About Us

Oyamed was created to help you Reach your Full Potential

We aim to change the world of medical education. We break borders and increase accessibility by creating curriculum that integrates medical science and clinical disciplines to ensure an optimum student learning experience.

Dr VINU VERGHIS

At Oyamed, our mission keeps us focused and accountable, our vision drives us and our values dictate how we succeed.

To best understand HOW we are different, we invite you to learn about our story…

Our Story:

My name is Vinu, and I would like to welcome you to Oyamed. Like you, I am a medical graduate and have traveled the same journey that most of you have undertaken or may be considering now. Migrating to a new country and getting yourself established in a new country.

Since our inception in 2021, Oyamed has set out to enable IMGs to pass Australian Medical Council exams.

At OYAMED, we want to solve the biggest problem IMGs face in Australia: passing the Australian Medical Council (AMC) exams. We believe there is a better way to approach the exam. We train IMGs on the key skills needed to approach the Australian Medical Council (AMC) exams and the tricks to pass the AMC clinical OSCE. We aim to help you pass your AMC exams in the first go. Your success makes us at OYAMED happy.

No wasted time. No wasted money. No empty promise.

Let us help you achieve your potential.

Dr Geoff Atherton

Dr Geoff Atherton has worked in a number of different roles and situations in medicine. He has had a long involvement in teaching medicine for more than 10 years at Griffith university.

He graduated at University of Queensland and then worked as a medical resident and then medical registrar in major Brisbane teaching hospitals, before spending some time in remote rural practice in western Queensland.

Following this, he developed and owned a number of private medical practices, with hospital affiliations in the central business district of Brisbane. He did contracts for many years in remote parts of Indonesia during this time. After this time, he lived and worked in solo practice in Laos.

On returning to Australia, he worked in suburban general practice, then took up full time positions in private emergency departments in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. He was involved in the commencement of the first large trial of Telemedicine in Australia, offering emergency advise.

For the last 7 years, he has worked in private hospitals on the Gold Coast, overseeing a large number of roles in these hospitals.

He commenced teaching medical students at Griffith university in 2009 till 2019 with the arrival of Covid 19. He was also involved in teaching at Bond University for some time, in teaching and performance of OSCE examinations. Most of his teaching has been at Griffith University, when he taught communication skills, history tasking, physical examinations ,medical procedures, long case presentations and OSCE examination. He enjoys the teaching experience and is looking forward to teaching with Oyamed.

Dr Savanna Harrison

Dr Savanna Harrison is a UK trained doctor from London. She has a broad interest in general practice including woman’s health (particularly sexual health, contraceptive advice, fertility consultations, preconception counselling, obstetrics and is an authorised prescriber for medical terminations of pregnancy). She also enjoys chronic disease, minor surgery, and preventative medicine. She has a prior background in emergency medicine in Queensland’s largest emergency department. She follows an evidence-based approach to treatment and believes strongly in the continuity of patient care.

She has been an academic with Bond University on the Gold Coast for the past 4 years and has a passion for teaching and providing safe frameworks for patient care.

Dr Michael Paul Callan

Michael Paul Callan is a retired General Practitioner with vast experience working in the Australian Health system in various capacities.

He is married to a lovely, supportive woman who is also a doctor and they live with their two children in a small community. In his earlier years as a doctor, he worked as a Medical Superintendent of a hospital in rural Queensland, and then returned to Brisbane to pursue his varied special interests.

He has vast experience in various clinical areas, which include general practice, family medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, acupuncture, emergency care, rural and remote medicine, GP Obstetrics, skin cancer diagnosis (using dermoscopy), surgery and general management.

He graduated with MBBS from the University of Queensland, Australia, and holds postgraduate degrees in: Obstetrics/Gynaecology, General Practice and Skin Cancer Reconstructive Surgery. He holds an FRACGP, DRACOG, DSCCA, DACCO, Cert. Dermoscopy, Cert. Skin Cancer Head and Neck Surgery; Cert. Musculoskeletal Medicine and Cert. Acupuncture. He was notably a senior examiner for the RACGP Fellowship examinations. His interests lie in ethical, evidence-based medicine and contributing to the health care system, drawing on his experience, knowledge and skills.

OYA by Francisco Santos

Who is Oya?

In Africa, Oya (pronounced “oh-yah”) is the Yoruba Goddess of weather. She can invoke tornadoes, lightning, destructive rainstorms and fire. She stands for female leadership, persuasive charm, and transformation. Oya is also one of the most powerful of Brazilian Macumba deities.

As a Fire Goddess, it is Oya who brings rapid change and aids us in both inner and outer transformation. As the goddess of change, she brings down the dead wood to make room for the new, and she is known to use her machete or sword to clear a path for new growth.

When I wanted to create a name for my company, I wanted to honor women, our mothers, grandmothers, and daughters, for we have a little bit of Oya in all of us and there is no limit to what we, as women can accomplish. And So, I named my company “Oyamed.”

OYAMED

Oyamed is an independent team of healthcare professionals based in Australia, providing skills development, knowledge enhancement and exam preparation for International Medical Graduates to pass Australian Medical Council part 1 and Part 2 exams.

All of our instructors are chosen for their clinical and or medical education skills and competencies.

Our Director, Vinu has a Teaching Fellowship in Higher Education (UK) from HEA. (FHEA)