‘We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free -KR’ Dr Emily Faraks starts off day 2 discussing Equity in Surgery #issc2019

“You don’t have to worry about a glass ceiling if you’re building your own house” - Words of wisdom from Emily Farkas MD FACS #ILookLikeASurgeon #ISSC2019 ASSC 2022

Outstanding talk by Prof Ian Bissett on adaptation and improvisation in #globalsurgery at #ISSC2019, demonstrating how powerful surgical outreach can be. ASSC 2022 @SoMe4Surgery

Some advice I shared with those on the surgical journey for the last couple of days: Being a surgeon is more than just doing surgery. The detours in life lead you to where you’re meant to be. Happiness is not about doing what you love but loving what you do.

Dr Dr Neela Janakiramanan exploring the concept of equity. Removing the fence and reaching justice and participating in the game. #issc2019 #ILookLikeASurgeon #SoMe4Surgey ASSC 2022

One of my favourite speakers to listen to at #ISSC2019 has been @ChoongProfessor 🦴 From academic surgery to tissue engineering and 3D printing of bone implants, how can you not be excited about the future 📆 #surgicalinnovation #thefutureisdisruption

The culture of surgery discussed by Dr Rhea Liang. Cultural change can be achieved by the people, albeit the barriers that persist, there are support groups and strategies to implement change. #Operatewithrespect #letsremoveit #ISSC2019 ASSC 2022

What an incredible team to help inspire and lead surgically-inclined students around Australia and New Zealand. Congrats to our very own VP Venesa on her role with ASSA! Venesa Siribaddana Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA)

Memberships are now OPEN for the Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA) and currently FREE! Sign up here: bit.ly/assamember Find out more about ASSA at anzsurgsocs.org, Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA) on Instagram and anzsurgsoc on Facebook!

Want to learn from our incredible keynotes and panel at Leadership Day? Tune into our livestream on facebook.com/anzsurgsoc KEYNOTES: Little 'I' Leadership by Rhea Liang - 9:30AM AEDT Collaborative Research: How Medical Students Fit Into the Picture by Peter Pockney - 10:00AM AEDT

Applications for the RACS Indigenous scholarship program for medical students and junior doctors have been extended to 1 March 2020! Check out the range of awards, prizes and scholarships available: bit.ly/2Esweyz Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association Kelvin Kong AM

Superstar panel at the Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA) Day Jennifer Green 🛠️ ✊🏻 👩🏼‍⚕️🇦🇺 Mahsa Sarrami Peter Pockney and Michelle Atkinson (who we desperately need to get on Twitter). #diversity reigns 👑❤ #ILookLikeASurgeon

Past, Present and future presidents of University of Newcastle Surgical Society. Always inspired by the energy and enthusiasm of these two Venesa Siribaddana Grace Dennis #ILooklikeasurgeon

Including 3 University of Newcastle Surgical Society graduates Jennifer Green 🛠️ ✊🏻 👩🏼‍⚕️🇦🇺 Mahsa Sarrami & Mich Atkinson & UoN academic Peter Pockney

Want EXCLUSIVE EARLY ACCESS to Early Bird tickets? 🤩 Visit our website ASAP and register your interest to receive the Early Bird ticket sale link via email TWO DAYS before we release it to everyone else! Register here: surgconference.com/packages

Great advice - especially about finishing things Be very wary of the charismatic blue sky thinker - what have they finished? What have they not finished, is the project well set up - funding, ethics, a proper feasibility study, right people (skills, labs etc)

In a global society that is so interconnected yet far from equitable, it is crucial that opportunities are accessible & environmentally conscious. To that effect, we at Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA) present Value in Virtual Approaches, or ViVA. With love, to tomorrow. bit.ly/assa-viva

Shout out to our incredible VP Venesa Siribaddana for organising such an interesting event!

There’s less than two weeks to enter the OWL Essay 2020. We invite all female medical students from Australian medical schools, interns and PGY2 doctors in Australian hospitals to enter and discuss ‘Orthopaedic surgeons are born, not made': aoa.org.au/owl #AOAOWL

At #NSWASM20 on 27 November, we’ll be hosting a #AOAOWL workshop for female, NSW-based med students, interns and junior docs interested in orthopaedics. Live streaming will be available for those not in NSW and who want to participate virtually. Register: aoa.org.au/2020NSW-OWL