---
title: 'Episode 117: Harry Gaffney - Rural Medicine and Dispelling Myths About Pathology'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-117-harry-gaffney-rural-medicine-and-dispelling-myths-about-pathology'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-06-27'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ta6h9k/Harry_Gaffney_-_6_26_22_742_PMajvwa.mp3'
---

# Episode 117: Harry Gaffney - Rural Medicine and Dispelling Myths About Pathology

Today my guest is Medical Student Harry Gaffney What we discuss with Harry: How he was inspired to become a doctor at a young age His interest in microbiology His experience with parallel rural curriculum in medical school Joining the Royal Flying Doctor...

## Summary

Today my guest is Medical Student Harry Gaffney

What we discuss with Harry:

- How he was inspired to become a doctor at a young age

- His interest in microbiology

- His experience with parallel rural curriculum in medical school

- Joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service and some stories from that experience

- How he decided that pathology was the field for him

- Some of the major misconceptions about pathology and how to dispel them

- Some other ways to dispel myths about pathology and raise awareness for the field

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Doctors on Social Media](http://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Harry Gaffney on the [Royal Flying Doctor Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QGIJVgPg2og3XC1QC2pFv?si=RnbCpuX3T9eKRUlGEeHCVw&dl_branch=1&nd=1)

Harry on the [Destination Medicine Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3SI7zqZjQnGTxBz8U4guaj)

Harry on the [Taking Care Podcas](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Mud2hvb3Noa2FhLmNvbS9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC9pZC85ODI0/episode/YTEzNGVmNmYtZDYzOC00Njc2LWE5ZGEtMjQzMDA5ZjdjOWI5?hl=en-AU&ved=2ahUKEwiAsd-b2djyAhXJwTgGHf5zDEUQjrkEegQIAhAF&ep=6)t

[Flinders University ](https://www.flinders.edu.au)

[Parallel Rural Community Curriculum: is it a transferable model?](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7859244_Parallel_Rural_Community_Curriculum_is_it_a_transferable_model)

[Royal Flying Doctor Service](https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)