Dr Christine Ahern

Director of Training

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I grew up in Adelaide during the 60s and 70s during the premiership of Don Dunstan, who, in a relatively short time, managed to turn the previously conservative Adelaide establishment on its head.

My education was largely informed by the Mercy nuns (as seen on the Brides of Christ) and the result is a lapsed catholic feminist with a strong sense of social justice. A short stint as an RMO in South Africa in the early '80s only served to strengthen this position.

I studied medicine at Adelaide University and feel grateful for the excellent teaching and mentoring I received and the fact that Uni was free in the seventies!

My interest in education is driven by a love of teaching and the conviction that with the proper training as a registrar I would have been a far more confident GP.

My interest and expertise is largely in Women's Health and Indigenous Health. I work at Women's Health Matters in Lismore.

I live with three adolescents and two dogs – one with ADHD and the other with Generalised Anxiety Disorder –the dogs that is!

And there are very few quiet moments on the work front.

At times I feel that I am living proof of the concept of entropy.