MOCA CareersNicholas Lanyon

Who is this man?

Plan for the Night

Quick talk about what I do now, how I

got where I am and what I plan to do

next

Plan for the Night

Quick talk about what I do now, how I

got where I am and what I plan to do

next

Some points common to all training

programs

Anaesthesia

Saturday Emergency Theatre List

3F GAMP L Forearm radial head Gas induction Spont Vent GA – LMA

29M Lap Appendix RSI – oral ETT

39F Lap Chole RSI – oral ETT

68F Periumbilical Hernia Repair RSI – oral ETT

22F Removal of Ectopic Pregnancy IV induction Relaxant GA –ETT

35F LUSCS RSI- oral ETT

My Career so far

University

◦ Monash Medical Centre 3rd Year

RA at Mannix

Monash Future Leaders Program

◦ Gippsland/Monash 4th Year

Secretary of MUMUS

◦ The Alfred 5th Year

Mannix Med Tutor

MBBS admissions interviewer

Job Applications 1

Internship

◦ Applications to 8 different hospitals

◦ Invited for 7 interviews

◦ Running Talley: 8 applications, 7

interviews

Internship

The Alfred

◦ Mannix Med Tutor

◦ Monash Yr 3 OSCE Examiner

◦ Conferences (Teaching on the Run,

PMCV Symposium)

Job Applications 2

HMO2

◦ Applications to 2 different hospitals (4

different jobs)

◦ Invited for 2 interviews

◦ Running Talley: 10 applications, 9

interviews

HMO2 (Medical)

The Alfred

◦ (missed out on Critical Care Year)

◦ Got an ICU term first up anyway

◦ Research project, Courses (ALS, BASIC,

ALSi, Basic Sciences)

◦ Still Tutoring at Mannix

Job Applications 3

HMO3

◦ Applications to 4 different hospitals

◦ Invited for 3 interviews

◦ Running Talley: 14 applications, 12

interviews

HMO3 (Critical Care)

The Austin

◦ (the Critical Care year I really wanted)

◦ Research project finally published,

Courses (Austin US Course)

◦ Still Tutoring at Mannix

Job Applications 4

Anaesthetic Registrar

◦ Applications to 8 different hospitals and 2

state training programs

◦ Invited for 5 interviews, declined 2 as

already offered job

◦ Running Talley: 24 applications, 17

interviews

But I haven't done any of

that....

Dream Job

General Points

Medicine is a broad field

Most training programs have a hurdle

point to limit trainee numbers

◦ Entry vs Exam vs Jobs

Pick something you love even if it's

hard/competitive

Randy Pausch

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The Last

Lecture

AMSA Intern and Residency Guide

The Doctor's GPS – A career guide for

JMO's

Don't aim for success if you want it; just

do what you love and believe in, and it

will come naturally.

David Frost