Intern and Residents Guide 2012 - The Australian Medical Students ...
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VIC<br />
bASiC infOrMAtiOn<br />
• Southern Health has a large catchment area<br />
which covers the cities of Monash, Greater<br />
D<strong>and</strong>enong, Casey, kingston, Glen eira <strong>and</strong><br />
the Shire of Cardinia<br />
• <strong>Intern</strong>s must complete core terms which<br />
include 10 weeks in General Medicince, 10<br />
weeks in General Surgery <strong>and</strong> 8 weeks in<br />
emergency<br />
• Two weeks of annual leave is rostered on,<br />
generally during your emergency rotation <strong>and</strong><br />
then the last three weeks are taken at the<br />
end of the year<br />
reASOnS tO APPly<br />
• Strong teaching environment with strong<br />
education focus – weekly m<strong>and</strong>atory<br />
education sessions are allocated <strong>and</strong><br />
protected for learning<br />
• Provides a good support network for junior<br />
doctors – each site has a director of clinical<br />
training <strong>and</strong> each term the intern has a<br />
nominated supervisor<br />
• each site has HMO study room <strong>and</strong> there is<br />
also access to gyms <strong>and</strong> crèches at some<br />
sites<br />
• Accommodation is provided at all rural sites<br />
netWork trAining sites<br />
Monash <strong>Medical</strong> Centre Clayton<br />
Monash <strong>Medical</strong> Centre Moorabbin<br />
D<strong>and</strong>enong Hospital<br />
Casey Hospital<br />
Kingston Centre<br />
46 Victoria<br />
ST VINCENT’S<br />
57 interns PrediCted<br />
rotAtions<br />
Anaesthetics, Cardiology, Colorectal,<br />
Emergency, Gastroenterology,<br />
Geriatrics, General Medicine, General<br />
Surgery, Haematology, Hepatobiliary/<br />
UGI, Plastic Surgery, Palliative Care,<br />
Rehabilitation, Renal, Respiratory,<br />
Thoracics/Cardiothoracics, Vascular<br />
Surgery<br />
bASiC infOrMAtiOn<br />
• Governed by national body, St Vincent’s<br />
Health Australia<br />
• Provides acute medical <strong>and</strong> surgical services,<br />
emergency <strong>and</strong> critical care, aged care,<br />
diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health,<br />
mental health, palliative care <strong>and</strong> residential<br />
care<br />
• More than 5,000 staff <strong>and</strong> 848 beds<br />
• Affiliated with Melbourne University<br />
reASOnS tO APPly<br />
• known for its excellent surgeon & physician<br />
training programs<br />
• <strong>The</strong> highest physician pass rates in Australia<br />
every year for the last 15 years (90-100%<br />
St Vincent’s pass rate well above 55-60%<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> average)<br />
• Also well-known for its plastics, orthopaedics,<br />
rheumatology <strong>and</strong> dermatology departments<br />
netWork trAining sites<br />
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre<br />
St Vincent’s & Mercy Private Hospital<br />
Geelong Hospital<br />
Warrnambool<br />
(Sale<br />
Hamilton<br />
Werribee Mercy<br />
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital<br />
ContACt detAils<br />
HMO Support Unit, St Vincent’s, PO Box<br />
2900, Fitzroy VIC 3065<br />
http://www.svhm.org.au<br />
SOUTH WEST<br />
HEALTHCARE<br />
5 interns PrediCted<br />
rotAtions<br />
General Medicine, General Surgery,<br />
Emergency <strong>and</strong> GP<br />
netWork trAining sites<br />
Warrnambool Hospital<br />
bASiC infOrMAtiOn<br />
• New program as of <strong>2012</strong><br />
• Infomation was not able to be gathered at the<br />
time of publication due to limited resources<br />
available
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