The 20th Wildfire Annual Dinner was a great night for all who attended. Held at Mamaduke\u2019s on Caulfield Campus, the event included a delicious three-course meal and motivating speeches complimenting the theme \u2013The Past, Present and Future of Rural Health.<\/p>\n
Professor Sarah Strasser from Flinders University in Darwin spoke about remote and Indigenous medicine, shared her own survival skill toolkit for a rural doctor, and urged the audience to \u201cinvest in women\u201d in health education as this has the highest likelihood of being passed on to the next generation. Dr. Ged Dalgeish,\u00a0a former Co-Chair of Wildfire who has recently begun his Physician training, provided us with a wonderfully balanced perspective on working in rural areas compared with metropolitan medical practice, based on his own wide-ranging experiences. He was a strong advocate for the role of the rural experience in broadening the scope of medical training.<\/p>\n
Finally, two of our very own council members summarised the club\u2019s vision, and our impressive achievements this year.<\/p>\n
A number of prizes were handed out, including the best-dressed prize which went to Thomas Shiels for the marvellous orange bow tie he wore on the night! Thank-you to the 2013 Wildfire Council, MWOP (Member without portfolio), Emma Sturm and her team, for organising this annual event. Good luck to Marcus Hall as he plans the 21st<\/sup> Wildfire Annual Dinner in 2014 \u2013 see you all there!!<\/p>\n The 2014 Wildfire Council was announced at the conclusion of the evening. Representatives are as follows:<\/p>\n President – Patryck Lloyd-Donald & Jayden Harper We expect 2014 to be a promising year for Wildfire with such a highly motivated and enthusiastic group of individuals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 20th Wildfire Annual Dinner was a great night for all who attended. Held at Mamaduke\u2019s on Caulfield Campus, the event included a delicious three-course meal and motivating speeches complimenting the theme \u2013The Past, Present and Future of Rural Health. Professor Sarah Strasser from Flinders University in Darwin spoke about remote and Indigenous medicine, shared […]<\/p>\n Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":797,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1581,2082],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVice President – Grace Andrews
\nTreasurer – Lewis Fry
\nSecretary – Emma Sturm
\nSnr NRHSN (National Rural Health Students Network) Rep – William Goss
\nJnr NRHSN Rep – Steph op’t Hoog
\nPublications Rep – Hannah Corcoran
\nPromotions Rep – Ruth McLeod
\nIT Rep – Luke Fletcher
\nSnr ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Health Advocate – John May
\nJnr ATSI Health Advocate – Noni Harold
\nAllied Health Rep – Mitch Simpson
\nSponsorship Officer – Luigi Zolio
\nLiaison Officer – Tom Nicholls
\nMembership – Laura Donaldson
\nGippsland Medical School Rep – Emma Cole
\nMWOP – Marcus Hall<\/p>\n