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  AUSTRALIA
Population:
19.4 million
Language: English
Capital: Canberra
Currency: Australian dollar
Int Code: +61
The
is a great deal more information on arranging work, electives, exams and
visas for Australia in The
Medic's Guide to Work and Electives Around the World
For
general information on Australian health care visit www.health.gov.au
Visas and work permits:
Working
Holiday Visas:
If
aged between 18 and 30 you may well be elegible for a working
holiday visa (417) which means you can work for three months (for a single
emplyoer) and stay in Australia for a total of a year.
You can apply on line at: www.immi.gov.au
- make sure your destination is happy to emply you on a working holiday
visa.
Longer
Term Work:
Doctors: For work up to a year you will need a medical practioners visa
(422)
Nurses
and Other health professionals: Usually
a temporary residence visa can be obtained, but it depends on how much your
services are needed. Sometime a Specialist (414) visa is more
appropriate.
Immigration:
WARNING – you are entering a minefield! Unless you want to work in
remote “area of need” this is going to be difficult – especially if
you are a doctor (see below). Full details can be found on www.australia.org.uk
Getting
Registered:
What ever your profession, you have to get registered with the appropriate
Professional Council (coordinated by the
National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) - GPO Box
1407, Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: +61 6 240 8111 Fax: 6 240 7636 www.dest.gov.au/noosr
) and then get registered with the appropriate state board.
The
Australian Government has established a number of very comprehensive websites
with details on hospitals, schools, and job vacancies for each region (first
column of table 1 below)
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State/Territory
Health Department and Website
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Medical Board (for doctors to register with)
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ACT
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GPO Box 825 Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 02 6205 5111 Fax:
02 6205 0830 www.health.act.gov.au
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Po Box 976, Civic Square ACT 2608 Tel: 02 6205 1600
Fax: 02 6205 1602. www.healthregboards.act.gov.au
e-mail: bob.bradford@act.gov.au
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New South Wales
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Locked Mail Bag 961, North Sydney, NSW 2059 Tel: 02
9391 9000, Fax: 9391 9101 www.health.nsw.gov.au
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PO Box 104, Gladesville, NSW 2111 Tel: 02 9879 6799
Fax: 02 9816 5307. www.nswmb.org.au
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Northern Territory
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GPO Box 40596, Casuarina NT 0811 Tel: 08 8999 2400
Fax: 08 8922 8233 www.health.nt.gov.au
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PO Box 4221, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801 Tel: 08
8999 4157 Fax: 08 899 4196. e-mail: healthprofessions.ths@nt.gov.au
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Queenland
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GPO Box 48, Brisbane QLD 4001 Tel: 07 3234 0111 Fax:
07 3234 0062 www.health.qld.gov.au
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19th Floor, Forestry House, 160 Mary Street,
Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Tel: 07 3227 2515 Fax: 07 3225 2527. www.medicalboard.qld.gov.au
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South Australia
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PO Box 39, Rundle Mall SA5000 Tel: 08 8226 7000 Fax:
08 82266649 www.health.sa.gov.au
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91 Payneham Road, St Peters, South Australia 5069
Tel: 08 8362 7811 Fax: 08 8362 7906. www.medicalboardsa.asn.au
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Tasmania
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GPO Boz 125B, Hobart TAS 7001 Tel: 03 6233 8011 Fax:
03 6233 6392 www.dhhs.tas.gov.au
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2 Gore Street, South Hobart, Tasmania 7004 Tel: 03
6223 5400 Fax: 03 6223 7986 e-mail: mct@our.net.au
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Victoria
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GPO Box 4057, Melbourne VIC 3001 Tel: 03 9616 7777
Fax: 03 9616 7350 www.health.vic.gov.au
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Level 16, 150 Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Tel: 03 9655 0500 Fax: 03 9655 0580 www.medicalboardvic.org.au
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Western Australia
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PO Box 8172, Stirling Street, Perth WA 6849 Tel: 08
9222 4222 fax: 08 9222 4009 www.health.wa.gov.au
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London House, 216 ST Georges Tce, Perth 6805 Tel: 08
9481 1011 fax: 08 9321 1744 www.medicalboard.com.au
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Nursing Board (for nurses to register with)
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Remote Medical Agency (esp. for remote GP work)
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ACT
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PO Box 976, Civic Square ACT 2608 Tel: 02 6205 1599
Fax: 02 6205 1602 www.healthregboards.act.gov.au
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New South Wales
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Level 2
28 - 36 Foveaux Street
SURRY HILLS, SYDNEY NSW 2010 Tel: (02) 9219 0222 Fax: (02) 9281
2030 www.nursesreg.nsw.gov.au
e-mail: nursesreg@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
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New South Wales Rural Doctors Network, Suite 19.
