QLD OWL Workshop 2022 – A Glimpse into a Career in Orthopaedics
Join us at our upcoming OWL workshop for medical students and doctor in training interested in learning more about the speciality.

QLD-based female medical students and doctors in training are invited to join us onsite at the QLD venue to get a glimpse of what orthopaedics consists of.
- When: 12.45pm–4.30pm AEST, Saturday 23 July 2022
- Where: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Level 2/59-69 Shafston Ave, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169
- Register: please visit the registration page.
This workshop is free to attend. Numbers are strictly limited.
OWL Essay 2021
The Orthopaedic Women’s Link (OWL) and Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) invite all female medical students from Australian medical schools, interns and prevocational doctors who are not yet on the AOA training program and currently working in Australian hospitals, to enter the OWL Essay 2021.
We aim to promote gender diversity and provide a platform for communication to increase the representation of females in orthopaedic training, teaching, research and leadership, particularly with emerging doctors.
Congratulations to Belinda Ong, medical student from the University of Adelaide, on winning the OWL Essay 2021.

Read the OWL Essay 2021 winning submission.
We'd also like to acknowledge and congratulate the joint runners up and highly-commended submissions:
Joint runners up
- Annabel Fraser, QLD postgraduate Year 2, Gold Coast University Hospital
- Sophie West, QLD postgraduate Year 4, Cairns Hospital
Read their submissions at
aoa.org.au/OWLEssay2021-Runnersup
Highly-commended submissions
- Sally Heading, NSW intern, Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- Claudia Yarad, NSW medical student, University of Newcastle
- Bree Gardoll, NSW medical student, University of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga Rural Clinical School
- Helena Franco, QLD postgraduate Year 4, Cairns Hospital
- Saumya Chanana, QLD medical student, Bond University