ICU READ May - ISIK College

MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES CAREERS MORNINGISIK College Upfield held a Medicine and Health Sciences Careers Morning on Friday15 May 2009. Year 11 and 12 students were informed about some popular and unusualcareers in medicine and health sciences.Dr. Hashim Seedat's career is certainly not typical. He is a homeopath. Homeopathy isbased on the principle that what causes a disease can cure it. For example, apus froma bee is used on a patient to recover from a bee sting. An interesting fact is that since1945, every physician to the British Monarch has a homeopath.Next speaker was Dr Ahmed Hassan, Opthalmologist at Dandenong Eye Clinic. Hespoke of personal requirements for any medical career including compassion andcommunication. He also warned would-be doctors about the long hours and shift workinvolved in being a hospital junior doctor.“students were informedabout some popular andunusual careers inmedicine and healthsciences”The morning concluded with two university presenters. The first was Mr BartStrzebonski, Publications and Promotions Officer, Health Sciences, La TrobeUniversity. He informed students of both the bachelor and masters degree options at LaTrobe. He also talked about the possibility of students making changes to their careerdirections if needed.The final presenter was Aileen Chua, Liaison Officer of the Biomedicine School,University of Melbourne. She emphasised the fact that many possible careers could beundertaken following completion of a Biomedicine degree including research andscientific journalism. Aileen was proud to point out that Biomedicine has been afavoured tertiary course for many ISIK College graduates.Mr A. Helou, Careers Advisor and Mr L. Traikovski, Assistant Careers Advisor1) Bart Strzebonskidescribing HealthScience courses atLa Trobe University1 2“Biomedicine has been afavoured tertiary coursefor many ISIK Collegegraduates”2) Dr Seedatexplaininghomeopathy3) Dr Hassanreceiving a giftfrom Isik CollegeVice-Captain IlhanUysal4) Aillen Chuashowing studentsBiomedicinemajors at theUniversity ofMelbourne5) Dr Seedatreceiving a giftfrom Isik CollegeCaptain Yusuf Ilhan345ICU Read 8