Trainee Profiles

Community Resident Testimonial: Dr Carlo Bellini

I cannot recommend the Community Residency Program strongly enough. Prior to committing to the program, the thought of departing from the more secure and familiar hospital setting stirred feelings of apprehension, anticipation and excitement. Now having worked in General Practice, I find much of the hospital medicine I have experienced has been consolidated in the community medicine environment.

Community Resident Testimonial: 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.

Community Resident Testimonial: Dr Nicholas Gray

I was involved in the Community Residency Project in its pilot year, 2007, working part time in the Paediatrics Department and the remainder of the time in General Practice in the Bunbury region. I chose this term as I was particularly interested in General Practice (I am now a GP Registrar in the Northern Territory) but also wanted to keep my skills in hospital based medicine, in case I found GP was not to my liking.

GP Registrar Testimonial: Dr Stuart Prosser

I was attracted to rural general practise by the idea of being able to deliver complete care to my population, the old saying of from cradle to grave. The ability to undertake procedural training in Western Australia was a huge advantage as it meant that I was able to develop contacts with experienced specialists who have been able to provide support during, and in particularly post, completion of training.

GP Registrar Testimonial: Dr Boey-Leng Loy

WA GP registrar representative – a privileged position I happened to stumble into this year. I had no idea what I was getting myself into but it has turned out to be an amazing year full of enriching, educational and motivational experiences. Conferences interstate; professional development courses; meeting and being inspired by fellow registrar liaison officers from across Australia...sitting on the advisory council of GPRA and realising what an outstanding job this group does to represent and advocate for GP registrars across Australia. Supporting and aiming to improve issues affecting WA GP registrars along with my fellow Registrar Liaison Officers. It’s a busy yet exciting time in General Practice and this role has given me the opportunity to be involved and has increased my commitment and passion for General Practice.

Community Resident Testimonial: Dr Stephanie Trust

My particular placement is over six months and involved part time General Practice at Lamington Medical Group and part-time in Paediatrics at Kalgoorlie. I could not have got a better experience anywhere. The placement has the balance between GP and Hospital just right. This sort of experience is about being out of your comfort zone and being happy with that too.

PGPPP Testimonial: Dr Rhutam (Raj) Mehta

Signing up for the new "PGPPP" has been an excellent learning experience both in terms of my future career planning as well as furthering my RMO education. This is a relatively new program and initially, I had my doubts about whether I had made a good choice. My other colleagues who were involved in a WAGPET term were about to start the Community Residency Program which includes some hospital contact as well. I, on the other hand, was about to start a solely GP-based program.