Winning by Twinning
Winning by Twinning Our guest speaker on Tuesday 14 th November 2023 was Dr Rob Baume who gave an inspiring talk titled “ Winning by Twinning: Helping yourself by helping others ”. Dr Rob Baume Dr Rob was introduced by Heather Sare who first met him in the Whitsundays some 18 months ago. Rob is a Rheumatologist with many years of clinical experience but also is also the founder of the Twice The Doctor Foundation which has raised close to $1 million for training of medical workforce in Africa. Rob explained that his charity - mainly aimed at practicing doctors in Australia is a new concept in effective volunteering. He explained that a doctor can work for 1 day in his/her own practice and pay over 1-month’s wages of medical workers in much of Africa. Rob compared this funding to a medical professional volunteering in Africa where frequently one doesn’t speak the language , often doesn’t have the required skill set, and cannot take 9 months