{"id":88999,"date":"2026-09-05T23:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/88999\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:19:11","slug":"curtin-final-year-medical-student-embraces-regional-practical-experience-with-royal-flying-doctor-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/88999\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin final-year medical student embraces regional practical experience with Royal Flying Doctor Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A final-year medical student had an exhilarating start to her practical experience with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Curtin University student Georgie Blevin spent two weeks with the RFDS Western Operations team in Kalgoorlie as part of her practical learning with Curtin Medical School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 23-year-old observed how pilots, nurses and doctors work in tandem to provide critical care to patients in WA\u2019s regional areas, and learnt how retrieval medicine works to assess, stabilise and transport seriously injured or ill patients from emergency scenes and smaller hospitals to major medical centres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve been fascinated by how the pilot, nurse and doctor work closely together as a team to help patients in rural and remote communities access the care they need,\u201d Ms Blevin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve also really enjoyed learning about retrieval medicine and the unique considerations that come with providing care in the air, from how altitude can affect a patient\u2019s condition to the different aircraft used to reach people across the state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fa70865ee88cb515ce707ecad2cc702372e03897.jpg\" alt=\"Final-year Curtin medical student Georgie Blevin spent two weeks learning from the Royal Flying Doctor Service.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconFinal-year Curtin medical student Georgie Blevin spent two weeks learning from the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI feel really lucky to have been able to experience this first-hand, and I\u2019m so grateful to everyone at the RFDS for having me and for sharing their knowledge with me over the two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Blevin had previously attended the Kalgoorlie base as part of Curtin Medical School\u2019s immersion program in her second year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">RFDS Western Operations senior specialist medical practitioner Anoop Pem said he felt excited to welcome her back and continue the educational experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHaving students experience rural medicine and the role of the retrieval service first-hand provides a valuable insight into the unique opportunities and challenges of working in regional and remote WA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt is incredibly encouraging to see students choosing placements with significant rural exposure, and we hope experiences like these inspire the next generation of doctors to pursue a career in rural and remote medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Curtin Medical School began taking students in 2017, placing an emphasis on providing them access to regional healthcare experiences early in their training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A final-year medical student had an exhilarating start to her practical experience with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6589,2307,152,335,4316,464],"class_list":["post-88999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-canning","tag-education","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-south","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}