Extended Skills Posts
Listed below are some of the ‘ready to go’ extended skills posts. However, feel free to get creative and design your own! We are happy to review any posts to see if they could be accredited.
Family Planning
Allergy/Immunology
Centre for Disease Control
Dermatology
A training post with FPWNT should result in competency and confidence in dealing with Sexual & Reproductive health issues across the lifespan including the following issues:
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A training post in Immunology should result in competency in dealing with the following:
A basic understanding of the disease process, diagnostic work up and initial management of:
1. In food allergy
- And differentiating from various other forms of food allergy and intolerance.
ii. In drug and insect venom allergy
- And appreciating the wider spectrum of immune-mediated allergy and intolerance to each.
A six month attachment of at least a once weekly clinic would be recommended in order to gain as much experience as possible with the above presentations.
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Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
A training post at the CDC should result in competency of the following:
Clinical Activities:
- Participation in public health responses to disease outbreaks (commonly involving remote Aboriginal communities)
- TB/Leprosy clinics (includes outreach to remote Aboriginal communities, Katherine and Darwin correctional centre)
- Participation in the on call roster for public health queries to CDC (business hours only – well supervised)
- Participation in sexual health clinics
- Participation in Aboriginal community paediatric clinics
Non-Clinical activities:
A broad range of non-clinical activities is also available and can be tailored to GPR interests
- Teaching and supervision of Aboriginal Health workers, nursing staff and medical students
- Participation in disease surveillance meetings
- Public health project work related to program areas outlined above
- Revision of disease treatment guidelines with particular reference to common conditions in remote Aboriginal Communities
- Drafting articles for CDC bulletin publication
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Royal Darwin Hospital has established a GP extended skills post in dermatology. GP Registrars will gain competency at diagnosis, description and clinical management of common skin diseases, particularly acne, psoriasis, dermatitis, skin cancer and skin infection. They will develop familiarity with the treatments available through specialist dermatologists and experience cases of uncommon skin disease.
To achieve this GP Registrars, under supervision of the dermatologist, will
- Clerk new outpatients and inpatients,
- Describe patient history and examination findings,
- Deduce differential diagnoses,
- Plan relevant investigations,
- Develop practical treatment regimens for acute, resolving and chronic skin disease states,
- Explain, consent and prescribe treatments,
- Monitor patient response to management,
- Adapt regimens to patient response and circumstances and
- Report to and liaise with medical colleagues.
Participation in RDH medical education program, clinical meeting presentation and manuscript preparation are additional learning opportunities available.
The position will be completed in 1 year at 0.5 FTE with a new position becoming available each January. This is a GP up-skilling opportunity. It is NOT a dermatologist training position. Expressions of interest for 2013 may be sent to Dr Bruce McGeorge, Dermatologist, Royal Darwin Hospital bruce.mcgeorge@nt.gov.au
