Internship Guide 2020 - Updated

SIR CHARLES
GAIRDNER
HOSPITAL
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PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP
POSITIONS
Charlies offers a wide variety of teaching that is
tailored to meet the needs of your learning style. We
also offer highly specialised small group training,
small group bedside signs rounds run by education
registrars and ‘on-call‘ inter-professional simulation
training.
SCGH PGME values the overall wellbeing of our
JMOs. A formal remediation program for all junior
doctors and numerous programs such as project
POW WOW, a clinical debriefing project, and
mindfulness sessions for clinicians are available to
all.
NETWORK TRAINING SITES
Geraldton Regional Hospital, Graylands Hospital,
Hedland Health Campus, Hollywood Private Hospital,
Joondalup Health Campus (JHC)
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE
Cardiovascular Medicine, Ear Nose Throat, Emergency,
Gastroenterology, General Medicine & Medical
Assessment Unit, General Surgery (Colorectal, Upper
Gastrointestinal, Breast Surgery and WA Liver and
Kidney Transplant Service), Haematology, Hepatology,
Intensive Care Unit, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics,
Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Rehab & Aged Care, Renal,
Respiratory, Urology and Vascular Surgery
BASIC INFORMATION
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (or as the locals say,
“Charlies”) is located on a 28-hectare medical campus
adjacent to Kings Park in Nedlands, 4 kilometres from
the CBD of Perth. Meanwhile, JHC Hospital is located
just off the freeway and train line approximately 30
minutes north of the Perth CBD. “Charlies” is a 650-
bed tertiary hospital that employs over 400 junior
medical staff and offers all specialties besides
paediatrics and O&G. However, there is an opportunity
to do a paediatrics term at Port Hedland and at Perth
Childrens Hospital (PCH) as a Resident Medical
Officer.
As an Intern, there are opportunities to use your
Professional Development Leave for observerships
at PCH, given the close relationship between the
departments of Postgraduate Medical Education
(PGME) at both PCH and Charlies. Interns also have
access year-round to the PGME based paediatric
education organised at PCH – remember it’s just
across the road.
Charlies and JHC both provide specifically structured
intern teaching programs to complement the
numerous teaching opportunities available throughout
the week to all JMOs.
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Charlies has a number of state services including
the Sarcoma, Epilepsy, Cancer, Neurosurgical
and 24-hour stroke service as well as the state
Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of
Western Australia Unit. Our proximity to PCH allows
JMOs to attend the various teaching sessions and
grand rounds held there.
The Medical Education Simulation Centre is due
to be open in May 2020 on the SCGH campus
and houses two high fidelity simulation suites, a
specialty skills part-task training room, space for
future computer-based simulation, virtual and
augmented reality training. The state of the art
audio-visual recording and debrief system will allow
users to record teaching sessions to assist with
feedback and teaching within the simulation centre
and a specialty mobile unit for in-situ simulation.
REASONS TO APPLY
Our mission at SCGH PGME is to educate prevocational
doctors with the highest professional
standards while identifying needs and providing
educational opportunities that will lead to improved
patient care. Above all, we promote a culture of
lifelong learning. Teaching occurs every day of the
week between 12 and 2pm with all junior staff being
provided with protected teaching time.
SCGH INTERN INFORMATION NIGHT
Wednesday 13 May 2020
6-8pm
Mary Lockett Lecture Theatre, P Block
Drinks and nibbles provided
CONTACT DETAILS
Dr. Hadley Markus Trish Li
Director PGME Medical Education Officer
Phone: (08) 6457 7969
Email: trish.li@health.wa.gov.au