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Kym Jenkins
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Dr Kym Jenkins
President 2017–2019
Dr Jenkins was elected to the RANZCP’s inaugural Board in 2013 and was the inaugural Chair of the Membership Engagement Committee. Dr Jenkins was also a member of RANZCP General Council from 2005-2010.
Dr Jenkins has held a range of roles as a Consultant Psychiatrist in both the public and private sectors. She has a clinical and academic interest in the health and welfare of the medical profession and has spent the last 10 years in the role of Medical Director of the Victorian Doctors Health Program. In her private practice, Dr Jenkins continues her work in the doctors health field whilst specialising in consultation-liaison and women’s psychiatry. She is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University and an honorary senior fellow at Melbourne University.
Dr Jenkins has had extensive involvement in psychiatry-related medical education, both within the RANZCP and externally. She has had roles within the College as an accredited examiner, trainer and assessor and has served as the Chair of the Committee for Examinations; Chair of the Fellowships Attainment Committee; and the Deputy Chair of the Board of Education. She has also been involved in the planning and development of the (competency-based) Fellowship program since its inception and has chaired several of its working parties.
Graduating from the University of Manchester (UK) in 1980 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), Dr Jenkins initially specialised in General Practice. After moving from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1986 she worked in General Practice before commencing psychiatry training. She completed her Fellowship with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) in 1998. In addition to a Masters of Psychological Medicine, Dr Jenkins pursued further studies in medical education gaining a Masters of Education degree in 2008.
Dr Jenkins was elected to the RANZCP’s inaugural Board in 2013 and was the inaugural Chair of the Membership Engagement Committee. Dr Jenkins was also a member of RANZCP General Council from 2005-2010.
Dr Jenkins has held a range of roles as a Consultant Psychiatrist in both the public and private sectors. She has a clinical and academic interest in the health and welfare of the medical profession and has spent the last 10 years in the role of Medical Director of the Victorian Doctors Health Program. In her private practice, Dr Jenkins continues her work in the doctors health field whilst specialising in consultation-liaison and women’s psychiatry. She is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University and an honorary senior fellow at Melbourne University.
Dr Jenkins has had extensive involvement in psychiatry-related medical education, both within the RANZCP and externally. She has had roles within the College as an accredited examiner, trainer and assessor and has served as the Chair of the Committee for Examinations; Chair of the Fellowships Attainment Committee; and the Deputy Chair of the Board of Education. She has also been involved in the planning and development of the (competency-based) Fellowship program since its inception and has chaired several of its working parties.
Graduating from the University of Manchester (UK) in 1980 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), Dr Jenkins initially specialised in General Practice. After moving from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1986 she worked in General Practice before commencing psychiatry training. She completed her Fellowship with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) in 1998. In addition to a Masters of Psychological Medicine, Dr Jenkins pursued further studies in medical education gaining a Masters of Education degree in 2008.
