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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 30/07/2025

Proud to be on the team delivering a symposium : "Harnessing AI and technology for equitable & ethical medical education" thanks to a successful GEMPASS Education Grant. Congrats to my collaborators from Macquarie, Melbourne, Deakin and Notre Dame. Looking forward to this! #academicsky #meded #ai

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 30/07/2025

It’s a fun day to be a second year at the GSM. It’s suturing time ! 🧵 🪡 😍😍😍 #medschool #medstudent #medsky #academicsky

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 16/06/2025

Only 6 degrees 🥶 on campus this morning but the sun is shining ☀️and by tomorrow lunch time our second years will be on holidays and preparing for Phase 2! Good luck with your End of Phase 1 exams this morning - you can do it! 💪

Gum trees abs blue sky at UOW Shoalhaven campus

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 10/06/2025

Applications for the UOW Doctor of Medicine 2026 intake (Rural and General Entry Pathways) are closed and we received 2,461 applications, with 1,072 applicants selecting UOW as their first preference school in GEMSAS. Thank you ! 🥳 We will be emailing you shortly with updates regarding next steps.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 08/06/2025

Some of our UOW med students are out on the #GoRural trip with the NSW RDN and visited the Royal Flying Doctor Service base at Dubbo - and they met our very own UOW graduate and RFDS retrieval doctor Dr Jessica Kracht !!! So proud - go Team UOW! ❤️

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 04/06/2025

GEMSAS APPLICANTS - Last Casper test for 2026 entry for domestic applicants is TOMORROW Thursday 5 June at 7pm. Are you registered? Don't miss out! acuityinsights.app #GEMSAS #Casper #TakeCasper #medschool #UOWmedicine

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 04/06/2025

GEMSAS APPLICANTS - Don't forget your GEMSAS application payment is due by 5pm Friday 6th June. Don't miss out! applygemsas.edu.au #GEMSAS #uowmedicine #medschool

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 29/05/2025

Applications for the 2026 intake of the UOW MD program (General Entry and Rural Entry pathways) close tomorrow, Friday 30 May at 5:00PM via GEMSAS. Don't leave it until the last minute ! #GEMSAS #GAMSAT #UOWmedicine #Medsky #medschool

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 27/05/2025

Neil Pennock from TLR Foundation visited our med school today to educate us. Aged 18-35? You could be the only person in the world who could save the life of someone with blood cancer. Stem cell donation is simple and life-changing Go to tlr.org.au to find out more! #stemcelldonor #signupnow

Dr Nick Geraghty, Neil Pennock, George the Skelton and I

Neil Pennock from the TLR foundation educating everyone’s about stem cell donation.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 27/05/2025

Applications for the UOW MD program for 2026 (General and Rural Entry Pathways) close on Friday at 5pm via GEMSAS. Are you ready? Email us on md-enquiries@uow.edu.au if you have questions ! #medschool #UOWmedicine #UOWMD #GEMSAS #GAMSAT

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 20/05/2025

Well, that's exciting ! lyndalpn.blogspot.com

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 19/05/2025

My first year students started work on studying the lower gastrointestinal tract today. I may have been saving this brooch ready for it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #broochoftheday

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 17/05/2025

ADMISSIONS UPDATE Week 3 of domestic applications being open and we are picking up the pace in the UOW MD Admissions world. If you have sent us an email recently, we are working our way through them and will get back to you very soon! 🕕 Countdown continues: 13 days until applications close!

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 16/05/2025

It’s clinical exam day for Year 2 students at the UOW Graduate School of Medicine - but it’s ok, we have our emotional support kangaroos on standby! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Academicsky #Medsky #medschool #medstudent #OSCE #UOWmedicine 🦘🎓

Early morning photos on campus with trees, lawn and kangaroos

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 10/05/2025

Had a lovely lunch today with my family. Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate and everyone’s mum. ❤️

A glass of white wine with a wine bottle and water glass both labeled Coolangatta estate.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 09/05/2025

Safari takes me straight there from either link. Even if I’m not logged in to FB

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 09/05/2025

A beautiful autumn morning on campus. But it was only 8 degrees when I got to work! 🥶 #winteriscoming #AcademicSky #UOW #Shoalhaven

Bright blue sky and green grass on campus with lovely Aussie gum trees

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 08/05/2025

I taught a lecture this morning for second year about the Social determinants of mental health. I thought my brain brooch was the appropriate choice 🧠 😉 #broochoftheday #academia #meded #academicsky