Level 3, 133 Kings Street, Newcastle NSW 2300. tel: 02 4929
1811. Fax: 02 4929 1911 E-mail: icameron@nswrdn.aust.com
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Northern Territory
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PO Box 4221, Darwin NT 0801 Tel: 08 8946 9545 Fax: 08
8946 9550 e-mail nuses.board@nt.gov.au
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Northern Territory Remote Health Workforce Agency,
P.O. Box 1195, Alice Springs NT 0871. Tel: 08 8952 3881. Fax: 08
8952 3536. E-mail ntrwa@octa4.net.au
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Queenland
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GPO Box 2928, Brisbane, Q, 4001 Tel: 07 3223 5111
Fax: 07 3223 5115 www.qnc.qld.gov.au
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Queensland Rural Medical Support Agency, P.O. Box
167, Kelvin Grove DC QLD 4059. Tel: 07 3356 1860 Fax: 07 3352
7557. E-mail: nlawrence@gpnetwork.net.au
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South Australia
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GPO Box 7176, Adelaide 5000 Tel:
08 8223 9700 Fax: 08
8223 9717www.nursesboard.sa.gov.au
e-mail: registrations@nursesboard.sa.gov.au
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South Australian Rural And Remote Medical Support
Agency, Calvary Hospital, 89 Strangeways terrace, North Adelaide
SA 5006 tel: 08 8239 1222 fax: 08 8239 1777. E-mail: sarrmsa@sarrmsa.com.au
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Tasmania
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15 Princes Street, Sandy
Bay, PO Box 847 Tasmania 7006 Tel: 03 6224 3991 Fax: 03 6224
3995 www.nursingboardtas.org.au
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Tasmanian General Practice Divisions Limited, P.O.
Box 104, Newstead TAS 7250. Tel: 03 6334 3255 fax: 03 6334 3651.
E-mail pbarns@tgpd.com.au
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Victoria
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GPO Box 4932, Melbourne, Victoria 3001
Tel: 03 8635 1200
Fax: 03 8635 1248www.nbv.org.au
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Rural Workforce Agency Of Victoria, Suite 8, level 4,
458 Swanson Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Tel: 03 4899 fax: 03 9349
4211. E-mail: rwav@rwav.com.au
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Western Australia
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165 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6892 Tel: 08 9421
1100 Fax: 08 9421 1022 www.nbwa.org.au
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Western Australia Centre For Rural And Remote
Medicine, 328 Stirling Highway, Claremont WA 6010. Tel: 08 9384
2811 Fax: 08 9385 2938. E-mail gregdown@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
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Professional
Organisations:
Dentists:
Australian Dental Association, PO Box 520, St Leonards, NSW 1590 Tel: 02
9906 4412 Fax: 02 9906 4917 www.ada.org.au
e-mail: adainc@ada.org.au
Australian
Dental Council, Suite 1, Level 2, 112 Wellington Parade, Melbourne VIC 3002
Tel: 03 9415 1638 Fax: 03 9415 1669
Dieticians:
Dietician’s Association of Australia, 1/8 Phipps Close, Deakin ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6282 9555 Fax: 02 6282 9888 www.daa.asn.au
Doctors:
See under recruitment agencies for details of Australian
Medical Association state divisions
Australian
Medical Council, Po Box 4810 Kingston ACT 2604 Tel: 02 6270 5400 Fax: 02
62709799 www.amc.org e-mail: amc@amc.org.au.
