Undergraduate

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Undergraduate Junior Doctor Issues

• Kirsty McEwin
• Divisional Meeting - 2nd June 2005

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In this session....

• Increasing number of graduating medical students
• Pre vocational GP Placements Program
• BB/CWA/Cotton scholarships

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Medical Students ...

• 2004 .. 234 additional places including 82
  students at ANU Medical School
• Wollongong 80 students in 2007
• Notre Dame (Darlinghurst) 80 students 2007
• U. Western Sydney (unspecified 2007-08)
• Bond Griffith Notre Dame in Freemantle

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Medical Students ...

• 1985 - 2006 1000 - 1200 graduates/year
• 2008 1700 and increasing thereafter
• Effect kicks in with 2004 intake of students
  mostly 2008 graduates
• ie 2009 interns

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Implications

• Doubling of medical student numbers rural
  placement pressures coordination
• Doubling of the intern (PGY1) places where?
• 3 Primary Allocation Centres in regional NSW 23
  places lt 6 of all PGY1 places
• All hospital based places except Bingara

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Two (or 3?) Issues

• More regional PACs required
• More regional places required at existing PACs
• Community based/ GP terms required

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Prevocational GP Placement Program - (PGPPP)

• Super RRAPP
• ACRRM RRMA 4-7 RACGP/ACCRM RRMA 3
• 2004 2005 Bingara
• 2006 ? Bingara Murwullumbah Bourke
• To date PGY 2
• Funding rounds..

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BB/ CWA/ Cotton Industry Scholarships

• Been awarded for 2005
• 15 Shires 2 CWA 1 RDN 1 new CI
• Two week placements
• Sponsor organises placement
• Divisional activities?
• Marie's list

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