Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service

Phone:: (08) 9194 3200
Facsimile:: (08) 9192 2500
Email:: kimberleygptraining@kamsc.org.au

Street Address:: Cnr Anne and Dora Streets
Broome, WA 6725

Training Region:: Kimberley
Accreditation:: Prevocational
RA:: 4
Outer Metro:: No

Choose Semester

Placement Availability

Practice	Semester	Capacity	Basic	Adv	Sub/Ex Sk	PT/FT
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2012.1	FULL	Y	Y	Y	P/T or F/T
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2012.2	FULL	Y	Y	Y	P/T or F/T
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2013.1	FULL	Y	Y	Y	P/T or F/T
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2013.2	FULL	Y	Y	Y	P/T or F/T
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2014.1	2	Y	Y	Y	F/T only
Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service	2014.2	2	Y	Y	Y	F/T only

Practice Staff

Open Times

Mon - Fri

8:00am - 4:30pm

Practice Details

Total GPs:: 5
Training Practice Since:: 2003
Training Terms Accepted:: ARSP, Advanced, Basic, PGPPP, Subsequent
Billing Arrangements:: Bulk Bill
Trainee Consulting Room:: Shared use of same room

Philosophy/Ethos

An Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service committed to improving Aboriginal involvement in the provision of health care for Aboriginal people.

Demography of Patients

Predominantly Aboriginal patients from a very wide range of backgrounds and a number of non-Aboriginal long term Broome residents

GP Registrar Activities & Opportunities

Evening work	Yes	Night work	No
Weekend work	No	On call	Yes
House calls	Yes	Hospital visits	Yes
Hospital admitting rights	Optional	Nursing home visits	Yes
Other Allied Health professional	Yes	Minor procedures	Yes
Advanced procedural skills	Optional	Shared antenatel care	Yes
Enhanced primary care	Yes	Practice Nurse	No
Obstetrics	No	Anaesthetics	No
Evening work fortnightly or less. No weekend work unless arranged specifically for individual GPRs. On call by phone. House calls occasionally, generally during community visits. Hospital visits - Formally if working with renal patients otherwise as arranged for GPR depending on interests and experience. Hospital admitting rights if desired - Arranged on case by case basis. Aged Hostel and Alcohol rehabilitation centre visits. Aboriginal Health workers, regular visiting Physiotherapist, Child health nurse, optomotrist and others. Every effort will be made to support GP Registrars to practice or develop skills in particular areas while in the Kimberley. Areas of special interest include Chronic disease management, child and maternal health. Shared antenatel care with hospital doctors.