BluGibbon Bites
Career insights and conversations with Doctors within the Blugibbon Community & Network
Locum Doctor Bishan Rajapakse Interview
Blugibbon meets Locum Doctor Bishan Rajapakse Bishan or “Bish” as he likes to be called, kindly gave Blugibbon his time for a frank discussion on all things emergency medicine, wellbeing, why locums are important and being accosted by a humpback whale, an incident...
Starting a new Locum Doctor Job: Emma’s Experience
I’m a British doctor ED moving to Western Australia to do Locum Doctor Job with Blugibbon. This is my experience of getting out from the UK to Australia during peak Covid-19 restrictions. Visa application The first thing you need to look after, when you want to do a...
Sports Doctor and Yoga Teacher meet the accomplished Cheryl Martin
At Blugibbon sometimes our relationships come full circle, and this today is the case with the subject of our next “Blugibbon Bites”, the amazing career of Dr Cheryl Martin. Cheryl had previously worked with our “Head Gibbon” Sam several years ago when she first came...
Humanitarianism and Public Health with Dr Lai Heng Foong
Getting beyond the exterior and superficial is part of Blugibbon’s DNA and intent. So we are delighted to introduce the next of our “Blugibbon Bites”, a chat with Dr Lai Heng Foong. Malaysian-born Lai Heng came to Australia in 1996 to study medicine (and established a...
Healthy time with Dr Kieran Kennedy
Welcome to the next edition of “Blugibbon Bites”, a series chatting with some of our Doctor friends, delving beyond the clinical facade and showcasing the human behind the stethoscope. Up this week is Dr Kieran Kennedy, a Psychiatry Doctor and health advocate, that...
Bees, Beers & Wheels with Dr Vera Sistenich
Dr Vera Sistenich is one our most cherished and longest-serving locum doctors, so it was a given we were going to include her incredible story on "Blugibbon Bites" Vera has seen and experienced it all, growing up in Hong Kong, studying in England and interning in...
Dr Jack Dascalu – Working on the Most Remote Island on the Planet
There are not many Doctors that can claim to have worked on one of the top 3 remote islands on earth. Dr Jack is one of them and as soon as we could lock him down we had to find out more about the man behind the stethoscope. Joe caught up with Jack while he was in...
Expedition Medicine – Taking Adventurous Doctors to New Heights
Welcome to the next edition of “Blugibbon Bites”, a series chatting with some of our regular locum Doctors, delving beyond the clinical facade and showcasing the human behind the stethoscope. Up this week is Dr Brenton Systermans, working in Emergency Medicine and...
From Medicine to Motorsports with Dr Erika Nishimoto
Blugibbon does a healthy amount of locum work in rural and remote medicine, and Dr Erika Nishimoto is a guru when it comes to this realm. Erika has known Blugibbon’s founder Sam for over a decade, and no matter how far they have been apart or time apart in...
Real Superheroes: Living and working with Cystic Fibrosis through COVID-19
Welcome to the next edition of “Blugibbon Bites”, our series chatting with some of the people we meet through Blugibbon, including Doctors and others we consider our friends. We hope to bring you some of the most inspiring stories and insights from our network to...
Looking for Locum work made easy with Blugibbon, Dr Armaan Wallia
Up this week on "Blugibbon Bites" is Dr Armaan Wallia, a Locum Emergency Medicine Doctor originally from Glasgow, Scotland with Indian heritage, but now based in Brisbane, Queensland. Despite these Scottish roots he was stunned to hear in the interview with our...
Doctor with skills, Ultimate Frisbee skills
There are some absolute diamond humans that work through Blugibbon that dedicate themselves to the health of aboriginal communities. Dr Alistair Don, working as a GP Locum Doctor across rural and remote Australia, is one of them. Alistair was referred to Blugibbon...