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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FIONA STANLEY<br />
FREMANTLE HOSPITAL<br />
GROUPS<br />
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<strong>2020</strong> INTERNSHIP<br />
POSITIONS<br />
NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
Albany Hospital, Albany General Practice, Broome<br />
Health Campus, Rockingham General Hospital<br />
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
Cardiology & Coronary Care, Cardiothoracic Surgery,<br />
ENT, Emergency Medicine (including Paediatrics),<br />
Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General & Acute<br />
Medicine, General Surgery (including Acute Surgical<br />
Unit, Colorectal, Endocrine, and Upper GI Surgery),<br />
General Practice, Geriatrics & Ortho-Geriatrics,<br />
Nephrology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery,<br />
Neurology/NIISWA, Psychiatry, Respiratory, Urology,<br />
Rehabilitation Medicine<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) is the largest tertiary<br />
public hospital in Western Australia. Located in<br />
Murdoch, 15 kilometres south of the Perth CBD and 9<br />
kilometres east of Fremantle, there is easy access to<br />
public transport, with bike lockers and change room<br />
facilities onsite.<br />
Our 783-bed, $2 billion public hospital ranks among<br />
the best in Australia and includes the 140-bed State<br />
Rehabilitation service, a 30-bed purpose-built mental<br />
health unit and the State Burns and Hyperbaric Units.<br />
We deliver comprehensive clinical services in over<br />
40 different specialties, including Obstetrics and<br />
Gynaecology, and Paediatrics, whilst being leaders<br />
in both research and education. We have the most<br />
advanced medical equipment and the first digital<br />
medical record in WA tertiary hospitals as part of<br />
our state-of-the-art information and communication<br />
technology systems.<br />
Fremantle Hospital (FH), located in the heart of<br />
Fremantle, is a major provider of quality health care for<br />
people in Perth’s south-western suburbs. Fremantle<br />
Hospital is a 300-bed specialist hospital providing<br />
high-quality aged care, mental health, secondary<br />
rehabilitation, planned surgery and specialist medical<br />
services.<br />
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REASONS TO APPLY<br />
• FSFHG is paving the way for the future in WA with<br />
the first digital medical record system – you can<br />
be at the forefront! The electronic medical record<br />
is available at both Fiona Stanley and Fremantle<br />
Hospitals.<br />
• Work with a range of approachable and enthusiastic<br />
consultants, many who are respected Australian<br />
and world-wide leaders in their specialty<br />
• Helpful research staff who can guide you by<br />
providing useful tools to undertake simple or<br />
complex research or audit projects<br />
• Intern mentor program where recent interns (i.e.<br />
residents and registrars) are matched with you<br />
to help you hit the ground running to navigate<br />
the hospital systems and support your transition<br />
from university to internship. The program is now<br />
in its fifth year of operation.<br />
• We offer a range of education and teaching<br />
sessions, including:<br />
» Protected weekly intern teaching on critical<br />
clinical topics<br />
» Perioperative tutorial series aimed at interns<br />
with a focus on ward based care of surgical<br />
patients and preparing a patient for theatre<br />
» Hands-on case-based prescribing workshops<br />
for insulin and pain/analgesia<br />
» Doctor in Training skills workshops utilising<br />
simulated mannequins for lumbar punctures,<br />
airway management, cardioversion, pacing<br />
and arrhythmias, arterial blood gas procedure<br />
and interpretation, abdominal paracentesis,<br />
male and female adult catheterisation, wound<br />
dressing, communication in CPR and pelvic<br />
examination<br />
» JMO practical skill days<br />
» Teaching-on-the-run workshops<br />
» Radiology led Medical Imaging workshops for<br />
Abdominal CT, Chest CT, Head CT and MSK<br />
» Registrar fundamentals - a two-day workshop<br />
designed to prepare residents who will be or<br />
have recently been promoted to a registrar<br />
role<br />
» Advanced Life Support two-day course<br />
» SimStart three-day course for those interested<br />
in implementing simulation training;<br />
» And much more!<br />
• Approachable, supportive and proactive Medical<br />
Workforce and Medical Education Unit, including<br />
three Medical Education Registrars, who advocate<br />
for improvements for medical staff throughout<br />
the hospital.<br />
• Medical staff annual award<br />
2019 CONTACT DETAILS<br />
Chelsea Rosenthal<br />
Senior Medical Workforce Officer<br />
Phone: (08) 6152 8993<br />
Email: FSH.MW@health.wa.gov.au
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