Dr Bhuiyan completed her training through the University of New England and Newcastle Joint Medical Program and was granted a Hyman Scholarship for rural medicine in her first year. She is currently a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has completed a Masters of Psychiatry through the NSW Institute of Psychiatry.
Dr Bhuiyan has always worked in complex areas of need, from rural/regional locations to economically disadvantaged and culturally diverse communities in South Western Sydney. She continues to work in the public sector as a VMO at Liverpool Hospital as part of the acute care community mental health team.
Dr Bhuiyan is committed to furthering medical education of new trainees and students, including educating accredited mental health clinicians regarding the mental health act, supervising trainee psychiatrists, official marking of formal assessments for the RANZCP training program, and also as a conjoint lecturer and examiner for the UNSW medical school.
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