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

NSW
NETWORK 13
WeSTNeT
96+ interns PrediCted
rotAtions
Emergency medicine, general
medicine, general surgery, All
subspecialty medicine and surgery.
Additional PGY2 Rotations:
Paediatrics, O&G, anaesthetics, ICU,
oncology, psychiatry
netWork trAining sites
Auburn Hospital
Bathurst Base Hospital
Blacktown Hospital/Mt Druitt Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
(PGY2)
Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Westmead Hospital
Orange Base Hospital
Kendal St General Practice, Cowra
(PGY2),The Wellness House, Orange
(PGY2),Kelso Christian Medical Centre,
Kelso (PGY2), George Street Medical
Practice, Bathurst (PGY2), Kable Street
General Practice, Windsor (PGY2)
(Windsor), Toormina General Practice
(PGY2), Richmond Road Family Practice,
Glendenning (PGY2), Woolgoolga and
Northern Beaches General Practice
(PGY2)
20 New South Wales
bASiC infOrMAtiOn
• Westmead Hospital is a 975 bed tertiary
referral centre and trauma hospital.
• The hospital is a centre for clinical research
in all major fields of medical practice and
leads the way in areas such as renal and
transplantation surgery, neonatology, cancer,
immunology and allergy and cardiac disease.
• Auburn Hospital is a 200 bed acute-care
hospital and terms at Auburn include
general medicine, general surgery, plastics,
paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and
emergency. The hospital is approximately
20 minutes from Westmead by car. Auburn
Railway Station, just over 1km away, is a
comfortable 15 minute walk.
• Blacktown Hospital is a 350 bed metropolitan
hospital and terms available at Blacktown
include general medicine and specialty
medical terms, surgery, orthopaedics,
intensive care and emergency. The hospital
is approximately 15-20 minutes from
Westmead Hospital by car. Blacktown
Railway Station is a 15 – 20 minute walk.
• Mt Druitt Hospital is a 200 bed hospital and
terms available at Mt Druitt include specialty
medical terms, general and specialty surgery
and emergency. The hospital is approximately
20-30 minutes from Westmead Hospital by
car. Mt Druitt Railway Station is approximately
20 minutes walk.
• St Joseph’s Hospital is an 80 bed hospital
and terms are available in medical
rehabilitation, palliative care and aged
care psycho-geriatrics. The hospital is
approximately 20 minutes by car from
Westmead. Auburn Railway Station is a
comfortable 10 minute walk.
• Bathurst Hospital is a 130 bed hospital,
within the eastern Cluster of the Greater
Western Area Health Service. A new hospital
was built and opened in January 2008 and
has a state of the art emergency department
and all new clinical areas. Terms available
include general medicine, general surgery,
emergency and paediatrics. The hospital
is approximately 2.5 hours by car from
Westmead and has regular commuter flights
to Sydney.
• The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is
situated next to Westmead Hospital and
although joined by a walkway is not part of
it. CHW is the major paediatric specialist
hospital in NSW, delivering health care in all
of the medical and surgical sub specialities,
as well as providing diagnostic, paramedical
and technical support services for neonates,
children and adolescents.
• Coffs Harbour Base Hospital is a 202 bed
acute regional hospital within the North Coast
Area Health Service. Terms are available in
medicine, surgery, emergency, anaesthetics,
orthopaedics, rehabilitation, paediatrics and
obstetrics and gynaecology. It is six hours
by car from Westmead and is serviced by
regular jet services to Sydney (50 minutes).
• Orange Base Hospital is a 170 bed major
non-metropolitan referral hospital and terms
are available in medicine, surgery, emergency
and intensive care. It is approximately three
hours from Westmead by car and has regular
commuter flights to Sydney.