About Us

My Medical Career is an online career planning portal for Australian medical students and junior doctors. Our goal is guide you through the process of selecting and achieving a career which best suits your interests, skills and lifestyle needs.

Finding reliable information about training programs and medical careers is sometimes difficult, and usually very time consuming. In an environment with long working hours and high stress levels, medical graduates find themselves making important decisions with long term implications based on hallway anecdotes and well-meaning but often biased advice from colleagues.

This website was created by young doctors with the input of senior clinicians to address this deficiency. It provides up-to-date information on training program requirements and life after you are qualified, and a step-by-step framework for career planning.

With an ever increasing array of medical specialties available, there are career paths to suit the vast majority of medical graduates. My Medical Career provides a reliable one-stop source of information which can streamline the process of evaluating your career options and successfully implementing your medical career plan.

Good luck finding your medical career!

The My Medical Career team

The My Medical Career concept was founded and developed by two junior doctors wanting to make a better informed specialty choice and Metis Internet Partners, an online strategy, culture and communication firm.

Dr. Cosmin Florescu is a junior doctor who graduated from The University of Melbourne in 2004. He completed his internship and a surgical residency in 2005/6 at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He spent 2007 travelling, locuming and doing a spot of volunteer work. He is one of the co-founders of the My Medical Career website which was created in 2007. He is currently in his first year of radiology training at Southern Health in Victoria.

Dr. Jonathan Tomaszewski is currently employed as a radiation oncology registrar at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2004. Over the past 10 years he has undertaken a number of pursuits including laboratory-based oncology research, medical volunteer work in Samoa, a Study Abroad Scholarship in clinical oncology at King's College in London and backpacking around the world. He is interested in teaching and mentoring students and junior doctors, and is very excited about what this website can offer his colleagues.

Kathryn Riley has been a Director of Metis Internet Partners for six years. She has six years experience working with online ventures and works with clients on developing internet strategies, ecommerce strategies, search engine optimisation and online branding. Kathryn has worked across Australia in industries including Aboriginal art, eLearning, information technology, food and beverage, Aboriginal health and online publishing.

David Atkinson was a founding Director of Metis Internet Partners in 1999 and has seven years experience working in the online environment with a varied client group ranging from senior executives to data management experts. David has worked with clients on a diverse range of issues including corporate strategy, internet strategy, ecommerce strategy, search engine optimisation, online branding and internet advertising. David has worked across Australia in industries including research, public history, local government, online publishing, consulting, training, information technology. David has also spent significant periods working with Aboriginal organisations, working remotely on Aboriginal communities and working with non-government organisations.

Chris Edwards was part of the start-up team in 2007-2008. Chris spent the last 10 years working in consumer marketing, spanning from Retail, F&B;, Finance, Pharmaceuticals and Telecommunications. Her portfolio includes Krispy Kreme, Delifrance, VISA, Westpac, ANZ, Telstra, and SmithKline Beecham. In 2003, Chris was named as one of Australia's Top Marketers (2003) by Marketing Magazine for the success of the Krispy Kreme brand launch. She has extensive experience in the fields of strategic brand management; market research and consumer analysis, marketing planning and implementation in through-the-line communications. Chris has since continued on to focus on a personal e-venture in her home city.