Intern and PGY 2-3 term dates for 2008 now available
The term dates for Interns and PGY 2-3 RMOs at Adelaide to Outback are now online! Please click the appropriate link below to access these calendars. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

2008 calendar of term dates: Interns | PGY 2-3

New PGPPP posts for TMOs
This year we have launched two new PGPPP posts for trainee medical officers (TMOs) in post–intern years. This is allowing TMOs in post graduate years 2/3 the opportunity to experience the general practice environment whilst still considering their medical specialty options. The posts are:

• Oakden (Oakden Medical Centre/Windsor Village Medical Centre), with the Lyell McEwin Health Service as the feeder hospital; and
• Beulah Park (Beulah Park Medical Clinic/Athelstone Medical Clinic) where the Queen Elizabeth Hospital collaborates as the feeder hospital.

Congratulations are extended to all involved in the Training Collaborations for their extensive efforts with the formation of these new posts. These practices have set a new milestone in General Practice as the first locations in Australia to have the complete spectrum of vertically integrated training with Registrars, TMOs, Interns and medical students. Special acknowledgements for their commitment and willingness to lead the way for the benefit of the profession are due to Drs Ilya Hubczenko and Joe Przybylko and Practice Manager Roslyn Przybylko at Oakden, and Dr Rodney Pearce and Practice Manager Lindsey Gilkes at Beulah Park.

PGPPP Stakeholder Forum
We very much look forward to meeting with PGPPP Stakeholders at our annual PGPPP Stakeholder Forum to be held this year in Clare, at the Clare Country Club on Friday 23rd May 2008, 10am–4pm. This will be a satellite meeting to the Education Weekend being launched that evening.

Conference news
PGPPP Medical Educator Dr Brenton Wait and Ms Alison Marrinan recently attended ‘Ozzawa’ The 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence 5-8 March 2008 in Melbourne, where they were invited to present two posters:

• Evolution of a Curriculum for junior doctor General Practice Placements in South Australia.
• Evaluation of an On-line Medical Reference Service to Enhance Junior Doctor Training in General Practice Terms

They will give a further report on this large, thought provoking (and rather overwhelming) medical education meeting at a later date.

PGPPP team
We are delighted two fairly recent AOGP graduands, Drs Christel Burton and Sarah Meertens, have joined our PGPPP team as Medical Educators this year. Christel is also a secondary PGPPP Supervisor at one of our urban PGPPP posts at Newton and has a special interest in childhood immunisation. Sarah is currently conducting freelancing general practice and has a special interest in aged care.

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