Dr Kathryn Berkman – Southside Network Rotation Coordinator: On the Southside Network we pride ourselves on excellence in clinical training we have a unique opportunity to train on both public and private as well as non-Queensland Health sides. Our network is made up of three tertiary hospitals which is the Princess Alexandra Hospital, the Mater Hospital and Greenslopes Hospital. We also have four level two hospitals which is Ipswich, QEII, Toowoomba and Logan hospitals and opportunities to train in regional settings such as Hervey Bay and Bundaberg. We guarantee that our trainees in the Southside network will get all the subspecialty and tertiary time that they need to meet their college requirements.
Dr Dan Truong – Neurology Advanced Trainee: So I completed my training on the Southside Network at Hervey Bay, QEII and Greenslopes Hospital. So I started at Hervey Bay and had a great time there, good place to live, peaceful and a good place to start working as a medical registrar. Then I did my exam preparation here at Greenslopes Hospital and the teaching there was fantastic, really supportive, especially the Director of Physician Education. So I'd highly recommend it and I got to do a neurology term there which I really enjoyed and now I'm working at PA hospital as a neurology registrar.
Berkman: On the Southside Network we provide our trainees a comprehensive written and clinical exam preparation and this includes didactic teaching, rates like clinical coaching and also trial exams for the written exam and for the clinical exam and our trainees learn from supportive and knowledgeable consultants and they also have opportunities to complete important research.
Dr Sarah Thang – Chief Medical Registrar: on the Southside Network I spent my first and last 6 months in Toowoomba and the middle 12 months at Princess Alexandra Hospital. In Toowoomba, it was a pretty amazing, unique opportunity to see the true diversity of general medicine, also a wonderful place to live. At PA that really prepped me for my clinical exam. There’s a wonderful supportive consultant group here and an intensive clinical exam information which now, as treatment registrar, I'm happy to assist with.
Berkman: we're very proud of our trainees over the last few years who have done better than the state average across all of our sites.