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Ruth Redpath

Ruth Redpath is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ruth Redpath rather than just read about it. In short: Margaret Ruth Redpath AO (born 1 April 1940) is a retired Australian surgeon and radiation oncologist. She worked as a palliative care pioneer in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Ruth Redpath from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Margaret Ruth Redpath AO (born 1 April 1940) is a retired Australian surgeon and radiation oncologist. She worked as a palliative care pioneer in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has also been a senior priest in the Anglican Church of Australia, particularly at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. Redpath was awarded the Order of Australia medal and awarded a Doctor of Medical Science (honoris causa) by the University of Melbourne.

Education Redpath attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne PLC) and is named a "notable alumni" in their List of Old Collegians of PLC Melbourne. She graduated with an MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1964.

Career

Medical career In 1965, Redpath became a resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 1975 she became a consultant radiation oncologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children in London, where she learned from an innovator of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders, and the UK system of palliative care. In 1985, Redpath returned to Australia, which had a much less developed palliative care system at that time. She was medical director at Dandenong Palliative Care Service, Victoria (now South East Palliative Care), which she helped to found. She later worked at the Monash Medical Centre from 1990 to 1995 and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. In these roles, she "set about building a model of specialist and community based care to meet the complex and individual needs of the terminally ill". At the same time, Redpath was taking on wider leadership roles within palliative care and cancer care in Australia. Her roles included president of the Victorian Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (now Palliative Care Victoria) which she helped found, (1988-1992); president of the Australian Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (1992-1994); and president of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (1998-2005).

Ordained ministry Redpath was ordained deacon and priest in 2007. She served her curacy at St Andrew's Brighton and, from 2008–09, was priest in charge of St Aidan's Carrum with St Barnabas' Seaford. From 2010-2018, she served at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, notably as acting precentor (2012–13) and as canon pastor (2014–18).

Honours and awards In 1994, Redpath, together with her husband, Bruce Redpath, was recognised with a Melbourne Achiever Award. On Australia Day 2003, Redpath was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for "For service to the community in the initiation and establishment of palliative care services in Australia, as an educator in the field of professional practice, and as an advocate for improved services". Redpath was awarded a Doctor of Medical Science (honoris causa) by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health at the University of Melbourne.

References

External links Cancer Council Victoria "Redpath, Margaret Ruth (1940-)", Trove, National Library of Australia.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ruth Redpath

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ruth Redpath claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ruth Redpath before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ruth Redpath ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ruth Redpath

In research: Ruth Redpath appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ruth Redpath in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ruth Redpath is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1940 births, 20th-century Australian surgeons, 20th-century Australian women medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ruth Redpath outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ruth Redpath in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Ruth Redpath in simple terms?

Margaret Ruth Redpath AO (born 1 April 1940) is a retired Australian surgeon and radiation oncologist. She worked as a palliative care pioneer in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Why does Ruth Redpath matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ruth Redpath?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

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