Intern and Residents Guide 2012 - The Australian Medical Students ...

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• For those wanting to enter a GP Program,
the network has links with GP training and
has a dedicated GP liaison doctor who works
with interns to ensure your progression
through this pathway.
• Committed to ensuring high standards
of training and education -support and
encouragement is provided by senior staff for
JMO’s to attend our comprehensive Formal
education Sessions which are held 4 times
weekly.
• You will be well supported by an enthusiastic
and friendly team in the JMO Support Unit
and the Prevocational education and Training
Unit.
• Gosford Hospital is leading NSW in
conducting the Teaching on the Run program
to ensure our senior staff are well trained
in their essential role as and teachers and
supervisors.
NETWORK 8
ST GeORGe, SUTHeRlAND, AlBURY
& GRIFFITH HOSPITAlS
41+ interns PrediCted
rotAtions
Cardiology, gastroenterology,
oncology, haematology, respiratory
medicine, neurology, aged care,
vascular surgery, upper GIT surgery,
colorectal, breast/endocrine surgery,
orthopaedics, hepatobiliary surgery,
emergency medicine, relief.
netWork trAining sites
Albury Campus, Albury Wodonga Health
Service
St George Hospital and Community Health
Sutherland Hospital
Calvary Health Care, Sydney
Griffith Base Hospital (PGY2)
Greenoaks Medical Centre, Greenacre,
(PGY2)
bASiC infOrMAtiOn
• St George Hospital is a 600-bed hospital is
part of the South eastern Sydney Illawarra
Area Health Service.
• The St George campus is located 30
minutes from the Sydney CBD close to
Botany Bay. It is easily accessible by bus and
train and close to the beaches of the eastern
suburbs and Cronulla.
• The Sutherland Hospital and Community
Health Service is located in the Sutherland
Shire (“the Shire”), approximately a half hour
drive south of Sydney.
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• Significant undergraduate teaching occurs
at the Hospital and JMOs are expected to
contribute to teaching on an informal basis as
part of routine clinical practice.
• There is a strong commitment to both clinical
and laboratory-based research, with all
departments actively involved in supervising
students undertaking further study.
• The hospital has a modern and well equipped
education and Research centre with a stateof-the-art
auditorium and conference area.
NETWORK 9
FROM COAST TO COAST
30+ interns PrediCted
rotAtions
Cardiology, emergency, geriatrics,
geriatrics rehab, gastroenterology,
psychiatry, neurology/stroke,
respiratory, surgery (urology,
colorectal, neurosurgery, upper GI/
general surgery, orthopaedics, plastic
surgery, ophthalmology, vascular,
ENT, cardiovascular), paediatrics,
O&G, dermatology
netWork trAining sites
Prince of Wales Hospital
Lismore Base Hospital
Goonellabah General Practice, Goonellabah
(PGY2)
Grant Street Clinic, Ballina (PGY2)
East Sydney Doctors, Darlinghurst (PGY2)
bASiC infOrMAtiOn
• Prince of Wales Hospital is a tertiary referral
hospital in the eastern suburbs of Sydney,
co-located on campus with The Sydney
Childrens’ Hospital, the Royal Hospital for
Women and the University of New South
Wales Clinical School.
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• The hospital has an excellent and sustained
record for training at both the prevocational
and vocational level - it is consistently in the
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