Nurses:
Royal College of Nursing, 1 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600 Tel: 02 6282 5633
Fax: 02 6282 3565 www.rcna.org.au
Australian
Nursing Federation, Level 2, 21 Victoria Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 03
9639 5211 Fax: 03 9652 0567
Australian Nursing Council Inc, 1st Floor, 20 Challis Street,
Dickson ACT 2602 Tel: 02 6257 7960 Fax: 02 6257 7955 www.anci.org.au
Occupational
Therapists:
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists: 6 Spring Street, Fitzroy
VIC 3065 Tel: 03 9416 1021 Fax: 02 9416 1421 e-mail otausnat@ozemail.com.au
Physiotherapists:
Australian Physiotherapy Association, PO Box 6465, Melbourne VIC 3004 Tel:
03 9534 9400 Fax: 03 9534 9199
Radiographers:
Australian Institute of Radiography, PO Box 1169, Collingwood VIC 3066 Tel:
03 9419 3336 Fax: 03 9416 0783
Speech
Therapists:
Speech Pathology Association of Australia, 2nd Floor, 11-19 Bank
Place, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 03 9642 4899 Fax: 03 9642 4922
Additonal
Professional Organisations for Medical/Surgical Specialists:
Anesthetists:
Australian
and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC
3000 Tel: 03
9510 6299 Fax: 03 9510 6786
www.anzca.edu.au
e-mail:ceoanzca@anzca.edu.au
Emergency
Medcine: Australasian
College for Emergency Medicine, 17 Grattan Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Tel: 03
9663 3800 Fax: 03 9663 8013www.acem.org.au
e-mail:
acemadmin@acem.org.au
Dermatologists: Australasian
College of Dermatologists, PO Box 2065, Boronia Park NSW 2111 Tel: 02 9879
6177 Fax: 02
9816 1174www.dermcoll.asn.au
e-mail: admin@dermcoll.asn.au
Radiologists:
The Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, Level 9, 51 Druitt
Street, Sydney NSW 2000 www.ranzcr.edu.au
Tel: 02 9268 9777
Fax: 02 9264 7799 e-mail:warden@ranzcr.edu.au
Physicians:
Royal
Australasian College of Physicians, 145 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9256 5444
Fax: 02 9252 3310www.racp.edu.au
e-mail: racp@racp.edu.au
Rehabilitation:
Australasian
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9256 5402
www.racp.edu.au/afrm
e-mail: afrm@racp.edu.au
Occupational
Health: Australasian
Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel:
02 9256 5400 www.racp.edu.au/afom
e-mail:
afom@racp.edu.au
Public
Health: Australian
Faculty of Public Health Medicine, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 www.racp.edu.au/afphm
Tel: 02
9256 5404 e-mail:
afphm@racp.edu.au
Opthalmologists:
Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, 94 - 98 Chalmers
Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Tel:
02 9690 1001
Fax:
02 9690 1321www.ranzco.edu
e-mail:
ranzco@ranzco.edu
Obs and Gynae: Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 254
Albert Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002 Tel: 03 9417 1699
www.ranzcog.edu.au
e-mail: ranzcog@ranzcog.edu.au
Paediatrics:
Paediatrics & Child Health Division, The Royal Australasian College of
Physicians, 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel:
02 9256 5409 www.racp.edu.au
e-mail:
paed@racp.edu.au
Pathologists:
Royal
College of Pathologists of Australasia, 207 Albion Street, Surry Hills NSW
2010 Tel: 02
8356 5858 Fax: 02 8356 5828 www.rcpa.edu.au
e-mail: rcpa@rcpa.edu.au
Psychiatrists: Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 309 La Trobe Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 03 9640 0646 Fax: 03 9642 5652 www.ranzcp.orge-mail:ranzcp@ranzcp.org
Surgeons: Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 03
9249 1200 Fax:
03 9249 1219 www.surgeons.org
or www.racs.edu.aue-mail:
College.sec@surgeons.org
G.P.s: Royal
Australian College of General Practitioners, 1 Palmerston Crescent, SOUTH
MELBOURNE VIC 3205 Tel: 03 9214 1414
Fax:
03 9214 1400 www.racgp.org.au
e-mail:racgp@racgp.org.au
Remote
and Rural Medicine:
Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine, Level 1, 467 Enoggera Road,
Alderley QLD 4051 Tel: 07 3352 8600 Fax: 07 3356 2167 www.acrrm.org.au
