Internship Guide 2020 - Updated
***SECOND RELEASE WITH UPDATED INFORMATION*** 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!
***SECOND RELEASE WITH UPDATED INFORMATION***
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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BENDIGO HEALTH<br />
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PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP<br />
POSITIONS<br />
NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
Austin Health, Eastern Health, Royal Children’s<br />
Hospital, Alfred Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital &<br />
Barwon Health.<br />
With a strong culture of education, Bendigo Health<br />
enjoys partnerships with La Trobe University and<br />
Monash University, both of whom have rural schools<br />
onsite.<br />
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
Core rotations: General Medicine, General Surgery,<br />
Emergency Medicine<br />
Non-core rotations: General Medicine, Orthopaedics,<br />
Rehabilitation, Geriatrics, Medical Oncology<br />
(conditions apply), Urology, Psychiatry, Echuca<br />
(Emergency & General Medicine), Cardiology, Renal,<br />
Ortho Geriatrics<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
Bendigo Health is the largest employer in the region<br />
with more than 4000 staff and 300 volunteers. Bendigo<br />
Health Care Group (commonly known as Bendigo<br />
Health), is an expanding regional health service offering<br />
the advantages of city life combined with the beauty<br />
and freedom that comes from living in a regional area.<br />
Bendigo Health recently moved into a brand new world<br />
class hospital, the largest regional hospital in Victoria.<br />
It features 372 inpatient beds, 72 same-day acute<br />
beds, an 80 bed integrated psychiatric inpatient unit<br />
(including a parent-infant unit), 11 operating theatres,<br />
a regional integrated Cancer Centre, a 110 place<br />
childcare centre, a 128 room accommodation facility,<br />
as well as retail shops and cafes. There is also a multistorey<br />
car park, a conference facility and a helipad.<br />
The organisation provides services in emergency,<br />
maternity, women’s health, medical imaging, pathology,<br />
rehabilitation, community services, residential aged<br />
care, psychiatric care, community dental, hospice/<br />
palliative care, cardiology, cancer services and renal<br />
dialysis to the people of the Loddon Mallee region.<br />
REASONS TO APPLY<br />
• Good specialist medical rotations available at the<br />
intern level<br />
• Very good exposure to clinical procedures<br />
• Plenty of hands on experience and 1-1 time with<br />
Consultants<br />
• Lots of paediatric experience during your<br />
Emergency and Surgery terms<br />
• Weekly education opportunities<br />
• New hospital providing world-class health<br />
• Opportunity to be involved in the professionalism<br />
program for junior doctors<br />
• Great culture amongst the junior doctors; and<br />
strong HMO Society that run weekly social<br />
events<br />
• Accommodation provided; located only a 5<br />
minute walk from Hospital<br />
• Job opportunities for HMO2 and beyond at<br />
Bendigo Health, including BPT and GP pathways<br />
CONTACT DETAILS<br />
HMO Support Unit<br />
Phone: 03 5454 7584<br />
Email: hmosupport@bendigohealth.org.au<br />
EAST GIPPSLAND<br />
COMMUNITY BASED<br />
INTERN PROGRAM<br />
5<br />
PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP<br />
POSITIONS<br />
NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
Central Gippsland Health Service, Bairnsdale Regional<br />
Health Service, Macleod St Medical Centre, Clocktower<br />
Medical Centre, Cunninghame Arm Medical Centre.<br />
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
Surgery, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, GP<br />
Rotation<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
The Rural Generalist - East Gippsland Community<br />
Based Intern program creates a rural pathway for<br />
intern training, which provides competitive career<br />
choices compared with metropolitan hospital-based<br />
internships. Interns experience working in hospitals<br />
in which both specialists and general practitioners<br />
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