At Canberra Hospital, we're committed to providing a comprehensive teaching program to ensure that topics relevant to intern education are covered during the year – with special emphasis on ward based clinical scenarios.
The teaching sessions are organised by a group of Education Officers with extensive experience in junior medical officer training.
Critical Care Education Sessions
- Daily Intensive Care Unit Education Sessions
- Daily Emergency Department Tutorial
- Weekly Anaesthetics JMO Education Sessions
- Journal Clubs
General Practice Education Sessions
- Alternate week General Practice Grand Rounds
- Weekly General Practice Education Tutorials
Intern Orientation
- Held the week prior to commencement of the new intern year in January
- Full 5 day orientation for interns commencing at the start of the clinical year designed specifically to ensure the transition from medical student to intern is a relatively stress free experience
- A full day of clinically based lectures given by senior clinicians – covering topics relevant to after-hours cover
- One and a half days of clinical attachment to units in the hospital
- Mapped to the Australian Curriculum Framework
Intern Education sessions
- 2 hour weekly sessions
- Conducted on Tuesdays and mapped to the Australian Curriculum Framework
- Sessions are protected teaching time
- Sessions run by clinicians specialising in the area
- Sessions specifically organised to ensure topics such as after-hours ward cover are addressed early in the year
- Includes sessions on simulated scenarios specifically run by the intensive care specialists
- Professional development sessions held throughout the year
- Feed-back collected after each session to ensure highest quality delivered every year
- All sessions are recorded for the seconded hospitals and CDs are sent to the hospitals on a weekly basis to ensure interns seconded to rural hospitals have access to a similar teaching program
- All interns have access to all other education sessions run in the hospital
- Interns will be given a Certificate of Completion at the end of their intern year and a list of all the teaching sessions attended
Hospital Grand Rounds and Advances in Clinical Practices
- Weekly sessions
- Each unit presents two to three times a year thus ensuring exposure to the multiple specialties in Canberra Hospital
- Advances in clinical practices enables JMOs to be made aware of the most up to date topics in each of the areas
- JMOs are encouraged to participate in the sessions including presenting during the sessions
Medical Education Sessions
- Unit Education Meetings – Cardiology, Geriatric Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Haematology, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastroenterology, HIV Clinical Care, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Respiratory, Radiation Oncology/Gastrointestinal
- Journal Clubs – Geriatric Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Neurology, Respiratory Medicine
- Combined Medicine/Pathology Meetings – Renal medicine, Gastroenterology
- Weekly teleconference to the Melbourne based PREP Education sessions
- Education Program run by the Director of Physician Training consisting of lectures from senior clinicians
- Weekly short case sessions (March – July)
- Weekly trial examinations (March – July)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Education Sessions
- Weekly journal club
- High risk obstetric and gynaecology meetings
- Audits
Paediatrics Education Sessions
- Weekly paediatric Grand Rounds
- Weekly radiology meetings
- Weekly Unit meetings
- Weekly journal clubs
- Weekly Paediatric JMO teaching sessions
Radiology Meetings
- Renal, Vascular, Paediatrics, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics, Neuroradiology, Geriatric Medicine
Surgical Education Sessions
- Weekly Cardiothoracic/Cardiology Meetings
- Weekly surgical JMO Teaching
- Orthopaedics Radiology meeting
- Weekly Surgical Unit JMO Teaching Sessions
- Leave can be organised for JMOs to attend Educations Sessions interstate
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Contact ACT Health's Medical Officer Support Unit by emailing: tchmosu@act.gov.au on +61 2 6244 2779.