e-mail: acrrm@acrrm.org.au
AUSTRALIAN
UNIVERSITIES AFFILIATED TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS:
South
Australia:
Flinders
University The School of Medicine, The
Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, SA 5042, (or GPO 2100
SA 5001) Tel: 08 8 204 4160 Fax: 08 8 204 5845 www.flinders.edu.au
The
Medical School, University of Adelaide,
Frome Road, Adelaide, SA 5000 Tel: 08 8 303 5193 Fax: 08 8 303 3788 www.health.adelaide.edu.au
Victoria:
Monash
University
The Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Wellington Road (PO Box 64),
Clayton, VIC 3168, Tel: 03 9 905 4318 Fax: 03 9 905 4302 www.med.monash.edu.au
University
of Melbourne
Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Gratton Street, Parkville, VIC
3052 Tel: 03 9 344 5894 Fax: 03 9 347 7854 www.unimelb.edu.au
Queensland:
The
University of Queensland Medical School,
Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane QLD 4006 Tel: 07 3 365 5316
Fax: 07 3 365 5433 www.uq.edu.au
James Cook
University,
School of Medicine, Townsville QLD 4811 Tel: 07 4 781 6232 Fax: 07 4 781
6986 www.jcu.edu.au
Tasmania:
University
of Tasmania
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart,
TAS 7000.(or GPO Box 252-71) Tel: 03 6 226 4860 Fax: 03 6 226 4816 www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/medschool/index.html
New
South Wales:
University
of Newcastle
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308 Tel:
02 4 921 5678 Fax: 02 4 921 5669 www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmhs
University
of New South Wales
The Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, PO Box 1,
Kensington, NSW 2033 tel: 02 9 385 2454 Fax: 02 9 385 1874 www.unsw.edu.au
University
of Sydney
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006,
Tel: 02 9 351 4579 Fax:
02 9 351 3196 www.usyd.edu.au
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA:
University
of Western Australia
The School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, 1st
Floor, N Block, Queen Elixabeth Medical Centre, Monash Avenue, Nedlands WA
6009 Tel: 08 9 346 3876 Fax: 08 9 346 2369 www.meddent.uwa.edu.au
NEW
SOUTH WALES
Sydney:
There Is a fantastic web site: www.health.nsw.gov.au
which gives a tremendous amount of detail as to hospitals, G.P.
surgeries and medical schools througout NSW. It provides comprehensive
details on jobs for G.P.s, specialists, nurses and other health
professionals, especially In areas of need. Another useful website for the
area north of Sydney Is the Hunter health site: www.hunter.health.nsw.gov.au
UNIVERSITIES
IN SYDNEY:
There
are two universities based in Sydney: the University of New South Wales and
the University of Sydney.
University
of New South Wales: Faculty
of Medicine, Anzac Parade, Sydney 2052 www.unsw.edu.au (Elective Co-ordinator,
Faculty of Medicine UNSW Tel: 02 9385 2454 Fax: 9385 1874). Hospitals
associated include:
c
St Vincent’s
c St George’s
c Prince of Wales Hospital
c Sydney Children’s Hospital
c Womens Hospital
c Liverpool Hospital
University of Sydney: The
Secretary, Faculty of Medicine, Edward Ford Building (A27), University of
Sydney, NSW 2006 Tel: 02 9351
3132 Fax: 02 9351 6645 www.usyd.edu.au
. Hospitals associated include:
c
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Home to the Central Clinical School)
c Royal North Shore Hospital
(Part of Northern Clinical School www.ncs.usyd.edu.au)
c Concord Hospital
c Westmead Hospital
c Nepean Hospital
c Children’s Hospital at
Weastmead
c Canberra Hospital (see
Australian Capital Territory)
To
do a medical elective at any of the above hospitals you have to write to the
affiliated clinical school (not the university as used to be the case) For
example, the Northern Clinical School is affiliated with Hornsby
Hospital, Manly Hospital, Mona Vale Hospital, Royal North Shore
Hospital, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Ryde Hospital and
The Tweed Hospital - they will only accept elective applications
made through the clinical school.
