Dr Jessica Rerden

FACEM PEM Trainee

PEM Trainee

Jess is an ACEM PEM trainee currently completing her training in Brisbane. Originally from Port Macquarie, she completed her degree through The University of New South Wales in Sydney, spending her final two years of medical school in Wagga Wagga, NSW. She commenced her Emergency Medicine training in Wagga spending a total of 6 years there. In 2018 she let the warmth of the Sunshine State tempt her and made the move to Brisbane, where she has worked at Logan Hospital, The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Children’s Hospital and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. 
Jess is passionate about medical education and enjoys teaching at all levels. She enjoys the collegiality and partnerships that are formed through shared learning, and hopes to inspire others to see education as a lifelong journey to incorporate evolving medical knowledge into our everyday practice.  
In her free time Jess enjoys hiking, gardening and spending time with her animals inclusive of two dogs, a cat, an aquarium of fish and a hive of native bees. Jess has a love of travelling and has a life goal to have always travelled to more countries than her current age. 

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