November 2004

Prize acknowledges busy schedule

Austin Health’s Deputy Director of Acute Services is the first Victorian in 10 years to win the Bernard Nicholson Memorial Prize while completing a Fellowship for the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.

Dr Humsha Naidoo received the award for being the most outstanding candidate in the oral examination component.

Dr Naidoo juggled her busy full-time work at Austin Health and her family life with her study.

‘My case study was on introducing a credentialling system for senior medical staff and defining their scope of clinical practice at Austin Health,’ said Dr Naidoo.

The Fellowship involved completing a Masters Degree, a case study related to medical administration and completing an oral examination.