2010 - General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre

The community-based training model allows students to spend one day out of each week of their two clinical training years in
their community base. Here they will have an opportunity to follow a patient's journey through primary health, allied health,
secondary and acute care settings and to learn about presentation and management of health and illness from the primary care
perspective. Over two years of being with one practice, students will become part of the health care team and will have a valuable
contribution to make to the care of the local community over time as well as gaining a superior learning experience that cannot be
achieved in the hospital setting alone.
We look forward to welcoming more practices into this exciting initiative in the upcoming year and to preparing them for their role
as a community base for the first intake of students in 2012.
ACADEMIC REGISTRARS
The General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre has offered training positions in academic general practice
since 1982. These part-time positions provide a year of advanced training in academic general practice to interested general
practice registrars. Participating registrars develop academic skills through a range of duties including research activities,
developing teaching skills and involvement in student assessment. A senior academic supervisor provides guidance, feedback
and mentorship to support registrars. Junior general practice academics are fostered in a creative, highly supportive and
strongly research oriented academic centre. Training posts combining clinical work can be tailored to meet the interests of
individual registrars.
2010
Dr Deepa Daniel MB BS DCH works in clinical general practice at a medical centre in West Heidelberg.
Her research involves a literature review on the implications of vitamin D and its use in general practice. Her
teaching responsibilities include tutoring and assisting in the Semester 12 general practice training
program. Deepa is also working part-time as a publications fellow at the Australian Family Physician in
2010.
Dr Andrew Harewood BSc MB BS is an academic registrar with the Victorian Metropolitan Alliance. His
research interests are currently depression management and continuity of care. Andrew works part-time
at a clinic in Narre Warren, and is undertaking a systematic review on the impact of continuity of carer on
patients with depression.
Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis BSc MB BS works at a community health centre in Broadmeadows. She
is implementing a pilot study of insulin initiation in general practice as part of the Stepping Up study. Her
education commitments include coordination of Primary Care of Type 2 Diabetes and Preventive Health
Care modules to postgraduate nursing students, tutoring and participating in the development of the
Semester 12 general practice training program.
Dr Edward Vergara BSc BMedSc MB BS works clinically at a medical centre in Caroline Springs. Ed's
research is looking at barriers and enablers for young men to seek sexually transmitted infection
screening. His teaching responsibilities include tutoring and assisting with the Semester 12 general
practice training program. Ed is also involved in developing and coordinating the Immunisation and Travel
Health subject for postgraduate nursing students.
2009
Dr Rachel Lee BA MB BS MPubHlth works clinically at a community health centre in inner Melbourne. Her
research involved a qualitative study exploring how junior doctors develop their medical identity. She
looked at how junior doctors balance the technical and humanistic aspects of their work.
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