Dr. Kieran Oldfield: I did my undergraduate in the local area, and for my very first rotation in this hospital, I was always impressed by the collegial nature and all the support that was offered to me.
Dr. Hashim Abdeen: The Coastal Network has helped me with many various parts of my career in terms of progression, and it's helped me with education and training to pass my recent written exams, and also my various leadership roles including becoming chair of the AMAQ Council of Doctors in Training this year.
Dr. Rowena Solayar: I did my basic physician training here with the coastal pathway where I rotated through various hospitals: the Gold Coast University Hospital, Logan Hospital, as well as the Redlands Hospital. I was exposed to various cases and had the privilege to work with different consultants. Definitely helped to prepare me for my written and my clinical exams, and thankfully got onto my cardiology advanced training program here.
Dr Robert Mason: My journey started here in 2010, with internship, and later as a trainee on the coastal rotation. Following that I did advanced training in medical oncology, a fellowship overseas at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and returned this year as a consultant oncologist here. It's been a wonderful journey and I'd highly recommend the rotation.
Dr. Kieran Oldfield: So since I've been training with the Coastal Network, I've been given plenty of sub-specialty rotations, and this breadth of exposure's given me the confidence to act autonomously, but with also plenty of support from my senior colleagues.
Dr. Rowena Solayar: Well, I've always been fascinated with the heart, and definitely working here as a BPT when I was initially training inspired me to do cardiology even more. And there's an amazing Cardiology team here at the Gold Coast University Hospital, a lot of focus on education and good exposure to Interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, as well as echocardiography here.
Dr. Hashim Abdeen: The Gold Coast is a very social environment. We have a Doctors in Training Society that organises annual events and end-term drinks where everyone from a consultant to and intern, to even Allied Health attend. There's even a cricket team between consultants and interns that play every so often, to encourage us to be involved with the social community here on the Gold Coast.
Dr. Kieran Oldfield: The two best things I like working on the Gold Coast are the lack of traffic and the ease of getting around wherever you want to go, and all the nature that's around us. You've got the lovely hinterland and the hikes and of course the beach, so your weekends are just fantastic.
Dr. Rowena Solayar: The coastal pathway is definitely an excellent place to train as a basic physician trainee, with lots of learning opportunities with lots to offer. We definitely look forward to welcoming you to be part of our BPT family.