🚀 Career Connect: School of Medical & Health Sciences

Ready to explore where your degree could take you? 🩺

Join the ECU Student Guild for Career Connect: School of Medical & Health Sciences, an evening designed to help students connect with industry professionals, gain valuable career insights, and build their professional networks.

Hear from experienced professionals working across allied health, chiropractic care, pharmacy and healthcare leadership, and learn how your studies can open the door to a range of rewarding career pathways.

✨ What’s on the agenda?

🎤 Industry Insights
Hear from professionals about their career journeys, industry experiences and the opportunities available across the healthcare sector.

💼 Explore Career Pathways
Discover the many directions a Medical & Health Sciences degree can take you, from clinical practice and patient care through to leadership, education, research and healthcare policy.

💡 Learn from Industry & Academia
Gain practical advice on employability, professional development and what employers are looking for in graduates entering the health workforce.

🤝 Network & Connect
Meet fellow Medical & Health Sciences students and connect with professionals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

🍽️ Free Food & Drinks
Enjoy a light dinner and refreshments while you connect and network.

🌟 Meet Our Speakers

Associate Professor David Reid
Associate Dean (Allied Health), ECU

Associate Professor David Reid provides academic leadership across a range of allied health disciplines within ECU’s School of Medical and Health Sciences.

With nearly three decades of experience in paramedicine, David combines frontline clinical practice with extensive expertise in education, curriculum development, accreditation, clinical governance and research. His professional interests include prehospital care, resuscitation, emergency and mass-gathering medicine, ambulance quality systems and preparing paramedic students for professional practice.

Dr Tash Logan
Chiropractor

Dr Tash Logan is passionate about helping people achieve optimal health and performance through chiropractic care.

Drawing on her background as an elite athlete and extensive experience working with sporting organisations, including Perth Glory and Heidelberg United, Dr Logan has developed broad expertise in injury prevention, rehabilitation, soft tissue therapy and musculoskeletal health. She has worked with patients across all ages and backgrounds and is committed to helping people address the root cause of health concerns for long-term wellbeing.

Ciara McLennan
Pharmacist, Canberra Hospital

Ciara McLennan is a pharmacist working remotely for Canberra Hospital, where she manages the formulary and supports equitable access to medicines across the ACT.

She contributes to national pharmacy policy through the Council of Australian Therapeutic Advisory Groups (CATAG), is involved in reviewing medication safety accreditation standards, supervises pharmacy research students and serves on the Curriculum Advisory Panel at the University of Canberra. Ciara is also a contributing author to Pharmacy Forecast Australia 2026 and Vice Chair of the ACT Branch of Advanced Pharmacy Australia.

Ciara will also share practical career advice, including how to use the STAR technique to strengthen selection criteria responses and interview answers.

👀 Speaker 4: To be announced soon!

📅 Date: Thursday, 15 October 2026

🕔 Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

📍 Venue: ECU Joondalup Campus. Building 7, Room 103

💰 Cost: FREE for enrolled ECU students.

⚠️ Places are limited for catering purposes, so register early to secure your spot!

Come along, hear from healthcare professionals, ask questions, make valuable industry connections and discover where your Medical & Health Sciences degree could take you.

🎟️ Register for free and take the next step towards your future career: School of Medical & Health Sciences Careers Connect