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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Discover Tasmania - Australia’s slightly forgotten<br />
island which nevertheless attracts over 1 million<br />
visitors each year. It would be a shame if you forgot<br />
to consider coming here, too! Although on the smaller<br />
end of the scale, our cities are vibrant and thriving with<br />
creative production. Take time to explore and you’ll<br />
find the state is also bursting with gorgeous scenery<br />
(and even world-class surfing!). Use a weekend or<br />
two to visit the many national parks, hiking trails and<br />
gardens, enjoying the nature of our beautiful island.<br />
<strong>Internship</strong>s in Tasmania offer flexibility of lifestyle, with<br />
each Intern streamed into either Medicine, Surgery<br />
or General training (including emergency medicine).<br />
Invaluable career support is offered, coupled with<br />
targeted training and development programs. The<br />
relatively small intake is advantageous, providing a<br />
more relaxed and personalised work environment.<br />
Wind down with a Cascade or two, or (if Aussie beer’s<br />
not your thing), indulge in Tasmania’s renowned<br />
cheese and chocolate to finish off the long days.<br />
HOW TO APPLY<br />
Applicants must be graduates of, or graduating from an<br />
Australian University. Applicants will also be required<br />
to undergo pre-employment checks. The Tasmanian<br />
Health Service online application form ensures that all<br />
information required to assess applications is provided.<br />
The form includes information on applicants’ location,<br />
eligibility to work in Australia and details of how to<br />
submit electronic reference requests. The online<br />
application form requires candidates to include their<br />
AHPRA number.<br />
Application must be submitted online via the<br />
Tasmanian jobs website www.jobs.tas.gov.au within<br />
the dates specified. There is a Tasmanian Health<br />
Service online application form which ensures all<br />
necessary information is collected. Candidates are not<br />
required to address the selection criteria in writing, but<br />
should attach a CV and must organise completion of<br />
two electronic referee reports.<br />
The application and offer dates have not been<br />
confirmed at the time of writing. Please refer to the<br />
Department of Health and Human Services website<br />
(https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/career/home/medical/<br />
junior_docs/current_campaign/howtoapply_intern) for<br />
updates once details have been confirmed. Good luck!<br />
The Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation Fund<br />
Tasmanian Community-based Intern Program was<br />
set up to encourage more doctors to undertake rural<br />
community general practice. This 13-week rotation<br />
will expose interns to the philosophy and skills involved<br />
in rural general practice. General Practice has<br />
a different service approach than other medical specialities<br />
and this is summarised nicely by the quote<br />
below:<br />
General Practice is “an approach to health and medicine<br />
that is not reductionist. We are not doctors for<br />
particular diseases, particular organs, nor particular<br />
stages in the life cycle, we are doctors for people.”<br />
Ochre Health is the fund holder for the Commonwealth’s<br />
Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation<br />
Fund (RJDTIF) in Tasmania<br />
There are five intern positions in the following locations:<br />
Huonville, Queenstown, King Island, St Helens<br />
and Scottsdale.<br />
The Postgraduate Medical Education Council of<br />
Tasmania has accredited these terms as non-core<br />
terms to form part of the 47 weeks of supervised<br />
practice as an intern before being eligible for general<br />
registration. Tasmanian Health Service (THS) Interns<br />
who undertake a general practice rotation (13-week<br />
training program) will still be required to complete<br />
the three core terms in emergency, medicine and<br />
surgery at their tertiary hospital.<br />
Interns will continue to participate in their tertiary<br />
hospital education program and be provided a primary<br />
care education program during their community<br />
term – comprising weekly tutorials on primary<br />
care topics, regular case conferencing, and a structured<br />
experiential learning opportunity incorporating<br />
small rural hospital, general practice, community<br />
and age care work. All of their work will be directly<br />
supervised by one of the senior GPs of the participating<br />
Practices.<br />
This opportunity is available to Tasmania interns<br />
who indicate their interest in a GP rotation.<br />
Contact:<br />
Recruitment email address:<br />
medical.recruitment@ths.tas.gov.au<br />
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