Introduction and mission statement of the Greater Western Consortium

The Greater Western Consortium of Basic Physician Training is one of five consortia of basic physician training in Victoria, established by the Department of Human Services in 2005 to coordinate the training, recruitment and rotation of basic physician trainees across member health services.

The Greater Western Consortium of Basic Physician Training has five member health services: Melbourne Health, Western Health, Ballarat Health Service, Northeast Health Wangaratta and Wodonga Regional Health Service.

The objectives of the Greater Western Consortium are to improve, and make more equitable, the standard of basic physician training across all of its member health services - and for this to be reflected in the quality and adequacy of the basic physician trainee workforce in the Greater Western Consortium.

Current Consortium Management Committee members

Each consortium is governed by its own Consortium Management Committee consisting of representatives of member health services and the consortium's Secretariat.  Current members of Greater Western Consortium's Management Committee are:

1. Dr Andrew Brett, Consortium Director of Physician Training
2. Ms Lucy O'Brien, Consortium Manager
3. Dr Grant Phelps, Director of Physician Training, Ballarat Health Services
4. Dr Kate Hamilton, Deputy Director of Physician Training, Ballarat Health Services
5. Dr Alison Dwyer, Director of Medical Services, Melbourne Health
6. Dr Peter Bradford, Executive Director Medical Services, Melbourne Health
7. Dr Andrew Ajani, Director of Physician Education, Melbourne Health
8. Dr Michael Lian, Physician Education Supervisor, Melbourne Health
9. Ms Cassandra Sharrock, Manager Medical Workforce Unit, Melbourne Health
10. Dr Katherine Buzzard, Basic Physician Trainee Representative, Melbourne Health
11. Dr Richard Baker, Senior Medical Registrar, Melbourne Health
12. Dr John Elcock, Director of Medical Services, Northeast Health Wangaratta
13. Dr Phil MacLeish, Director of Physician Training, Northeast Health Wangaratta
14. Dr John Mulder, Director of Physician Training, Western Health (Footscray Campus)
15. Dr Leo Rando, Director of Physician Training, Western Health (Sunshine Campus)
16. Dr Arlene Wake, Executive Director of Medical Services, Western Health
17. Dr Steve Marasovic, Senior Medical Registrar, Western Health
18. Dr Russell Auwardt, Director of Physician Training, Wodonga Regional Health Service
19. Ms Linda Moon, Medical Workforce Manager, Wodonga Regional Health Service