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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ROYAL PERTH<br />
BENTLEY GROUP<br />
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NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
Armadale Health Service, Bentley Health Service,<br />
Bunbury Hospital, Hedland Health Campus, Kalgoorlie<br />
Regional Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital<br />
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
Royal Perth Acute Medicine, Cardiology, Emergency<br />
Hospital Medicine, Gastroenterology, General<br />
Surgery, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine,<br />
Maxillofacial Surgery, Nephrology,<br />
Neurology, Orthopaedics, Plastics,<br />
Psychiatry, Respiratory, Sexual Health,<br />
Spinal, Trauma, Urology, Vascular<br />
Surgery<br />
Armadale<br />
Bentley<br />
Bunbury<br />
Kalgoorie<br />
Port<br />
Hedland<br />
PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP<br />
POSITIONS<br />
General Medicine, General Surgery,<br />
Emergency, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics<br />
& Neonates, Psychiatry<br />
Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry<br />
General Medicine, General Surgery,<br />
Emergency, Orthopaedics<br />
General Surgery, General Medicine,<br />
Emergency<br />
General Surgery<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
In <strong>2020</strong>, Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) remains a vibrant<br />
450 bed teaching hospital, and is considered the<br />
flagship hospital of East Metropolitan Health Service<br />
(EMHS).<br />
RPH is home to quaternary level trauma services<br />
(comprising the State Major Trauma Centre), and<br />
retains a substantial tertiary workload across most<br />
medical and surgical specialities within the Perth<br />
metropolitan area (Royal Perth Hospital, Bentley<br />
Health Service, Armadale Health Service). There are<br />
prospects of exposure to almost all facets of medicine<br />
and surgery, including paediatrics and obstetrics/<br />
gynaecology. A number of country rotations are also<br />
available, including sites such as Kalgoorlie Regional<br />
Hospital, Bunbury Regional Hospital and Hedland<br />
Health Campus.<br />
REASONS TO APPLY<br />
RPH has an excellent culture and a workplace<br />
conducive to education and training, including high<br />
quality undergraduate and postgraduate specialist<br />
programs. The following is on offer:<br />
• Part-time internship, resident and registrar<br />
placements<br />
• Interactive, cased-based intern curriculum<br />
• Junior Medical Officer workshops<br />
• Unique JMO training opportunities including the<br />
State Trauma Service, Peri-operative Anaesthetics,<br />
Paediatrics and Neonates, Obstetrics and<br />
Gynaecology, SAFE and partnerships with the<br />
Community Resident Program<br />
• JMO allocations designed by doctors for doctrs<br />
• Dedicated and committed education team led by<br />
the 2018 State and National Clinical Educator of<br />
the Year<br />
• JMO Wellbeing Program<br />
• JMO peer-groups providing an opportunity to<br />
debrief in a non-threatening setting<br />
• JMO liaison Committee advocating for JMO<br />
issues impacting training, education and wellbeing<br />
• Gym and pool, in addition to tennis and squash<br />
courts<br />
• Accessible public transport<br />
• A vibrant and evolving social and culinary scene at<br />
the doorstep of the hospital.<br />
CONTACT DETAILS<br />
Employment queries<br />
Medical Workforce<br />
E: RPH.RMO-InternContracts@health.wa.gov.au<br />
Ph: 08 9224 1693<br />
The hospital continues to build on its strong tradition<br />
of excellence, not only in the provision of high quality<br />
clinical care, education and research, but also in<br />
fostering the unique RPH culture – a culture in which<br />
we work hard and learn hard, but always support<br />
each other. This is even more evident in RPH’s current<br />
Medical Educators, who have developed the State’s<br />
first and best wellbeing program which has been<br />
embraced by junior medical staff.<br />
Education queries<br />
Postgraduate Medical Education<br />
E: RPH.PGME@health.wa.gov.au<br />
Ph: 08 9224 2250<br />
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