AMSA 2023 Internship Guide
UPDATE: Please use the following link to see new updated information from St John of God Healthcare (Western Australia) and Northeast Health (Victoria) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cMRLLnHZ4YvOyVqwlj2wBdGpIi5bgz3I/view?usp=sharing Hello everyone (especially class of 2023)! The 2023 edition of the AMSA Internship Guide is now available to read! This is the AMSA guide for the 2024 clinical year. This guide could not have been possible without the contribution of medical students, hospital management teams, interns, AMA and many other people volunteering their time to update the information. For example, we have added eight new health networks across all states and territories to the internship guide. Good luck to the class of 2023! We hope that the information within this guide can be beneficial for you during your internship applications. If you have any queries or feedback about the guide, please do not hesitate to email pdo@amsa.org.au.
UPDATE: Please use the following link to see new updated information from St John of God Healthcare (Western Australia) and Northeast Health (Victoria)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cMRLLnHZ4YvOyVqwlj2wBdGpIi5bgz3I/view?usp=sharing
Hello everyone (especially class of 2023)! The 2023 edition of the AMSA Internship Guide is now available to read! This is the AMSA guide for the 2024 clinical year.
This guide could not have been possible without the contribution of medical students, hospital management teams, interns, AMA and many other people volunteering their time to update the information. For example, we have added eight new health networks across all states and territories to the internship guide.
Good luck to the class of 2023! We hope that the information within this guide can be beneficial for you during your internship applications.
If you have any queries or feedback about the guide, please do not hesitate to email pdo@amsa.org.au.
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WESTERN<br />
HEALTH<br />
105 predicted 2024 internship positions<br />
NETWORK TRAINING SITES<br />
<br />
Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s & Children’s<br />
Hospital), Williamstown Hospital and Mildura Base Hospital<br />
<br />
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
<br />
Acute Aged Care, Cardiology, Colorectal Surgery, Emergency Medicine, General<br />
Medicine, General Medicine Nights/Subacute Rehabilitation, General Surgery,<br />
Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM), Infectious Diseases, Neurology,<br />
Orthopaedic Surgery, Perioperative & Pain Management (Anaesthesia), Plastic<br />
Surgery, Psychiatry, Radiology, Respiratory Medicine, Upper GI Surgery and Urology<br />
BASIC INFORMATION<br />
<br />
Western Health is the major healthcare provider to one of the fastest growing and<br />
most diverse regions of Australia, with communities that are culturally rich, with<br />
members speaking more than 150 different languages and dialects. The catchment<br />
population is nearing 900,000 and the birth rate and movement into this region<br />
means that strong growth will continue in the years ahead. Western Health<br />
provides a combination of hospital, community-based and in-reach services to<br />
aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Western Health also offers<br />
drug health and addiction medicine support through inpatient services and<br />
community Drug Health Service.<br />
Western Health has more than 11,000 employees who are driven by the values of<br />
Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety (CARES). The health<br />
service also has a strong philosophy of working with its local community to deliver<br />
excellence in patient care. A positive patient experience is at the centre of<br />
everything Western Health aims to do, and the service relies on the efforts of its<br />
dedicated employees and volunteers to deliver the overall goal of the organisation.<br />
The service employs 750+ Senior and approximately 800+ Junior medical staff in a<br />
complete range of specialties covering children, adults and the aged care.<br />
The health service also strives to become an employer of choice by offering<br />
excellent career opportunities and employee conditions in order for its staff.
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