Prevocational Training Hospital Guide
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Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Prevocational Training Hospital Guide Graduating medical students who aspire to a career in rural medicine can access high quality foundation training delivered by Rural Generalist training hospitals to ensure they are well equipped to develop the diverse and valued skills needed to care for remote, rural and regional Queenslanders. QRGP trainees have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of clinical training and are guaranteed access to term experience in paediatrics, obstetrics and anaesthetics in addition to mandatory core terms. Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway (QRGP) Interns and Junior House Officers (JHOs) can undertake their prevocational training at one of the following Rural Generalist training hospitals: Rural Generalist Prevocational training hospital Bundaberg Hospital Logan Hospital Rockhampton Hospital Caboolture Hospital Mackay Base Hospital Sunshine Coast University Hospital Cairns Hospital Mount Isa Hospital Toowoomba Hospital Hervey Bay Hospital Redcliffe Hospital Townsville University Hospital Ipswich Hospital Redland Hospital Prevocational Training Hospital Guide | Reviewed annually | February 2021 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Bundaberg Hospital Hospital profile Community QRGP Prevocational training experience Bundaberg Hospital is a 249 bed Primary Bundaberg lies within the Coral Coast region, four Orientation includes Recognising and Responding Allocation Centre for Interns within the Wide Bay hours’ drive and 50 minutes by air, north of to Clinical Deterioration (RRCD), Basic Life Hospital and Health Service. Brisbane. Located on the sub-tropical central Support and shadowing current interns. coast of Queensland, the region’s position The Hospital provides medical staff with broad provides a year-round temperate. Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: clinical exposure, hands-on experience and great access to procedural skills. Interns have direct Bundaberg serves a population of over 100,000 • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks contact with senior clinicians and are actively people and is a vital regional business hub • O&G – 10 weeks involved with patient care and have opportunities boasting shopping, sporting, cultural and tourism for clinical research. facilities. • Paediatrics – 10 weeks Intern recruitment FAQs Rural experience: Bundaberg Hospital • PGY 1 & 2 – Rural General Practice placements available. • PGY 2 Rural relieving available at Childers, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Monto and Mt Perry. Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4150 2234 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4150 2862 E [email protected] Prevocational Training Hospital Guide | Reviewed annually | February 2021 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Caboolture Hospital Hospital profile Community Prevocational training Caboolture Hospital is a 265-bed facility located Caboolture is a mere thirty minutes’ drive from Orientation to your internship will include in the Metro North Hospital and Health Service. Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, located in an welcoming you to the team, mandatory training, area growing both in demographics and Caboolture’s size as an accredited training facility prescribing skills workshops, ALSi skills stations infrastructure. places it in perfect stead to build your clinical and MET scenarios and the opportunity to shadow competence and assist your professional Caboolture offers a range of entertainment, a previous year’s Intern, allowing them to impart advancement through the diverse range of clinical natural attractions and markets! the knowledge they have gained during their exposure and hands on experience you will gain in Intern year whilst establishing your peer network. our friendly and supportive environment. MEU offers two hours of protected education time Caboolture Hospital is committed to changing the weekly and you will have access to each units way health care is delivered. Our promise is to specific learning program which includes, for put people first, providing safe, effective, person example, bedside teaching, department centered care. We strive to ensure our patients education, case presentations, meetings in have equity of access, outcomes and experience, addition to the learning experience you will gain whilst nurturing a culture of teamwork, learning, from your day-to-day clinical services such as improvement and being part of a community that handover and ward rounds given the supportive provides connected healthcare. nature of the supervisors at Caboolture Hospital. Intern recruitment FAQs Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks Caboolture Hospital • O&G – 10 weeks • Paediatrics – 5 weeks Rural experience: • Nil Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 5433 8243 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 5433 8876 E [email protected] Prevocational Training Hospital Guide | Reviewed annually | February 2021 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Cairns Hospital Hospital profile Community Prevocational training Cairns Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far Cairns is the second largest city outside of the The orientation experience will include time North Queensland and is renowned for south-east corner of the state with a population spent in the same area that you will be working in contributing to innovation and excellence in of approximately 220,000. Cairns is often during Term 1. patient care. referred to as "where the rainforest meets the reef" and is an extremely popular tourist Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: The hospital services a population of 253,000 from destination. Cairns and surrounding areas. • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks In addition to being the gateway for the world Intern recruitment FAQs • O&G – 10 weeks heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Cairns Hospital Rainforest, Cairns is also only a stone's throw • Paediatrics – 10 weeks away from beautiful Port Douglas, Mission Beach, Rural experience: the Tablelands and Cape Tribulation. • There are opportunities to do term rotations at Atherton Hospital, Mareeba Hospital, Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Service and RFDS. Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4426 7453 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4226 6252 E [email protected] Prevocational Training Hospital Guide | Reviewed annually | February 2021 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Hervey Bay Hospital Hospital profile Community Prevocational training Hervey Bay Hospital is a 142-bed facility and Hervey Bay is in the Fraser Coast Region of South Orientation includes great access to consultants provides medical staff with broad clinical East Queensland. Hervey Bay is just over three and senior staff with fantastic teaching and exposure, hands-on experience and great access hours’ drive or a 45-minute flight from Brisbane. training opportunities. to procedural skills. Its abundance of natural assets includes the Great Sandy Strait, the World Heritage listed Fraser Career guidance and mentoring from the Director A new $40 million three storey facility – housing Island, the Bay and the wetlands, and it boasts a of Clinical Training and Medical Education Officer. an expanded Emergency Department, education quality of life that balances work and pleasure. facilities and future inpatient wards, has recently A wide range of locally run educational activities opened in February 2019. for junior doctors, including simulation training in a dedicated simulation centre. Intern recruitment FAQs Hervey Bay Hospital Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: • Anaesthetics – 5 weeks • O&G – 10 weeks • Paediatrics – 10 weeks Rural experience: • Rural rotations available in PGY2. Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4325 6946 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4325 6208 E [email protected] Prevocational Training Hospital Guide | Reviewed annually | February 2021 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service x Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Ipswich Hospital Hospital profile Community Prevocational training West Moreton Health is comprised of four local government Located just 40 kilometres west of the Orientation includes providing both areas (LGAs) - Scenic Rim Regional Council, Lockyer Valley Queensland capital of Brisbane, an hour from undergraduate and postgraduate clinical Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council and Ipswich City the Gold Coast, and an hour from Toowoomba, education and training. Ipswich Hospital Council. Ipswich is the major city in the hospital and health Ipswich combines rich heritage with the energy provides a strong training platform for doctors service, with the townships of Esk, Laidley, Gatton, Boonah of being the hub of south east Queensland pursuing either a generalist or specialist and Wacol spread throughout the area. growth region. Ipswich presents a blend of career pathway. heritage charm, metropolitan sophistication West Moreton Health provides public services for residents and expansive green spaces. Clinical competence and professional across the continuum of health care including preventative and advancement are promoted through the primary health care services, ambulatory services, acute care, Ipswich boasts the best of the