Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is a regional referral health service for a picturesque area of north-eastern Victoria encompassing ski resorts, historic goldmining towns, vineyards and gourmet food producers. It is a secondment hospital under RACP guidelines. For the 2010 clinical year, four basic physician trainees rotate from Melbourne Health to NHW per term and work in General Medicine. Five specialist Physicians attend NHW as Visiting Medical Officers and two interns complete the General Medicine team. NHW also provides services in Renal Dialysis, Oncology and Paediatrics, in addition to a raft of surgical disciplines.
While basic physician trainees are not rotated to Wangaratta in the months immediately preceding their FRACP examinations, training is an integral part of working at Northeast Health Wangaratta. In addition to ‘on the job' teaching by physicians, basic physician trainees can access the RACP lecture series by video conference at Wangaratta (Board Room). Training initiatives in 2010 include regular clinical tutorials and mannequin-based Advanced Life Support refresher courses, on demand, at the beginning of each term.
The Director of Physician Training of Northeast Health Wangaratta is Dr Phil MacLeish. Contact via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