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 05/05/2025

A beautiful day at the Shoalhaven campus. Why wouldn't you want to study medicine here? 😍 #UOW #UOWmedicine #medicalschool #MedSky #GEMSAS #GAMSAT

A mob of kangaroos grazing on green grass

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 05/05/2025

🚀 Got questions about UOW MD admissions? We’ve got answers! Come to our live Zoom Q&A drop-in sessions! 📅 Next sessions: 🗓️ Tues 6 May, 2–3 PM AEST 🗓️ Wed 7 May, 1–2 PM AEST More sessions over next 4 weeks —stay tuned! 🔗 Join here:https://shorturl.at/u3qLd See you there! 👋 #UOWMD #AdmissionsHelp

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 03/05/2025

🎓 Thinking of medicine in 2026? Domestic apps for UOW MD are OPEN via GEMSAS — close 30 May! ✅ Rank UOW first for a bonus 💻 Casper required (22 May or 5 June) 📅 Join our webinars or drop-in Q&As! ✉️ Questions? md-enquiries@uow.edu.au or website shorturl.at/7OKJh #UOW #UOWMD #GEMSAS #StudyMedicine

UOW medical students undertaking trauma simulations with a mannekin

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 25/04/2025

Thinking of all my current and past Australian Defence Force friends, colleagues, and family on ANZAC day. Thank you for your service. ❤️ Lest we forget. Flashback photo of me as a Royal Australian Navy doctor, sitting on the desk checking patient results at HMAS Creswell, almost 30 years ago 😉

Young female Australian Naval officer, with blonde hair and glasses, in military uniform smiling at the camera with a bundle of papers and a pen in her hand

Australian Defence medal, a poppy and a sprig of rosemary

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 20/04/2025

Team UOW medicine represent! St John Ambulance volunteers at the Sydney Royal Easter Show include Adam Wingate (Ph2 medical student), Intensive care SRMO Dr Eloise Doak & Surgical SRMO Dr Adrian Siu (both UOW MD class of 2021). So proud of you, thank you for supporting the community ! #UOWmedicine

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 17/04/2025

The view from my morning coffee spot this week. It’s always great when work travel takes you to beautiful places! This is the view from the Shelly Beach Cafe in Ballina NSW. No wonder the med students love placements up here!!! #ballina #travel #view #ballina #uowmedicine

Bright sun in a blue sky over a beautiful ocean view.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 17/04/2025

Sydney to Ballina was a short flight with great views!

A320 aircraft on the tarmac at Ballina airport in jetstar livery

Bright sun and blue sky over the clouds from the air.

Looking out the aircraft window seeing green fields and a river.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 17/04/2025

A few days on the road visiting our colleagues at the Northern Rivers UCRH at Lismore to deliver a formative OSCE assessment for our Phase 3 students currently on placement on the north coast. The students did such a great job demonstrating their skills! #UOW #UOWmedicine #Lismore #AcademicSky 🦘🎓

Lismore base hospital on a bright sunny day

The northern rivers university centre for rural health building at Lismore, across the road from Lismore base hospital

Clinical skills teaching facilities at ucrh - this room has benches, stools, whiteboards and is set up to teach procedural skills

A clinical teaching room set up as a hospital ward with monitors, oxygen, sinks and a clinical mannekin in bed on a gurney

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 10/04/2025

A busy day of meetings with old friends and new at the Australian & New Zealand Medical Schools Selection Symposium hosted by the University of Melbourne ❤️ #academicsky 🦘🎓 #medsky

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 09/04/2025

Off to a meeting. Just a friendly reminder: for those of us with chronic health conditions, #CovidIsNotOver. Please don’t be surprised—or offended—if some of us choose to protect ourselves in crowds, on planes, or in other higher-risk settings. It’s the right choice for me. 😷

Selfie of me in an aircraft with mask and headphones on.

