A third of Australia's population is classified as regional or remote, but as it's such a big place it's hard to provide comprehensive heath care all over. In the previous episode, we heard about an important referral centre in country NSW, but this episode takes us to Broome, a small town that's two and a half thousand kilometres from tertiary facilities in Perth.
On average, remote settings like this only have 11 percent as many specialists per capita as major cities and this means that pathology is often more advanced by the time it's diagnosed. The medicine can be confronting but the training experience is great and rewarding. In this episode we hear from an advaced trainee, a consultant, and a rural generalist GP about the unique skills and models of care they bring to this environment.
Guests
Dr Lydia Scott FRACP (Broome Hospital)
Dr Lee Fairhead (Broome Hospital)
Dr Casey Parker FRACGP (Broome Hospital, at the Rural Clinical School of the University of Western Australia)
Production
Written and produced by Mic Cavazzini. Music licensed from FreeMusicArchive; 'Fervent', 'Cast in Wicker' by Blue Dot Sessions, 'Hypocritopotamus' by Doctor Turtle, 'Slow Burn' by Kevin McLeod. Image licenced from Getty Images.
For a transcript and further references please visit https://www.racp.edu.au/pomegranate/view/ep49-training-in-the-bush-part-2. Fellows of the RACP can claim CPD credits via MyCPD for listening to this episode and reading the resources below.
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