NICKNAMES: Woo
NATIONALITY: Australian
CURRENT POSITION:
Acute Care RMO at Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania.
FAVOURITE SURF DESTINATION:
Indo, Mexico, Brazil, quiet chilly gems around Tassie’s east n west coasts
PREVIOUS BENEVOLENT WORK:
Elective at Manta General Hospital & Fundacion Hogar, Cuenca – Ecuador 2006
Volunteer medic World White Water Kayaking/Rafting Champs – Tasmania 2009
Instructor at annual UTAS Trauma Course for 5th/6th year medical students
Guiding First Aid demonstrator – Bay of Fires/Cradle Huts – Tasmania 2006-09
TRAVEL EXPERIENCE:
Indonesia, Hawaii, Mexico, Micronesia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, NZud, all round Oz
STUDIES AND TRAINING:
I completed my MBBS at University of Tasmania in 2008. Currently half-way through a Postgrad Dip in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene through JCU, Townsville. Previous experience in Wilderness & Expedition Medicine in Tasmania/NZ through working as a hiking & kayaking guide.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ABOUT YOURSELF:
Trying to decide on one of the following critical care paths: ED, Anaesthetics or ICU. Pretty keen outdoors person – when not surfing – into hiking, kayaking, rock climbing and diving. Ukulele tragic & yoga aficionado. Fluent Spanish speaker & L-plates for Indonesian.
Hey there!
My name is Paddy, I’m a final year medical student at the University of Queensland. I am currently trying to plan a four week stint of my final year elective in Northern South America / Central America. I am a keen surfer and I am pretty keen to tie the two in together. I am trying to find contacts of clinicians / hospitals / clinics in the region to organise an elective. Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua are on top of my list, but I’m really flexible. I love travelling and I have a great passion for medicine in the third world.
Any assistance at all would be greatly appreciated,
Kind regards,