Wodonga Regional Health Service

Wodonga Regional Health Service is located in the twin city of Albury-Wodonga, on either side of the Murray River, which forms the boundary between the states of Victoria and New South Wales, where it intersects with the primary road and rail links between Melbourne and Sydney. Albury-Wodonga is close to attractions including the Murray River, Lake Hume, regional wineries, historic townships (eg Beechworth, Chiltern) and the ski-fields.

Albury-Wodonga is three and a half hours drive from central Melbourne, and with a population of almost 100,000 is one of the largest inland settlements in Australia. Accordingly, Wodonga has a major regional health service, accredited to be a Level 1 training site by the RACP.  Moreover, components of training and rostering for the basic physician trainees involve the coverage of both Wodonga Regional Health Service and Albury Base Hospital. This broadens the medical training offered, as both the region's Intensive Care Unit and major Emergency Department are located at Albury Base Hospital. Three basic physician trainees rotate from Western Health to Wodonga per term in General Medicine, and three rotating basic physician trainees from New South Wales staff Albury Base Hospital at any given time.

Although basic physician trainees are not rotated to Wodonga in the months immediately preceding their FRACP examinations, there is a strong emphasis on training in Wodonga Regional Health Service.  In addition to ‘on the job' training by physicians, basic physician trainees have access to the RACP lecture series (by video conference) at Wodonga Base Hospital (Library). These are complemented by: medical Grand Rounds (in conjunction with Albury Base Hospital) and medical registrar tutorials - both of which occur on a weekly basis.

For more information about basic physician training in Wodonga Regional Health Service, contact Dr Russell Auwardt, Director of Physician Training.