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Dr Michael Livingston from Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, is a recipient of an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2021 Distinguished Service Award for his significant contribution to rural and remote medicine and general service to the community.
Dr Livingston's notable contribution includes providing general practice, emergency medicine, surgical skin cancer lists, in patient chemo and immunotherapy, and ultrasound services to the Fitzgerald region in WA for the past six years, in addition to a year spent working in the NSW rural town of Gunnedah.
The award comes as a genuine surprise to Dr Livingston and provides some welcome comfort after a tough week on the job.
“I am greatly honoured to receive the Distinguished Service Award. It came at the end of a very bad week and was a great light at the end of a long tunnel. Thank you to the people who nominated me.”
Dr Livingston began his Rural Generalist journey in 2014 and has worked tirelessly to improve the health outcomes for his rural and remote community.
In addition to his practice, he works in the Emergency Department (ED) in Ravensthorpe and has devoted himself to training and supporting registrars and medical students through John Flynn and the University of Western Australia. He has also been a Rural Emergency Skills Training instructor (REST).
The greatest testament to Dr Livingston’s service to his community has been his ability, along with his wife and business partner Rachel Livingston, to grow their practice to now cover five clinics in Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun, Jerramungup, Bremer Bay and Varley.
“From Ravensthorpe our clinics span 100km north and 210km southwest - we’ve been able to expand the role and scope of the Rural Generalist in WA, offering a plethora of services."
“It’s been very rewarding to see this improvement to health outcomes for the local community with 100 per cent childhood vaccination, zero deaths from asthma or COPD, and zero deaths in the ED during my time covering this location for the last five years.”
Dr Livingston was presented with his ACRRM Distinguished Service Award at the virtual Rural Medicine Award Conference on Friday 22 October.
Dr Livingston's notable contribution includes providing general practice, emergency medicine, surgical skin cancer lists, in patient chemo and immunotherapy, and ultrasound services to the Fitzgerald region in WA for the past six years, in addition to a year spent working in the NSW rural town of Gunnedah.
The award comes as a genuine surprise to Dr Livingston and provides some welcome comfort after a tough week on the job.
“I am greatly honoured to receive the Distinguished Service Award. It came at the end of a very bad week and was a great light at the end of a long tunnel. Thank you to the people who nominated me.”
Dr Livingston began his Rural Generalist journey in 2014 and has worked tirelessly to improve the health outcomes for his rural and remote community.
In addition to his practice, he works in the Emergency Department (ED) in Ravensthorpe and has devoted himself to training and supporting registrars and medical students through John Flynn and the University of Western Australia. He has also been a Rural Emergency Skills Training instructor (REST).
The greatest testament to Dr Livingston’s service to his community has been his ability, along with his wife and business partner Rachel Livingston, to grow their practice to now cover five clinics in Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun, Jerramungup, Bremer Bay and Varley.
“From Ravensthorpe our clinics span 100km north and 210km southwest - we’ve been able to expand the role and scope of the Rural Generalist in WA, offering a plethora of services."
“It’s been very rewarding to see this improvement to health outcomes for the local community with 100 per cent childhood vaccination, zero deaths from asthma or COPD, and zero deaths in the ED during my time covering this location for the last five years.”
Dr Livingston was presented with his ACRRM Distinguished Service Award at the virtual Rural Medicine Award Conference on Friday 22 October.