School in Canada!

The University of Sydney encourages International Students to do some training in our ‘home country’ (primarily to gain experience) if we plan to move back after graduation. I was lucky enough to be able to plan both my rotations in Ontario- which meant 8 weeks straight of ‘school’ at home!
My family rotations were amazing, but both were incredibly busy! By the end of the rotations, I had over 75 pages of typed assignments and papers that I’d written on top of my clinical time.

My first/“urban” rotation was in Toronto with Dr. Kee. Her office was about a 5 minute drive from Beech Ave which was very convenient. Her patients were really nice, I learned a lot and got to do a LOT of procedures and physical examinations. She also took me to some fancy dinners put on by various drug companies.Brent's last meal-break as a Paramedic :)My second/ “rural” rotation was in Collingwood with Dr. Moran. Brent took the month off work and we ‘moved’ up to Dad’s place in Collingwood for the month. Brent played hockey with Dr. Moran twice/week and also spent some time biking with Dr. Moran’s son. They took us out to a few drug company lobster dinners (where Brent had to pretend to be a med student)!In between all the assignments and office work, Brent and I managed to get to Montreal, Windsor, Sudbury and Honey Harbour to visit family and enjoy some weekends away.

Just before heading back to Australia, we spent the weekend in Toronto for another family wedding at the Hunt Club. Congratulations to Dad and Norma on the wedding.



My trip back to Australia this time round was a very different experience! I have been back and forth to Australia 10 times by myself… but this time got to travel with Brent, Jules and George! Plus, the plane to Sydney was half empty for the first time EVER, so we got a whole row of seats to ourselves!