MEET the latest cohort of doctors who will be trusted with a valuable role as caretakers of the City of Logan’s public health system.
Last month, 39 medical interns started work at Logan Hospital.
It’s not new. It happens every year. But it’s the first group of medical students embarking on a career forever influenced by a global pandemic.
They’ve completed a unique and physically distanced orientation program in early January, and are now all settled into their rotations in various specialties.
Director of Clinical Training Dr Sue Shiels said Logan Hospital was a highly sought-after training ground for the next generation of doctors who were able to experience a fabulous case mix in one of the most culturally diverse areas of Australia.
“Logan Hospital continues to be highly preferenced for intern positions which rotate through specialties in Emergency, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mental Health and a range of sub-specialties” Dr Shiels said.
“We know that our interns feel incredibly supported at Logan Hospital and that they enjoy the broad range of exposure they have to patients of all ages and cultures.
“We also continue to find that 90 per cent of interns return for Junior House Officer training positions following their introduction to medicine.”
Dr Shiels said Logan Hospital maintained an outstanding reputation for clinical training as well as a leading reputation in digital hospital management and innovation – often a key factor influencing preferences chosen by new interns.
Health minister Yvette D’Ath said medical interns and graduate nurses had worked extremely hard to get to this stage of their career.
“I’m especially grateful they are joining Queensland’s health system during a global pandemic, where they will no doubt face extra challenges they may not have anticipated when they commenced their study,” Ms D’Ath said.
“Queensland’s doctors and nurses have kept us safe during COVID and these new health workers will help that work continue.”
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