TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2023
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About the Rotary Soukup Scholarships
The scholarships have supported a total of 20 indigenous university students. Sydney Rotary strongly believes that education changes the lives of individuals, communities and the nation and that these scholarships will ultimately contribute to a fairer and a more prosperous Australia.
About Dalton Lynch
“I am a twenty-six-year-old medical student at the University of Sydney, previously employed full-time as a critical care paramedic, with a specialisation in aero-medical retrieval, and a professional firefighter. I now work part time in both roles to support my family and myself. My family is of the Ngemba speaking people and the lands around Bourke and Gundabooka Mountain, and I am married with four beautiful children."
Why study Medicine?
"While I cannot claim there was one singular moment that led to this career path, I do recall being a trainee paramedic and attending one of my first serious incidents. It was a motor vehicle accident involving a trapped patient with life-threatening injuries. A medical team comprising of a critical care paramedic and a retrieval doctor attended to lead the case. Seeing the skill, calm and professionalism with which they worked, I decided then that I would one day be a part of that team."
What this Scholarships means to Dalton
“This scholarship has been a true and unexpected blessing, presenting my first real opportunity to place greater focus on my studies as I move into my final years of study, rather than needing to rely heavily on my previous employment to sustain my family.”
An update
“Our final year has seen a clear shift towards not only learning about medicine, but working within it. I’ve had the opportunity to undertake placements in a number of specialist settings, feeling less and less like a student as I shift closer to being a working member of the team. Some highlights include working with the NSW Ambulance Aeromedical Team and an RAAF Aeromedical Evacuation Team, along with placements in community care at two different GP practices. I pursued this particular combination deliberately to support my future aspirations and to develop relevant skill sets for generalist practice, including remote area work, humanitarian medicine, and generalist community care." as a result.”