Apply EARLY. Most schools have downloadable forms and links can be found
from: www.medfac.usyd.edu.au and click
on Educational programmes then electives
for University of Sydney. For the Northern Clinical School you
should check out: www.ncs.usyd.edu.au
and e-mail jgoyen@med.usyd.edu.au
directly. Visit the UNSW main site for links to their
schools (or look below)
HOSPITALS
AND CLINICAL SCHOOLS AFFILIATED WITH THE UNSW:
St
Vincent’s Hospital
Hospital: Victoria Street,
Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia Tel: (02) 9339 1111 Fax: (02) 9332 4142. www.stvincents.com.au
Clinical
School: Level 9, Cator Building, Victoria St, St Vincent’s Hospital,
Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Tel: (02) 8382 2024 Fax: (02) 8382 3229 Web: www.stvcs.med.unsw.edu.au
e-mail: m.jordan@unsw.edu.au)
St
George’s Hospital
Hospital: Belgrave Street, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia Tel: (02) 9350
1111 Fax: (02) 9350 3960.
Clinical School : Clinical Sciences Building, Short Street, St George
Hospital, Kogarah NSW 2217 Tel: (02) 9350 2992 Fax:
(02) 9350 3998 Web: www.stgcs.med.unsw.edu.au
e-mail: d.reid@unsw.edu.au
Prince
of Wales Hospital
Hospital: High Street, Randwick, Sydney NSW 2031, Australia Tel: (02)
9282 2222 Fax: (02) 9382 2033
Clinical School: 1st Floor, Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of
Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031 Tel: (02) 9382 2645 Fax: (02) 9382 2650
Web: www.powcs.med.unsw.edu.au
e-mail: j.ryall@unsw.edu.au)
Sydney
Children’s Hospital
High Street, Randwick
2031, Sydney, NSW, www.sch.edu.au
Clinical School: Same address Tel: (02) 9382 1799 Fax: (02) 9382 1401
Web: www.swch.med.unsw.edu.au
e-mail: carolyn.green@unsw.edu.au)
Royal
Hospital for Women
Clinical School: Locked Bag 2000, Randwick NSW 2031 Tel: (02) 9382 6777,
Fax: (02) 9382 6444 Web: www.swch.med.unsw.edu.au
e-mail: v.hammond@unsw.edu.au
The
Prince Henry Hospital
Anzac Parade, Little Bay
2036, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tel: (02) 9382 5555 Fax: (02) 9382 5029
The
Liverpool Hospital
Elizabeth Street,
Liverpool 2173, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tel: (02) 9828 3000 Fax: (02) 9828 3307 www.swsahs.nsw.gov.au/livtrauma/
(trauma dept)
Note
the UNSW also has a: School of Rural Health (www.sorh.med.unsw.edu.au),
Wagga Wagga
Base Hospital (HQ), PO Box 5695 Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Tel: (02) 6938 6586
Fax: (02) 6938 6587
HOSPITALS
AND CLINICAL SCHOOLS AFFILIATED
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY:
Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital
Hospital: Missenden
Road, Camperdown, Sydney NSW 2050, Australia Tel: (02) 9515 6111 Fax: (02)
9515 6133. www.cs.nsw.gov.au/rpa
Clinical School: Central Clinical School, RPA same
address. E-mail: duriyev@gmp.usyd.edu.au
The
Royal North Shore Hospital www.nsh.nsw.gov.au/rnsh
Hospital: Pacific
Highway St Leonard’s, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2065 Tel: (02) 9226
7111 Fax: (02) 9926 7779
Clinical School: Northern Clinical School (which also uses Hornsbey, Maly,
Mona Vale and Ryde Hospitals) Is at the RNSH, Same address as above Web: www.ncs.usyd.edu.au
Concord
Hospital
Hospital: Hospital Road
Concord, Sydney, NSW 2005 www.cs.nsw.gov.au/concord
Clinical
School: Concord Repatriation
