Placement Overview

The obstetrics and gynaecology training program is for general practitioners who require further training in women's reproductive health. King Edward Memorial Hopsital co-ordinates two obstetric training streams : specialist O&G training and GP obstetric proceduralist training.

The GP obstetric proceduralist training consists of 6 months to prepare the candidate for the Basic DRANZCOG. GP obstetricians who wish to do advanced DRANZCOG or consolidate experience, do an additional 6 months. This incorporates caesarean section training ( advanced DRANZCOG) and working at obstetric junior registrar level.

The 6 month program will count towards the FARGP and the 12 month program meets the requirements for the FACRRM.

The aims of the Basic DRANZCOG is to offer training to GPs who wish to:

• Provide shared ante- and postnatal care with specialist obstetricians, GP obstetricians or a specialist hospital
• Provide office gynaecology
• Provide family planning
• Manage the antenatal care for low to moderate risk patients
• Perform normal deliveries and assisted deliveries
• Perform basic gynaecological procedures

The  aims of the DRANZCOG Advanced is to offer extended training to GPs who wish to:

• Provide all of the above listed DRANZCOG aims
• Manage complicated labours when they arise
• Perform caesarean section (Elective and Emergency) safely and confidently
• Provide support for GP obstetricians when specialist obstetricians are unavailable
• Perform laparotomies in emergency gynaecological situations
• In special circumstances, be able to perform laparoscopies and/or colposcopies

Location

The 12 month training program co-ordinated through King Edward Memorial Hospital in Subiaco, Perth, with training undertaken at KEMH and with rotations to peripheral hospitals at Osborne Park, Swan Districts and Joondalup Health Campus.

If you have a proposal to undertake this training at any other site, please contact your training advisor.

How to apply

Applications are made directly to King Edward Memorial Hospital.

More information

Dr Anne Karczub

Medical Director, Obstetrics

King Edward Memorial Hospital

Phone: 08 9340 1393

Or:

Contact your WAGPET Training Advisor on 08 9473 8200 to discuss further.

Refer to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obsetricians and Gynaecologists for more information on the diploma:  http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/gpdiploma/whatis.shtml 

Obstetric Mentoring Project

This is a joint project between WAGPET, Rural Health West and King Edward Memorial Hospital, to support GP registrars who have obtained their DRANZCOG or DRANZCOG Advanced to consolidate their skills in practice and to enter practice as a GP Obstetrician.  Since its inception in 2007 it has successfully supported a number of GP registrars into careers as GP obstetricians.

The project also aims to increase the availability of DRANZCOG training in regional WA, so registrars keen to undertake their training outside Perth are welcome to discuss options.

All registrars who are either currently undertaking DRANZCOG training or who are interested in intrapartum maternity care as part of their future GP career are encouraged to participate in this project. Contact the program manager, Viv Diggin, for more information.

Vivienne Duggin
Program Development Manager
Rural Health West
PO Box 433, Nedlands Western Australia 6909
Level 2, 10 Stirling Highway, Nedlands Western Australia 6009
Direct +61 8 6389 4535  |  Mob  0419 915 231
Tel      +61 8 6389 4500  |  Fax +61 8 6389 4501