Students in Macquarie’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program have been attending a series of masterclasses hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton, in which he has shared advice and wisdom gained over a 40-plus-year career in medicine, research, and higher education.

For me the decision to study abroad kind of snuck up on me. I had tried to get into medicine in Ontario and was unsuccessful. I had to handle a lot of rejections from Canadian medical schools—just like thousands of other students.