34 | Dr. Glenn Colquhoun on poetry, the art of consultation & rural youth health

Dr. Glenn Colquhoun is a poet and doctor. He was born in 1964 and grew up in South Auckland. He went to school at the South Auckland Seventh-day-adventist primary school and later the Auckland Adventist High School in Mangere. He went on to study theology for two years at Avondale College, the church’s tertiary institution in Australia and completed a BA in English and Education at Auckland University in 1987. He later attended Auckland Medical School, graduating in 1996. He is an award-winning author with his third collection of poetry, Playing God, winning the Reader's Choice prize at the Montana Books Awards - the only time a collection of poetry has won this award in New Zealand. In 2006 it was awarded a Booksellers NZ Platinum Award for poetry. To date it has recorded sales of over 10,000 copies. He has also written three children's picture books and has published essays on medicine and race relations in New Zealand. In 2004, he received the country’s largest literary award, the Prize in Modern Letters, worth $60,000. Glenn is also a Fulbright Scholar, pursuing his studies of medical humanities at Harvard University in 2011, after which he helped to establish the Horowhenua Youth Health Service, where he continues to work in adolescent medicine. Currently he lives at Waikawa Beach with his daughter, Olive. He continues to work with young people at the Horowhenua Youth Health Service and remains a popular visitor of high schools and primary schools in New Zealand. He performs his poetry regularly throughout the country.In this episode, we discuss his journey from Seventh Day adventism into medicine, his mahi in Horowhenua Youth Health, how his practice has evolved, the art of consultation, revolutionising general practice, his journey in poetry and what the future holds for him. You can find him on: http://www.glenncolquhoun.net/ and https://www.facebook.com/glenncolquhounnz/As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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