Dr Cheryl McIntyre - RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year 2025

Cheryl has served the people of Inverell and region as a Rural Generalist Obstetrician for more than 25 years. With a deep commitment to medical education, she is a Senior Lecturer in General Practice at the University of New England and plays a pivotal role in training and supervising medical students, junior doctors and GP registrars at her practice and the local hospital. This has included being one of the key drivers behind an innovative program bringing medical students to Inverell and nearby towns for six month placements, as well as being a strong local facilitator of a NSW Rural Doctors Network program bringing city-based medical students to rural locations to enable them to experience rural practice. And if she hadn’t chosen a career in Rural Medicine, Cheryl may have become a…? We'll let you find out as you listen to the podcast!