Speaker: Dr Carolyn Providence MB:BS, FRCP, FRACP Bio: Dr Carolyn Providence is an SMO in Stroke Medicine at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. Her journey there has been anything but direct. Born on a tiny Caribbean island, population approximately 100,00, Carolyn won the island’s top academic prize as a teenager. She went off to study medicine, via other Caribbean islands, the US and the UK, arriving on New Zealand’s shores just over a decade ago – the embodiment of an International Medical Graduate. It was in NZ however, that her passion for representation was ignited and became a long-term mission. She has pursued this on medical as well as community-based platforms, incorporating her experiences and developing her love for story-telling both in written and spoken media. She is a past president of the Caribbean Society in NZ and sits on the MeLAA Advisory Group Board of ethnographic data collection and representation.

Lucy is a general practitioner/rata hauora, mentor and writer. She has written a column for New Zealand Doctor, Rata Aotearoa since 2017 and is finishing a book a called Doctor,Patient Story. She has recently released a set of audiostories written during the pandemic. You can listen to 'Waiting for Covid' here. https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/waiting-covid-podcast-lucy-ohagan More information available on her website lucyohagan.com Lucy works as a GP for a kauapa Māori provider in Porirua and teaches GP trainees. This includes mentoring GP registrars who need extra support including the Whakatipu roopu who are international graduates who registered in New Zealand via the NZREX pathway.