The Wide Bay remains a key hub for regional medical training as 18 Bundaberg medical interns join Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (WBHHS).
They’re part of a group of 33 new recruits across the Wide Bay who will gain a valuable hands-on learning experience working in WBHHS regional hospitals over the next 12 months, under the guidance and supervision of senior clinicians.
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Chief Operating Officer Ben Ross Edwards wished Wide Bay’s new interns well as they embark on the next exciting phase of their medical career.
“Building and developing our own medical workforce is an important goal within our strategic plan, Care, connection, compassion for all,” Ben said.
“Our annual medical intern program is a critical part of that vision as WBHHS nurtures and develops doctors starting their careers and on their ongoing journey as junior doctors.”
Over the year, they will then undertake rotations in key areas including medicine, surgery or orthopaedic surgery and emergency medicine, along with the opportunity to rotate to other specialised areas such as obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthetics, mental health, and paediatrics.
“These new doctors have already spent years completing their university training, and are now entering an exciting, but demanding, period of their careers,” Ben said.
“As a health service it is particularly excellent to have two young doctors starting with us who grew up and attended high school locally.
“Welcoming new doctors back to their hometown is not only an exciting professional development but also a win for our community.
“Their familiarity with the local context and commitment to its well-being is an extra benefit to the work they will be doing.”
