Griffith Base Hospital have welcomed two new doctor interns who are ready and raring to hit the ground running.
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They make up a group of 27 doctors welcomed into the Murrumbidgee Local Health District as part of the new cohort of interns starting across NSW.
Meera Seermaran and Cameron Groves join the group of resident medical officers at the hospital, and are excited to start their first gig after studying.
Cameron is currently in the emergency department, and is looking forward to having a more hands-on approach with interesting presentations.
“In the cities the exciting cases go to the boss doctors, here I think it is more relaxed and they encourage us to get involved in those exciting cases,” he said.
For Meera, she is looking to create a good foundation for the rest of her internship.
“Getting to see locals both within and outside the hospital will be a new experience for me,” she said.
However this may also bring about some challenges for her as well.
“People who have lived here for a long time are treating their friends and family, people they know. I am interested to see how that can work, living in a close-knit community.”
Coming from Sydney like Meera, Cameron thinks the most challenging part of working in a regional hospital will be the limited access to resources compared to the city.
“We have access to everything in Sydney, whereas here we are limited in what we can get straight away,” he said.
“It’s a constraint I think we will find challenging.”
MLHD CEO Jill Ludford was just as excited about the interns starting as they were.
“Interns are a vital part of the professional team at the frontline of the health system,” Ms Ludford said.
“We are very happy to greet this new team of enthusiastic and talented doctors who want to make a difference, and develop their skills in the public health system.”
Ms Ludford said two interns are starting at Griffith Base Hospital, with another 25 employed at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital and
“NSW with 1021 intern positions - up from 999 last year- has more intern positions than any other state or territory, up 251 positions – or 32 per cent – since 2011.
During their one-year internship, the graduates will complete compulsory terms in the specialties of medicine, surgery and emergency as required by the Medical Board of Australia.
The interns will rotate through a network of metropolitan, regional or rural hospitals, as well as GP practices.