Dr Alisha Thomson
Medical Administration Registrar
Townsville University Hospital
I stumbled across medical administration through my advocacy for improved working conditions for myself and my colleagues. A role model suggested that I should seek to be part of the solution. Medical administration offers opportunities to be involved in medical leadership in various areas and across multiple settings.
Dr John Hodge
Director of Medical Services, Medical Workforce
Townsville University Hospital
Medical administration is a fascinating specialty and not often thought of by new graduates. It gives you a great set of skills which can be applied across a wide range of settings. For me, this included as a medical officer in the military (both in Australia and overseas), as a medical admin registrar in a major metropolitan hospital, as a country hospital medical superintendent, as a disaster team leader at the Sydney Olympics, as a clinical evaluator with the Therapeutic Drugs Administration, as a private hospital Director of Medical Services and finally as the Director of Medical Services Workforce in a regional university teaching hospital.