2025 marks 25 years of PMCV driving excellence in prevocational medical education and training. We’re proud of how far we’ve come — and grateful to the Victorian health community for helping us build strong, supportive training environments for our future doctors.
PMCV held the inaugural Victorian Prevocational Medical Training Awards — a 25th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, 16 October 2025.
This special event brought together 200 members of the Victorian prevocational medical training community as we reflected on our shared history and express our gratitude for the ongoing support of our stakeholders.
Congratulations to all of our award winners!
PMCV Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to JMO Victoria Committee
Dr Adam Wahab
Adam has exhibited exemplary leadership and dedication with their PMCV portfolio lead, contributing significantly to innovation and positive change within a key area of the PMCV’s core functions. Additionally, this individual has pursued another project with notable passion and commitment, successfully progressing it toward its intended outcomes by the conclusion of this clinical year.
JMO Victoria Health Service Representative of the Year
Dr Holly Hayes
Goulburn Valley Health
Holly has been a strong advocate for their health service’s junior doctors and regularly participates in discussion with their Medical Education and Workforce Units, in addition to Medical Executive. They are regularly engaged with their JMO Society as well as attending the Doctors in Training Advisory Committee where they discuss any feedback received from their peers. Their health service has noted that they are passionate about rural health and always demonstrate a strong commitment to ensuring that JMOs have a strong voice both internally and at a state level.
Metropolitan Health Service Innovation and Excellence Award
Northern Health
‘Introduction to Clinical Governance’ program
Northern Doctors Education created this program to encourage PGY1 & PGY2 doctors to become involved in Quality, Safety and other Governance processes. Previous JMO involvement in Clinical Governance activities was haphazard and relied heavily on the JMO meeting an appropriate mentor. The program is overseen by Northern Doctors Education in conjunction with the Medical Lead for Clinical Governance, creating both a centralised contact point for JMOs and a means to promote Clinical Governance activities. The program begun in March 2025 and quickly gained traction among junior doctors, who recall presentations given at the time of launch and are still approaching the team in the corridors or via email.
Regional Health Service Innovation and Excellence Award
Echuca Regional Health
‘Culture Safety and Inclusion’ program
The program incorporates several activities that aims to strengthen relationships with Community and aims to improve the understanding and knowledge of First Nations experience within the health services’ prevocational doctors. Some aspects of the program include ALO involvement in orientation, monthly yarning circles, on-country immersion day and Intern education cultural awareness sessions.
Echuca Regional Health is very proud of their dynamic and passionate Aboriginal Liaison Officers, our connection to local Elders and Community and are committed to embedding Cultural Safety and Inclusion within every facet of their health service.
Victorian Clinical Educator of the Year
Dr Hussain Rabia
Echuca Regional Health
Hussain has been providing clinical teaching since 2019, and their teaching style has been described as inclusive & welcoming, and they provide consistently engaging and clinically relevant sessions.
Their teaching is both bedside and formal, and they model collaboration, safety and respect always. They are best known for their procedural skills teaching which is hands-on and practical. Their plastering session is considered a “rite of passage” for junior doctors. Their calm demeanour and structured approach reduce anxiety, fostering a learning environment that promotes hands-on practice. Junior doctors past and present find their clinical practice and dedication to education inspirational. One junior doctor has said that Hussain creates a learning environment where questions are welcomed, curiosity is encouraged, and growth is continuous.
Victorian Prevocational Doctor of the Year
Dr Karanjeet Chauhan
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Karan’s health service has described their contribution to education and training as going well beyond that expected of a prevocational doctor. As a PGY2, they introduced “Pages and Problems,” a hybrid teaching model for the Intern Education Program, using real ward presentations to offer interns a practical, structured approach to common clinical issues. In 2024, they founded the national lecture series “Dear Doctor…Please Review: A Practical Guide to Navigating Internship,” delivering fortnightly talks that attracted 300+ medical students and junior doctors from across Australia across the series. They also led practical bedside teaching which was widely appreciated by his peers due to his hands-on focus. Through these roles, Karan has consistently helped junior learners gain confidence, navigate clinical challenges, thereby making significant contributions to education across the profession.
Recognition of Service
Associate Professor Jonathan Knott
Jonathan has played a pivotal role in advancing PMCV’s mission during their nine-year tenure as Board Chair, in addition to serving on multiple committees at both State and National levels. Through their efforts, health services have consistently upheld the rigorous standards required for prevocational doctors. The initiatives they have guided and overseen will serve as a lasting legacy of their leadership and impact. Their strategic vision and unwavering dedication have made a profound contribution to our organisation and the wider medical community.
Recognition of Service
Professor Michelle Leech
Michelle chaired the Board for three years and contributed to PMCV since 2015. Michelle has led key initiatives in prevocational medical education, including implementing the revised National Framework, managing and revising recruitment processes, and early engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Lou Irving
Lou has served the prevocational medical community for more than two decades. Those who nominated this candidate have consistently described them as supportive, passionate, and dedicated qualities exemplified by a strong commitment to advancing the field of medicine and advocating for the welfare and professional development of prevocational trainees.
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