Hospital, Hospital Rd Concord NSW 2139 Web: www.concord.med.usyd.edu.au
Westmead
Hospital
Hawksbury Road, Westmead,
Sydney 2145, NSW, Australia
Tel: (02) 9845 5555 www.westmead.nsw.gov.au
Clinical School: e-mail:
sondrae@westgate.wh.usyd.edu.au
Nepean
Hospital, PO Box 63,
Penrith 2751, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
The
Children’s Hospital at Weastmead www.chw.edu.au , Hawkesbury
Road, Westmead 2145, Australia
Tel: (02) 9845 0000 Fax: (02) 9845 3489
Sydney
Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Macquaire
Street, Sydney 2000, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9382 7111 Fax: (02) 9382
7320
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN NEW SOUTH WALES:
The
only University outside Sydney in NSW is the
University
of Newcastle –
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, Medical Sciences Bldg Rm
613, Callaghan NSW 2308 Phone:
02 4921 567 Fax: 02 4921 5071 www.newcastle.edu.au
email: Health-Enquiries@newcastle.edu.au
John
Hunter Hospital, Lookout Road, New Lambton, New South Wales Tel: (02)
4921 3000 fax: (02) 4921 3999 www.hunter.health.nsw.gov.au
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Pacific
Street (PO Box 664J), Newcastle 2300, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 4923 6000
Fax: (02) 4923 6204.
Belmont
District Hospital, Croudace Bay Road, Belmont NSW 2280 Telephone
number: (02) 4923 2000 Fax number: (02) 4923 2106
Cessnock
District Hospital, View
Street (PO Box 154), Cessnock NSW 2325 Tel: (02) 4991 0555 Fax: (02)
4991 0563
Kurri
Kurri District Hospital, Lang Street, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327 Tel:
(02) 4936 3200 Fax: (02) 4936 3239
The Maitland Hospital, 550 - 560 High Street, Maitland NSW 2320
Tel: (02) 4939 2000 Fax: (02) 4939 2270
Muswellbrook District Hospital, Brentwood Street (PO Box 120),
Muswellbrook NSW 2333 Tel: (02) 6542 2000 Fax: (02) 6542 2002
Newcastle
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Edith
Street, Waratah 2298, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 4291 1211 Fax:
(02) 4960 2673
Manly
Hospital, Darley Road,
Manley, NSW 2095, Australia Tel: (02) 9977 9611 Fax: (02) 9977 8907.
Broken
Hill Base Hospital, PO
Box 457, 174 Thomas Street, Broken Hill 2880, NSW, Australia Tel: (08) 8088 0333 Fax: (08) 8088 1715.
Wagga
Base Hospital, 20 Docker
Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.
Blue
Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital, Locked
Bag No 2, Katoomba, NSW 2780, Australia.Manning
Base Hospital, PO Box 35,
Taree, NSW 2430, Australia.
OTHER
HOSPITALS:
Auburn
Hospital,
Norval Street, Auburn 2144, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9563 9500 Fax: (02)
9563 9510.
Balmain
Hospital,
Booth Street, Balmain 2041, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9395 2111 Fax: (02)
9395 2119.
Bankstown
Hospital,
Eldridge Road, Bankstown 2200, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9722 8000 Fax: (02)
9722 8316.
Blacktown
Hospital,
Blacktown Road, Blacktown 2148, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9830 8000. Fax:
(02) 9830 8020.
Canterbury
Hospital,
Canterbury Road, Campsie 2194, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9789 9111 Fax: (02)
9789 3450.
Gladesville
Hospital,
Victoria Road, Gladesville 2111, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9477 9123
Fax: (02) 9477 2005.
