ENCORE: Student Series: Resilience and a “go for it” spirit - attributes that count for Lily Hogan, a girl from the Riverina

About this episode

Lily Hogan shares her journey from a farm in the Riverina to pursuing a career in medicine, emphasizing resilience and determination.

We're relaunching a few of our fave episodes so people preparing for GAMSAT can learn from the best. When Lily Hogan was growing up on her family’s sheep and cropping farm at Bethunga in the Riverina, she had no-one to influence her towards medicine. But the idea started to dawn on her while she was still at school and she decided to go for it. Why? She learned early, on the farm, how the right care can resolve dangerous situations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• resilience
• medicine
• GAMSAT preparation

Keywords

• Lily Hogan
• Riverina
• farm life
• medicine inspiration

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Riverina, Bethunga, Riverina

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