Winner 2018 - Hannah Webster
Winner 2017 - Ariel Woodhouse
Winner 2016 - Aaron Powell
Winner 2015 - Rebecca Irwin
Winner 2014 - Francis Young
Winner 2013 - Laura Sharley
Winner 2012 - Lucy Dobson
The 2012 President's Prize winner, Lucy Dobson, chose to spend two weeks in Jabiru, Kakadu. The township and the wider community it services has a population of about 1500 people.
Lucy chose Jabiru, because of the variation of the services that the clinic offers. The Community Health Centre has a mixture of people accessing services and resources including the local people and workers of the Ranger Mine.
What Lucy enjoyed most about her placement was that she could latch on to any of the doctors and nurses who were always willing to teach. The staff made the time there enjoyable and fruitful.
"I often saw a patient, with the nurse, who had dropped in and then followed up with the doctor. This allowed me to have bedside tutorials with each of the health professionals that the patient saw. I found this learning so rewarding, it makes learning a condition or concept so much more understandable when you can see the effect that it has on a patient." - Lucy Dobson
Winner 2011 - Brooke Ah Shay
The 2011 President's Prize winner, Brooke Ah Shay, chose to go to The Royal Flying Doctors Service, based in Port Hedland, WA.
Brooke's time with the RFDS comprised of many transfers to Perth, one primary retrieval from a remote station and drive-out clinics to the remote Indigenous communities of Yandeyarra and Marble Bar.
The placement gave Brooke the opportunity to discover what the life of a RFDS doctor entails, its rewards and many challenges, and inspired her with their commitment, work ethic and passion.
Brooke also got the opportunity to explore the Pilbara region and immerse herself in an unfamiliar landscape.
"The placement reinforced to me the problems faced by rural and remote Australians and emphasised how special a career in rural medicine is." - Brooke Ah Shay