https://qld.afmw.org.au Supporting Queensland medical women Sat, 26 Apr 2025 21:12:53 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://qld.afmw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/02/cropped-qmws-heaser-logo-32x32.jpg https://qld.afmw.org.au 32 32 https://qld.afmw.org.au/2023-ncwq-bursary-recipient-js/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:11:29 +0000 https://qld.afmw.org.au/?p=11635 Introducing Jasmine Somers, 2023 NCWQ bursary recipient!]]> https://qld.afmw.org.au/2024-purple-bush-medicine-leaves-bursary-program/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:43:33 +0000 https://qld.afmw.org.au/?p=11090 The Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program, inaugurated in 2021 and now in its 4th year, is one component of a broader Project of the AFMW – to advance the parity of representation of First Nations Peoples in the Australian medical workforce, and in its leadership. In 2024, the AFMW is offering up to four bursaries for this purpose, each valued at $1250, with the awards to be announced in NAIDOC Week in July 2024. Please apply by Monday 1 July 2024 by either downloading the application form then emailing the completed form with personal statement to bursary@afmw.org.au or apply online today.]]> https://qld.afmw.org.au/bursary2024/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:11:14 +0000 https://qld.afmw.org.au/?p=10856 QMWS is very pleased to advise of the launch of our 2024 Bursaries that are administered through the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ) Bursary Program.]]> https://qld.afmw.org.au/2023-purple-bush-medicine-leaves-recipient-dr-alicia-veasey/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:24:45 +0000 https://qld.afmw.org.au/?p=10566 Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with subspecialty fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology (IFEPAG). She also holds a senior leadership position within Queensland Health as Co-Chair of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network. Dr Veasey is planning to attend the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) annual conference in November 2023, where she will have the honour of receiving a framed painted stethoscope from AIDA in recognition of her Fellowship with RANZCOG. The Purple Bush Medicine Leaves bursary will assist her ability to attend this significant event along with her family.]]> https://qld.afmw.org.au/2023-purple-bush-medicine-leaves-recipient-natalie-gordon/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:15:41 +0000 https://qld.afmw.org.au/?p=10561 Ms Natalie Gordon is a Ngunnawal woman who is in her 3rd year of medical studies at Australian National University. She plans to use her bursary to attend the RANZCP Conference in Rotorua, in September. She would like to become a rural generalist with a qualification in paediatrics/psychiatry and in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.]]>