BENDIGO Health has welcomed forty new junior doctors as they commenced their twelve-month internship last week.<\/p>\n
Supervisor of intern training Dr Sanniel Mathias said the new starts will play a vital role in the hospital’s operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intern’s role is incredibly vital, and incredibly important to ensure the function of the wards and the units as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re there all the time, they get to know their patients in a large amount of detail, so they are vital to our health service.\u201d<\/p>\n
New intern and Bendigo native Lucas Phelps said the town is the perfect place to further is experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Bendigo fits in a very special little niche,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big enough hospital that we have all the specialties and areas to learn and for us to provide for the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe teams of doctors are really small, so for us, and our learning, we feel supported, and we have enough access to our consultants and our seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fellow intern Dr Alison Huynh said working at a regional hospital has allowed her to gain experience earlier and more often.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it has really helped us grow our skills early on and we feel a bit more confident coming into the workforce,\u201d Dr Huynh said.<\/p>\n
Dr Phelps, who will be starting his internship in the surgical ward, said he\u2019s looking forward to the challenge of the fast-paced environment at Bendigo Health.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to using all of the skills we\u2019ve learnt over the past five or six years of study,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For Dr Huynh, who will also be starting on the surgical ward, said her first rotation will prepare her for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of how fast paced it is, we\u2019ll gather the skills much faster than we would anticipate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Taking on interns at Bendigo Health benefits more than just the students.<\/p>\n
Dr Mathias said health service hoped to retain two-thirds of the junior doctors at the end of their 12-month internship, something that had done over last three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we found is the more interns who have previously been medical students with us or who have had a regional focus in their training as medical students are more likely to stay on and stay with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year we\u2019ve got a very high proportion of those types of interns, so we expect a good retention rate again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BENDIGO Health has welcomed forty new junior doctors as they commenced their twelve-month internship last week. Supervisor of intern training Dr Sanniel Mathias said the new starts will play a vital role in the hospital’s operations. \u201cThe intern’s role is incredibly vital, and incredibly important to ensure the function of the wards and the units […]<\/p>\n