Educational Opportunities at SCGH.
Upcoming Education at SCGH
To add this to your own Google Calendar or even to your phone, click the + sign in the bottom right of the calendar.
It’s the best way to see upcoming sessions, their locations and quickly access zoom links for any online sessions. You can even set reminders so you’re notified before a session.
Teaching by the Medical Education Unit
Weekly Teaching
SCGH offers an extensive schedule of teaching available to all junior doctors each week including online sessions for those off-site.
See the online Google Calendar above for more.
Teaching Opportunities and Development
Student Teaching
JMO teaching for medical students .
CORE Clubs
Core clubs are designed for JMOs to explore different career options and aim to provide guidance on how to apply to a chosen field of medicine
Includes guidance on education activities, research, mentorship, observerships and how to access PDL opportunities, especially in critical care.
Related resource: https://www.pmcwa.org.au/careers/careers-portal
How to access on MS Teams:
MS Teams Group, ‘SCGOPHCG Medical Education’
Side tab -> ‘CORE Clubs’
Go to ‘CORE Clubs home page’
Courses
ALS2
Advanced Life Support training is offered through SCGH at a heavily discounted rate for doctors. The documents linked below provide some information on how to apply for ALS2 at SCGH.
Contact Barbara Herdman: Barbara.Herdman@health.wa.gov.au
Follow the application guidelines linked below
Offered to PGY2+ above at SCGH
Ultrasound Guided IVC Insertion
Online US guided IVC insertion modules created by SCGH ED physicians James Rippey and Richard Hay, followed by an in-person course (held monthly). Course dates for 2023 TBA.
To express your interest, email
SCGOPHCG.MedEd@health.wa.gov.au
BASIC Course
The Basic Assessment and Supportive in Intensive Care (BASIC) course covers the fundamental knowledge and skills required for healthcare professionals working in critical care environments that provide intensive care management or advanced resuscitation and pre-transport stabilisation of critically ill and injured adult patients.
Professional Development
Navigating PDL
Get to know how much leave you are entitled to and how to apply with the JMO leave guide.
The Post Graduate Medical Council of WA releases a list of courses and conferences in a range of specialties each year, check it out below.
Observerships
A database of consultants interested in having junior doctor observers is being created, stay tuned.
Radiology Placements
Formal week-long professional development opportunities are available within the various radiological departments of SCGH.
Career Development and Opportunities
Community Residency Program
Each year applications open for the CRP program, where doctors are seconded out to WACHS or Silver Chain for a RMO term placement.
Clinical Service Improvement Program
Each year applications open for involvement in this program, where doctors have a non-clinical term to complete a project aimed at improving our workplace and ability to deliver care.