Hornsby
Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital, Palmerston
Road, Hornsby 2077, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9477 9123 Fax: (02) 9477 2005.
Lismore
Base Hospital,
60 Uralba Street, Lismore 2480, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 6621 8000 (02) 6621
708.
Orange
Base Hospital,
Sale Street, Orange 2800, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 6362 1411 Fax: (02) 6362
0306.
Royal
Womens Hospital, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington
2021, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9382 6111 Fax: (02) 9382 6513.
Rozelle
Hospital,
Cnr Church and Glover Streets, Leichardt 2040, NSW, Australia Tel: (02) 9556
9100 Fax: (02) 9818 5712.
Sutherland
Hospital,
430 Kingsway Street, Caringbah 2299, NSW,
Australia Tel: (02) 9540 7111 Fax: (02) 9540 7197.
Tamworth Base Hospital,
Dean Street, Tamworth 2340, NSW, Australia
Tel: (02) 6766 1722 Fax: (02) 6766 6638.
PRIVATE
HOSPITALS:
Cape
Hawke Community Private Hospital,
Breckenridge Street, Forster 2428, NSW,
Australia Tel: 61 65 546077 Fax: 61 65 558750
www.midcoast.com.au/prof/medical/hosp/chcph.html
Mayo
Private Hospital,
Potoroo Drive, Taree 2430, NSW, Australia Tel: 6165 521466
Fax: 6165 626759 www.midcoast.com.au/prof/medical/hosp/mayo/mayo.html
Sydney
Adventist Hospital, 185
Fox Yalley Road, Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia Tel: 61 2 9487 91 Fax: 61 2
9487 92 www.sah.org.au/sahwelc.htm (The South Pacific flagship of the
Seventh-day Adventist healthcare system. This operates a 324 bed unit.)
The
Hills Private Hospital,
499 Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills 2153, NSW,
Australia Tel: 639 3333 Fax: 639 5950 www.midcoast.com.au/prof/medical/hosp/hills.html
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT:
The
NSW Institute of Forensic Medicine, 42–50
Parramatta Road, PO Box 90, Glebe, NSW 2037 Australia.
VICTORIA
Melbourne
There are two universities in Victoria, one in Melbourne, the other in
Clayton (20km outside Melbourne).
University
of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, University
of Melbourne, Gratton Street, Parkville, VIC 3052 Tel: 03 9 344 5894 Fax: 03
9 347 7854 www.unimelb.edu.au
This has three teaching hospitals.)
Monash
University, The
Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3168 Tel:
03 9 905 4318 Fax: 03 9 905 4302 (4145
beds) www.med.monash.edu.au
HOSPITALS
IN MELBOURNE:
Royal
Melbourne Hospital, 132
Grattan Street, Parkville 3050, Melbourne, Australia Tel: (03) 9342 7031
Fax: (03) 9342 7802 www.mh.org.au
St
Vincent’s Hospital, 41
Victoria Parade, Fitzroy 3065, Victoria, Australia Tel: (03) 8288 2211 Fax:
(03) 9288 3399 www.svhm.org.au
Royal
Children’s Hospital (Affiliated
with the Royal Women’s Hospital) (University of Melbourne) Flemington
Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia Tel: (03) 9345 5522
(Switch) Fax: (03) 9345 5789 www.rch.unimelb.edu.au
Royal
Women’s Hospital, 132
Grattan Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Tel: (03) 9344 2000 Fax:
(03) 9348 1840 www.rch.unimelb.edu.au
Monash
University, The Faculty
of Medicine, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3168,
Australia www.med.monash.edu.au
The
Alfred Hospital, PO Box
315, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia Tel: (03) 9510 2000/2513 Fax: (03) 9276 2222.
Monash
Medical Centre, 246
Clayton Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia www.southernhealth.org.au/mmc
HOSPITALS
IN COUNTRYVICTORIA:
The
Austin Hospital, Studley
Road, Heidelberg 3081 Victoria, Australia Tel: (03) 9496 5000 Fax: (03) 9458
4779
The
Bendigo Hospital, Lucan
Street, PO Box 126, Bendigo, Victoria 3550,
Australia
Warrnambool
and District Base Hospital, Ryot
Street, Warrnambool, Victoria 3280, Australia Tel: (03) 5564 1666 Fax: (03)
5564 9660.
