Course

Graduated with Bachelor of Biomedical Science in 2001.

Current position

In 2006, was working as a Medical Scientist in London.

Story

I studied a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at the Launceston Campus of the University of Tasmania from 1999-2001. I had originally wanted to do Medicine but when I missed out by 0.1 points.

I chose to do Biomedical Science instead with the view of transferring over to Medicine after the first year. However I decided not to as I was enjoying the course and the uni life in Launceston so much (Launceston is not as bad as you think!!).

The things I enjoyed the most about the course were the small classes and hence the high level of tuition you could receive from the lecturers, the broad range of subjects we studied as we did not have to specialise in one area like some Biomedical Science degrees and of course the friends that I made.

Since graduating I have had a pretty interesting time. Our multi skilled background gave us a lot more job opportunities. I got a job in a private laboratory in Darwin in the Northern Territory as I had a great interest in Tropical Pathology.  I spent two years working in Darwin and had an amazing experience.

I then moved to London and have been here for over 2 years working as a locum. Because of my experience in Darwin and the fact that I am multi skilled I have worked in a variety of hospitals in many different departments including a specialised Haematology unit, Microbiology, Haemastasis and even a short stint in a Cytology lab. The beauty of working as a locum is that I’m my own boss and can decide when I want time off so I have been doing a lot of travelling. So far I have been to over 12 countries in the 2 years that I have been here with a few more trips planned in the next few weeks.

In the future I’m looking to get a Masters in Tropical Pathology and hopefully work in third world countries on parasite eradication programs.

Had it not been for the enthusiasm that my lecturers imparted on me and the high level of standard that the degree demands of and in turn delivers to it students I’m sure I would have had a very different and perhaps not as interesting time since graduating.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE DEGREE!!!