5 MINUTES WITH INTERVIEW 5 MINUTES WITH MELISSA ISGRO IN THIS ISSUE, SPORT HEALTH WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CHAT WITH MELISSA ISGRO, AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST ATLINK HEALTH AND COMMUNITY IN MELBOURNE. Tell me a little about your successful in getting the job! This was background as an Exercise my first job as an Exercise Physiologist Physiologist and my first true exposure to Communitym Health and what it can offer, so it was a huge learning curve! Once I finished high school, I started a physical education teaching degree, After 4 years in this role, I went on and part way through, decided that maternity leave, and after returning teaching wasn’t for me. I then transferred to work following the birth of my into an exercise and sport science degree, daughter, an opportunity to work at which I loved. Upon finishing that, I was Link Health & Community came up. lucky enough to get an internship at I am only 6 months into this role and the Victorian Institute of Sport. I am enjoying the change of environment Unfortunately, jobs in sport science – not to mention the very short commute were scarce, and I had heard about compared to my old workplace! this relatively new profession of exercise physiology. I went to a couple What does a typical day for of university open days, asked a lot of you consist of? questions, and found myself enrolling into a Master of Applied Science (Exercise Rehabilitation). The only thing typical of each day is that I wake up early and try to go to bed early! Once my studies were complete, There is definitely not a typical ‘work’ day, I applied for and was successful in and that is definitely one of the positives gaining my accreditation as an Exercise of working in such a setting! Community Physiologist. I worked as an Allied Health Health sees such a broad range of Assistant in a hospital environment and clientele, from young to old, with a variety was lucky that an Exercise Physiologist of conditions they are seeking assistance role came up in Community Health within with. I see a mix of one-on-one clients, as the same organisation; and I was well as being involved in supervising and 4 VOLUME 36 • ISSUE 3 2018