga, NSW. A born and bred country girl, she’s been a strong advocate for initiatives to encourage and assist more rur...
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Dr Gerard Quigley - ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award 2022 recipient
Dr Gerard Quigley is a quintessential Rural Generalist doctor who has served the small community of Cummins, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, for over 30 years – providing crucial local healthcare through both his general practice and the l...
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Episode 8
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Dr Regina Waterhouse - ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year 2022 (joint recipient)
Dr Regina Waterhouse – or ‘Dr Reggie’ as she is affectionately known by her patients – has provided medical care on Palm Island for more than 18 months, after completing her obstetrics training in Cairns.A proud Torres Strait Islander w...
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Episode 7
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Dr Salma Hanif - ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year 2022 (joint recipient)
Originally from Fiji, Dr Salma Hanif has been providing much-needed medical care to the remote NSW community of Boggabri, with just her and one other colleague providing the town's only medical service in recent years.Along the way, Sal...
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Episode 6
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Jas Singh - RDAA Medical Student of the Year 2022
From growing up on a macadamia nut farm to studying Medicine, Jas Singh has had a fascinating journey! As a student on the Extended Rural Cohort at the University of Melbourne Medical School, Jas has undertaken all her medical trai...
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Episode 5
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Dr Diana Cross - RDAA-ACRRM Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award 2021
In this podcast, we talk with Dr Diana Cross who received the ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award for 2021 at the recent Rural Medicine Australia (RMA21) Virtual conference. Diana has lived and worked as a rural GP Obstetrician ...
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Episode 4
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46:35
Dr Hamish Steiner – RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year 2021
In this podcast, we talk with Dr Hamish Steiner who received the RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year Award for 2021 at the recent Rural Medicine Australia (RMA21) Virtual conference. Originally from New Zealand, Hamish has lived and worked as a docto...
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Episode 3
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Indira Barrow - RDAA Medical Student of the Year Award
In this podcast, we talk to Indira (Indi) Barrow, who was awarded the RDAA Medical Student of the Year Award for 2021, presented at the Rural Medicine Australia (RMA21) Virtual conference. Originally from Sydney, Indi is in her thi...
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Episode 2
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Dr James Padley - RDAA/ACRRM Rural Registrar of the Year
In this podcast, we talk to Dr James Padley, a Rural Generalist doctor who works with the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Port Augusta in South Australia, and is known for his compassionate mentoring of medical students and junior doctors. Dr Pa...
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