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 08/04/2025

Big thanks to everyone who joined our first UOW MD webinar for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pathway 💛🖤❤️ So inspiring to meet future First Nations doctors starting their 2026 journey! 📩 Want to know more? Email us: GSM-Indigenous-Health@uow.edu.au #Medsky #Medschool #IndigenousExcellence

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 07/04/2025

📢 Applying for medicine in 2026? The GEMSAS website + Admissions Guide are live! 🌟 Thinking UOW's MD program (General or Rural Entry)? Check out selection criteria, rural bonuses, key dates & more. 🌿 gemsas.edu.au Be informed. Be ready. 🌟 #UOWmedicine #MedSchool2026 #RuralHealth #MedSchool

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 06/04/2025

Saw these photos elsewhere on social media today. Apparently the Heard & McDonald Island locals are not happy about tariffs and are ready for battle, they have acquired furry cavalry support from Canada, and have the Navy Seals on standby 😃 #tariffs #penguins

emperor penguins with warm clothes and weapons

penguins with weapons riding armoured polar bears

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 05/04/2025

🩺 March wrapped up with a ton of content across CVS, RESP, MSK, and Admissions. Here's a quick scroll-through of what we covered on the teaching page 👇🧵 #MedEd #FOAMed #MedSchool #MedStudent #MedSky

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 03/04/2025

🌟 Are you a First Nations student keen on studying medicine? Join our University of Wollongong MD info session! 🗓️ Mon 7 April, 6PM AEST 📍 Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: buff.ly/gbJ1yc7 💛 To find out more, email us at GSM-Indigenous-Health@uow.edu.au #UOWmedicine #IndigenousPathways #UOW #MedSchool

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 03/04/2025

We are so proud of Dr Ben Armstrong, UOW Medicine class of 2014, as he reflects on his journey to become Australia's first Aboriginal clinical microbiologist. #UOW #UOWMedicine #IndigenousExcellence #MedSky #MedSchool

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 27/03/2025

Overnight meetings with University admissions colleagues in North America meant tea and snacks at 3:30 AM. Despite being in the wee hours, my presentation went off without a hitch .... had a few hours nap then back to work ! 🥹😴 #UOW #MedEd #AcademicSky 🦘🎓 #Admissions #MedSchool #UOWMedicine

grapes cheese and a cup of tea in front of a computer zoom screen- computer clock says 3:57 AM

Powerpoint opening slide "Lessons from implementing a new admissions process" University of Wollongong Australia

Program for the Holistic success champions meeting hosted by Acuity Insights

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 26/03/2025

🌟 Dreaming of an MD at UOW in 2026? 🌟 Join our MD Admissions Webinar for international applicants! 📅 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 ⏰ 6–8 PM AEDT 💻 Online Register now to learn more: buff.ly/qbALswD 2026 applications are open🚀 Start your medical journey with UOW! #UOWMD #UOWMedicine #MedSchool #MedSky

A doctor and a medical student working on a patients leg in a procedure toom

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 21/03/2025

Repping my new coffee mug from the Country Universities Centre Mudgee on this rainy morning back home at UOW Shoalhaven Campus. Unfortunately I didn’t bring the Mudgee sunshine back with me. ☀️ #UOW #AcademicSky #Mudgee #CUC 🦘🎓

Travel coffee mug branded "Country Universities Centre - MUdgee Region" with lawn and trees and a grey rainy day in the background

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 21/03/2025

Our first UOW MD Admissions webinar recording for the 2025 admissions cycle has been sent out to all General Entry & Rural Entry applicants on the mailing list / all webinar attendees. Interested in studying medicine in 2026? Join the mailing list now buff.ly/YjspGyf #UOW #MedSchool #MedSky

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 19/03/2025

A great day at Mudgee Health Careers day. A particular mention to UOW Phase 3 medical students in Mudgee for the year on placement - Maddy, Nick and Liv were confident and inspiring, great ambassadors for UOW and for rural medicine ! Well done team ! 💙 #ruralhealth #medschool #uow #uowmedicine

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 18/03/2025

A day on the road yesterday, traveling to beautiful Mudgee NSW to help young people in rural areas consider careers in health. 🦘🎓 #academicsky #medsky #ruralhealth

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 17/03/2025

📢 Our first UOW MD Admissions webinar for 2025 was fantastic! 🎉 Huge thanks to our med students for sharing their experiences & insights. 💬👏 📌 Missed it? If you're on our mailing list, the recording is coming soon! 🔗 Join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/UOWMDEOI #UOWMD #FutureDoctors #UOW

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A/Prof Lyndal Parker-Newlyn 🦘🎓 @lyndalpn.medsky.social · 16/03/2025

🚀 Proud moment for UOW Medicine! Dr. Alison Freeman, UOW medicine class of 2010, was recently featured by Nova Scotia Health for her outstanding contributions to rural & remote medicine in Canada. Read more: tinyurl.com/NShealthFree... #UOWMedicine #FutureDoctors #RuralHealth #WomenInMedicine #UOW

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