Internship Guide 2020 - Updated

Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a principal
referral facility and a teaching hospital of the
University of Sydney. We offer a comprehensive
range of specialty and sub-specialty services, many
recognised nationally and internationally as centres
of excellence.
Furthermore, the hospital is linked to Concord Centre
for Mental Health is on site. Redevelopment Stage 1
of the new Concord Hospital is currently underway
with a planned opening late 2021.
CANTERBURY HOSPITAL
Canterbury Hospital is an acute general metropolitan
district hospital situated 12 km south of Concord
Hospital and 15 km SW of the GPO. It is part of the
Sydney Local Health District, which comprises of
Balmain, Canterbury, Concord, Concord Centre for
Mental Health, Royal Prince Alfred and the Sydney
Dental Hospitals. Canterbury Hospital services a
population of 230,000 with two-thirds speaking a
language other than English as its first language.
The main language groups are Greek, Italian, Arabic,
Vietnamese, Chinese, Bengali and Korean. More
recently, a significant number of refugees and
humanitarian entrants have come from Burma,
Nepal, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Pakistan, and Sudan.
community. Broken Hill is a self-reliant, strong
regional community with services and facilities to
support an active, vibrant resident population. The
community values and shares the region’s unique
natural and built environment with regional, national
and international visitors. The lack of traffic and daily
commuting mean you’ll find hours in the day you
forgot existed, which usually see’s people’s social
lives blossom.
The Far West LHD provides a solid start to any medical
professional’s career. The size and workforce profile
ensures that junior doctors, and particularly interns
have access to consultant staff that is unattainable
in large metropolitan settings. The breadth of work
ensures that you’ll gain exposure to a diverse range
of clinical presentations, with the support to allow you
to quickly develop your clinical skills and confidence.
The Far West LHD is committed to developing a career
path for rural generalists, as well as providing future
specialists comprehensive grounding to support
their future careers. This approach is a collaborative
effort involving the LHD, Broken Hill university
Department of Rural Health, the Royal Flying Doctor
Service, Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation and
Far West Medicare Local.
Opening in 1929 with 28 beds, it underwent
redevelopment in 1998 and its 200 beds covers the
broad scope of emergency medicine, general medicine
and surgery, ENT surgery, urology, orthopaedics, hand
surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics,
anaesthetics, high dependency, psychiatry, drug
and alcohol, aged care and rehabilitation and some
outpatient clinics. It is supported by a Hospital in the
Home Service.
Despite its size, Canterbury Hospital plays an integral
role within the local community in the provision of
acute care medicine, with its Emergency Department
attending to over 46,000 presentations in the
2018-2019 year. Canterbury Hospital also plays a
significant role in the delivery of maternal services,
with a significantly higher fertility rate than NSW
overall. However, women within its catchment tend
to present later for antenatal care and together with
a lower levels of vaccination, suggest that an overall
poorer maternal health profile.
BROKEN HILL HEALTH SERVICE
Part of Far West LHD, Broken Hill, also known as
The Silver City, is a great place to live. It has a rich
and colourful history and is renowned for its art and
creativity, beautiful weather and outback lifestyle.
You will find Broken Hill particularly friendly and
welcoming, with a strong sense of family and
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REASONS TO APPLY
Concord is the first teaching hospital to receive 5
years back-to-back Accreditation Awards, as well
as three consecutive 3 year Accreditation Awards
from the NSW HETI for the exemplary training of
postgraduate doctors. The network also includes
the Broken Hill Health Service and allows on-call
duties with RFDS. There is also a strong Consultant
support network; they are all very approachable
and the atmosphere is one of support. Consultants
trained at Concord are also more aware of JMO
training issues and needs, hence adding to this
supportive atmosphere.
The current DPET Dr Probal Roy (Cardiologist) was
a Concord intern. The current Director of Medical
Education – Dr Robert Russo and chair of the
NCPTC (Network Clinical Prevocational Training
Committee) was recruited to Concord in his RMO1
year and remains as the HOD in Nuclear Medicine
and Rheumatologist. Prof Lewis Chan still retains
a role as the Chair of the General Clinical Training
Council for the network; in 2014, he was the
recipient of the AMA/ASMOF Supervisor of the Year.
Additionally, Jean Mah-Collins (JMO Manager) was
co-recipient of the AMA/ ASMOF JMO Manager of
the Year in 2015. Lastly, the network training sites all
work in sync with each other and the administrative
unit support is considered extremely helpful and
supportive.