Past Winners

Results of the BalintANZ Medical Student Essay Competition, 2023

There were a record 89 entries this year, with a very high standard of writing covering a wide range of topics. After several rounds of reviewing, the reviewers are pleased to announce the top 12 essays as listed in the table below.

Congratulations to Megan Torpey and Taneka Tezak who received the Lawrence Gilbert Memorial Prizes. Runners up were Geetika Malhotra, Alisha Sethi, Dikshya Parajuli and Tuyen Pham. Links to all these essays will be listed in due course.

Our thanks go to the local and international group of essay reviewers who did an amazing job this year.

Student name	Essay title	University
Megan Torpey	Its OK Gary I’ll listen to you	University of New South Wales
Taneka Tezak	The Tears You Don’t Expect	Griffith University
Geetika Malhotra	A parallel consult	Monash University
Alisha Sethi	A Difficult Patient	University of Sydney
Dikshya Parajuli	As much an Art as it is a Science	University of Otago
Tuyen Pham	An Unexpected Friend	Monash University
Tamarangi Keerthipala	Our Bridge to Marta	University of Adelaide
Zayn Al-Timimi	Beneath the Surface	University of New South Wales
Madi Randall	He Tangata	University of Auckland
Samuel Verschaffelt	Life, Death and Football	University of Otago
Elise Drum	I’m just the medical student	University of New South Wales
Eleanor Andrew	Where do I fit in?	University of Western Australia

Results of the BalintANZ Medical Student Essay Competition, 2021

There were 45 entries in 2021, with a very high standard of writing. Congratulations to Madison Booth, Stephanie Lee and Rebecca Gandhi who have received The Lawrence Gilbert Memorial Prizes.

After several rounds of reviewing, the reviewers are pleased to announced the top 10 essays as follows:

BOOTH, Madison	University of Queensland	Too Momentous for Words (PDF)
LEE, Stephanie	Bond University	Beyond the Medical (PDF)
GANDHI, Rebecca	Auckland Medical School	Homecoming
SWINBURN, Thomas	Auckland Medical School	An Unexpected Journey
BRIMM, Daniel	University of Queensland	Lessons from Mary
FINCH, Alyce	University of New South Wales	Death In the Night
CHANG, Yvonne	Sydney University	How not to Break Bad News
KIVI, Neakiri	Otago Medical School	Help in a New Light
WONG, Grace	University of New South Wales	Presence
KOH, Angela	University of Melbourne	Cultural Competency

2019 Winning Essays

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Human Skills (PDF)

Tereza Stillerova, Griffith University, Queensland

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Window of Hope (PDF)

Annelise Pereira, James Cook University, Queensland

2019 Runners up

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Imposition or Insight: Stealing Final Moments (PDF)

Caris House, Notre Dame, Freemantle

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One Person Two Lives (PDF)

Yoshura Selvedurai, University of NSW, NSW

2017 Winning Essays

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Lessons from Luna (PDF)

Annabelle Hughes, Griffith University

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Between a beginning and an end (PDF)

Isabel Hanson, Sydney University

2017 Runner up

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Sharing the Little Lights (PDF)

Simon Chadwick, Sydney University