SCS medical students excel in Occupational Medicine and John Desmond Exam

Winning students
Nathaniel, Louisa and Barry

School of Clinical Sciences' (SCS) medical students have again dominated in the Faculty's prestigious John Desmond Prize–for the second consecutive year taking first prize.

Congratulations Nathaniel Lizak (MMC) and Louisa Thong (Casey) who shared FIRST prize, each receiving $500.

Barry Kweh (MMC) placed equal THIRD and received $200, sharing his prize with four other Year 3 students across other clinical schools.

Held in early October, the John Desmond Exam examines students on their workshops and tutorials in Occupational Medicine as a component of Theme Teaching.

The John Desmond Prize is donated by Drs Robyn Horsley and Peter Desmond in honour of their late son, John Desmond, who died in infancy.  Robyn practices in Occupational Medicine as a speciality and finds it to be a family-friendly and diverse area of Medicine.

This year the donors kindly agreed to increase the prize pool from $1500 to $2000 so that the prizes could be evenly distributed.

Due to the number of winners there is no second prize awarded in this instance. Congratulations to all winners.