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Goldfields RegionKalgoorlie and Esperance offer some great opportunities for procedural practice in a well supported environment.  Kalgoorlie is the regional centre and has 3-5 training practices.  There are good obstetric opportunities, with 800 births/year and two resident obstetricians for back up, abundant paediatrics (the town is full of children), and the opportunity to admit to the local hospital.  While there are currently no Training Practices in Esperance, WAGPET aims to develop a training position in this town to benefit from the expertise of the  accomplished GP proceduralists in Esperance.

There are particularly good opportunities for work in Aboriginal health in Kalgoorlie - Bega Garnbirringu is a state of the art AMS, well equipped with 5-6 doctors, who work in a team with aboriginal health workers.  The hospital on call is shared week about, and offers the chance to keep skilled with management of acute medical presentations as well as day to day care of the dialysis unit patients.

The local division is very active in providing educational support for all GPs and the move to regionalisation of GP training is partially underway.  There is the opportunity to do the PMH Diploma of Child Health using the hospital’s telehealth facilities.

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Goldfields Practices

Goldfields Regional Advisory Committee

Dr Juliette Frost (GP Registrar Liaison Officer)
juliettefrost@yahoo.com.au

Dr Clare Willix (Regional Training Advisor)
kirkes@bigpond.com

Dr Damien Zilm (Regional Supervisor Liaison Officer)
damian.zilm@goldhealth.net.au

Dr Peter Maguire (Education Consultant)
peter.maguire@wagpet.com.au

Jodi Holland (Program Manager)
jodi.holland@wagpet.com.au

Tanya Harley (Administration Officer)
tharley@egmdgp.com.au

For more information about this region

Telephone: Freecall 1800 004 653, or (08) 9021 1966
Email: visitors@kalgoorlietourism.com
Web: http://www.kalgoorlietourism.com

Street Address:
Kalgoorlie Goldfields Visitor Centre
Kalgoorlie Town Hall
Kalgoorlie WA 6587

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Community Resident Testimonial: Dr Bao Nguyen Dang Dr Bao Nguyen Dang

My particular placement spanned six months and involved part time General Practice work at Kelvale Medical Group and the remaining time as an Obstetric & Gynaecology RMO at Armadale Health Campus. The program gave me the chance to experience the specialty of O&G and extend those skills and knowledge I acquired to the community medicine setting.

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