Internship Guide 2020
The official guide to the 2021 Internship year. The 2020 Internship Guide was compiled entirely by medical students and junior doctors who have volunteered their time to ensure it is the most up to date source of information relevant to our final year medical students. We hope that the information within this guide will assist you in your internship application. Good luck, Class of 2020!
The official guide to the 2021 Internship year. The 2020 Internship Guide was compiled entirely by medical students and junior doctors who have volunteered their time to ensure it is the most up to date source of information relevant to our final year medical students. We hope that the information within this guide will assist you in your internship application. Good luck, Class of 2020!
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institution, not only providing outstanding care and<br />
treatment, but improving the outcomes for all through<br />
a comprehensive medical research program, and the<br />
training of our future health professionals.<br />
As one of the largest hospitals in Victoria, the RMH<br />
provides a comprehensive range of health services<br />
across two campuses. Our city campus provides<br />
general and specialist medical and surgical acute<br />
services. Sub-acute services, including rehabilitation<br />
and aged care, outpatient and community programs<br />
are provided from our Royal Park campus.<br />
MILDURA HEALTH<br />
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PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP<br />
POSITIONS<br />
NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
Mildura Base Hospital<br />
As a leader in clinical teaching and training, we also<br />
look to shape the healthcare and research leaders<br />
of the future in collaboration with our teaching and<br />
training partners. We have strong relationships<br />
with leading academic institutions across clinical<br />
specialities for undergraduate students, staff, postgraduate<br />
students and external health professionals.<br />
Our enduring partnership with The University of<br />
Melbourne has been in place for nearly 150 years.<br />
REASONS TO APPLY<br />
At Melbourne Health (RMH), our vision is to be First in<br />
Care, Research and Learning. Our <strong>Internship</strong> program<br />
has an international reputation for its commitment<br />
to clinical research, education and patient care. To<br />
achieve this, we need to make Melbourne Health the<br />
best place to work and the best place to be treated and<br />
cared for and we do this through our Safety Culture<br />
Program. This program is about responding to a call<br />
for action, designed to build our safety culture and<br />
professional accountability, and help the organisation<br />
to deliver safe, reliable and quality care. We are<br />
pioneering the way in Asia Pacific, implementing the<br />
program in partnership with the Cognitive Institute,<br />
an international provider of healthcare education for<br />
doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.<br />
Not only will you receive support from the Supervisor<br />
of Intern Training, term supervisors, Medical<br />
Workforce and Education team and the RMO society,<br />
you will be assigned a mentor to help you transition<br />
into your role and hit the ground running. The aim<br />
is for Mentor and mentee to draw on their similar<br />
knowledge, rank, experiences and emotional and<br />
social reciprocity, thereby, enabling the founding of<br />
a mutually supportive and empowering collaborative<br />
relationship. The program has a universal goal of<br />
embracing a learning community which breaks down<br />
isolation and leads Mentor and Mentee on a pathway<br />
of self-discovery.<br />
CONTACT DETAILS<br />
Sophie Davis<br />
Medical Workforce Unit Phone: (03) 9342 8870<br />
Email: rmh-mwu@mh.org.au<br />
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ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
10 week rotations of: General Medicine, General<br />
Surgery, Emergency, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics; are<br />
available.<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
The Mildura Base Hospital is an accredited<br />
regional referral centre, servicing approximately<br />
76,000 people in the North West area of Victoria<br />
and South West NSW. It is a newly built fully<br />
integrated facility with 146 beds including medicine,<br />
surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ICU, dialysis,<br />
emergency, psychiatry and rehabilitation as<br />
well as four fully equipped operating theatres.<br />
Enjoy what the locals enjoy every day – warm<br />
sunshine, clear skies and fresh air. Mildura offers a<br />
friendly, relaxed lifestyle, access to Australia’s mighty<br />
Murray and Darling rivers and a wide variety of sporting<br />
and leisure activities. Multiple daily air services to<br />
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney provide excellent<br />
opportunities to commute regularly. Mildura is in the<br />
heart of Australia’s largest dried fruit, grape and wine<br />
producing area and has a number of major wineries.<br />
The beautiful weather and the magnificent Murray<br />
and Darling rivers supply the irrigation that makes<br />
this area the great horticultural centre of Victoria.<br />
REASONS TO APPLY<br />
All consultants, resident specialists and visiting medical<br />
staff take a great interest in graduate education.<br />
Mildura Base Hospital offers its HMOs, Interns and<br />
Registrars with medical education sessions five days<br />
per week. There is one hour of protected time each<br />
day to allow medical staff to attend these tutorials.<br />
There is an active education program which includes<br />
weekly Rounds presentations, departmental education<br />
sessions, X-ray meetings and case presentations.<br />
Whether virtual or personal contact is needed,<br />
the Library can help you to source information<br />
technology, or study and research requirements.<br />
The library provides 24-hour access and includes<br />
updated books and journals affiliated with inter-
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