This is women bringing other women up. Thank you Women & Medicine and Mellissa Naidoo for nominating me to attend Insight on SBS yesterday. It was so inspiring to hear the stories of incredible women seated all around me, and to speak amongst them. What an honour and a privilege.

✅ incredible doctor at the top of her field (director of medical services!) ✅ brilliant advocate for diversity and inclusion ✅ nominates other women to speak, flies down on her own resources to watch and to support and to learn When I grow up I want to be Mellissa Naidoo 💪

“Be the version of yourself that is not replaceable” - Dr Amanda Cohn teaching us three dangerous ideas to make a difference. Inspiring a new generation to make waves AMSA Global Health Conference 2019 🌊

Health, the Evironment and our Freedom - Dr Selina Ho from Doctors for the Environment Australia sharing the three components of wealth. An interesting reframing of success on a personal and civilisation level! AMSA Global Health Conference 2019

“There should also be this big superimposed box - DOCTOR. You’re going to be doctors!” Barrister Marion Isobel reminding us of our privilege, and how we can use that to make the world a better place. AMSA Global Health Conference 2019

I found this lovely article today, a moving conclusion to this tweet. A beautiful (and different) perspective about an experience with terminal cancer. theguardian.com/food/2019/aug/…

To celebrate 1 yr of taking referrals as the renal registrar on-call, it’s time for some kidney-themed #tipsfornewdocs covering high K, AKI, “nephrotoxins”, medications, iv contrast, hypertension, & caring for kidney transplant & dialysis patients. #nephpearls (thread)

‘The biggest problem is you don’t want to be seen as not coping because it would affect your career because people would say, ‘Well, if you are not coping at this level, then we can’t really expect you to cope at a higher level with more complex patients, more complex problems’.

Brilliant projects teams and wonderful humans all around - congratulations on a great year! 🧡💙

I love these photos. The first is of our NSWMSC family, the second holds my wonderful MSC support network, and the third shows my 2019 vision/blueprint for NSWMSC. I’m really happy about what we’ve done this year - these were part of what made it possible 💙

So so proud of my wonderful friends ❤️🌈 (Henness Wong (he/him) is on Twitter 👋)

After the #suicide of another medical colleague, I want EVERYONE to read this. You are good enough. Messy house - who cares Bit of screen time - so what No groceries done - get tuckshop Feeling sad - ask for help Not coping - ask for help Please, please, ask for help. 🙋🌈🤝

To all my final year friends - check out how your new workplace rates! 😮

This is too real - forever grateful to my seniors for their patience 🙌

Thank you for coming Fiona 💪 Inspiring a new generation!

My father’s response to the ad was “The only thing that could make me prouder would be to see your engagement announced in the local newspaper.”

Women in medicine are not given the respect they deserve, from their male colleagues or patients | Gender pay gap | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…