Alumni in Focus with Dr Thomas Goubar

Dr Thomas Goubar Receives Prestigious 2022 Junior Medical Officer Award

Wagga Wagga Clinical School alumnus Dr Thomas Goubar is a recipient of the 2022 JMO (Junior Medical Officer) of the Year Award. Dr Goubar has been recognised for his substantial contributions to the education and support of prevocational trainees; his significant involvement in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD); and his strong advocacy to improve the education, training and wellbeing of JMOs in rural and regional NSW.

Dr Goubar is a Resident Medical Officer at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. He has directed the Australian Rural Training Enterprise (ARTIE) which is a research symposium to provide opportunities for rural and regional JMOs to present their research work. During his time at MLHD, Dr Goubar coordinated many educational and wellbeing programs, receiving recognition from his peers who awarded him the 2021 Intern of the Year for the MLHD.

Dr Goubar is also the JMO Director of ‘AIM Higher’ a program that builds health capacity in MLHD where medical students commencing as AiMs (Assistants in Medicine) received advanced clinical leadership training.

As the current NSW JMO Forum representative for Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Dr Goubar continues to demonstrate his commitment to advocating for the wellbeing and education of JMOs in rural and regional settings. Dr Goubar will represent NSW in the Australia and New Zealand Prevocational Medical Education Forum awards, to be announced in November 2022.

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