Dr Tom Easton Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 2020 to provide assistance to students studying Doctor of Medicine at the Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney in undertaking their elective term studies overseas. The scholarship has been donated by Graham Rush Easton in memory of Dr Tom Easton, who completed his medical degree at the Northern Clinical School in 1999. He suffered from cystic fibrosis and passed away, aged 24, in January 2000, just at the commencement of his internship at Royal North Shore Hospital. Tom studied medicine not only as his chosen profession but for the experiences it provided and for the contribution he believed he could make. He was an active and committed student at Northern, balancing his medical studies, his contributions to student life in the Clinical School and his other community and sporting activities. His warm and relaxed manner, integrity and quiet courage were ever-present. It is intended to encourage proposals that reflect Tom's approach and have the potential to enrich the medical education and practical experience of both the students and those with whom they work during the elective term. Such a proposal may involve splitting the elective term into two parts, one devoted to practical medical training and the other to social/community medicine in a remote or deprived environment. The scholarship is valued at $4,000 and will be paid as a one-off payment.