Mornington
Peninsula Hospital/ Frankston Community Hospital, 8–10
Hastings Road, Frankston, Victoria 3199,
Australia Tel: (03) 9783 6077.
Geelong
Hospital, Geelong,
Victoria, Australia.
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN VICTORIA:
Ballarat
Base Hospital,
Drummond Street, Ballarat 3350, Victoria, Australia Tel (03) 5320 4000
Fax: (03) 5333 1562.
Box
Hill and District Hospital,
Nelson Road, Box Hill 3128, Victoria, Australia Tel: (03) 9895 3333 Fax:
(03) 9895 3176
Caufield
Hospital,
260 Kooyong Road, Caufield 3162, Victoria, Australia Tel (03) 9276 6000.
Dandenong
and District Hospital,
David Street, Dandenong 3175. Victoria, Australia
Tel: (03) 9791 6000 Fax: (03) 979 5709.
Fairfield
Hospital,
Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield 3078, Victoria, Australia Tel (03) 9345 5522.
Fax: (03) 9482 6572.
Frankston
Community Hospital,
8–10 Hastings Road, Frankston, Victoria 3199,
Australia Tel: (03) 9783 6077.
Goulburn
Valley Base Hospital,
Shepparton, Victoria 3630, Australia.
Mildura
Base Hospital,
Thirteenth Street, Mildura 3500, Victoria, Australia Tel: (03) 5022 3333
Fax: (03) 5023 3470.
Peter
MacCallum Cancer Clinic, 481 Little Lonsdale
Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Tel: (03) 9641 5555.
Preston
and Northcote Community Hospital,
205 Bell Street, Preston 3072, Australia Tel (03) 9285 2222 Fax: (03) 9487
2524.
Repatriation
General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Banksia St West, Heidelberg 3081, Victoria, Australia Tel (03)
9496 2111 Fax: (03) 9862 3658.
St
George’s Hospital,
283 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101, Australia Tel: (03) 9272 0444.
Tallangatta
Hospital,
Tallangatta, Victoria 3700, Australia.
The
Melbourne Clinic,
130 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia Tel: (03) 9429 4688.
Wangaratta
District Base Hospital,
Green Street, Wangaratta 3677, Victoria, Australia Tel: (03) 5722 0111 Fax:
(03) 5722 0105.
Western
Hospital,
Gordon Street, Footscray 3011, Victoria, Australia Tel (03) 9319 6666 Fax:
(03) 9317 7815.
Wimmera
Base Hospital,
Baillie Street, Horsham 3400, Victoria, Australia Tel (03) 5381 911 Fax:
(03) 5382 0829).
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT:
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Kavanagh
Street, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia Tel: 03 9684 4444.
SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
Adelaide
There
are two universities in South Australia, both in Adelaide.
University
of Adelaide, The Medical School, Frome
Road, Adelaide, SA 5000 Tel: 08 8 303 5193 Fax: 08 8 303 3788 www.health.adelaide.edu.au
(2179 beds)
Flinders
University The School of
Medicine, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, SA 5042,
(or GPO 2100 SA 5001) Tel: 08 8 204 4160 Fax: 08 8 204 5845 www.flinders.edu.au
(775 beds)
The
Royal Adelaide Hospital, North
Terrace, Adelaide 5000, South
Australia Tel: (08) 8222 4000 Fax: (08) 8223 4761 www.rah.sa.gov.au
Adelaide
Women and Children’s Hospital, 72
King William Road, North Adelaide 5006, South Australia Tel: (08) 8204 7000
Fax: (08) 8239 0417 www.wch.sa.gov.au
Flinders
Medical Centre, Bedford
Park, Adelaide, South Australia 5042 Tel: 00618 204 5511 Fax: 00618 204 5450
www.flinders.sa.gov.au
HOSPITALS
OUTSIDE ADELAIDE:
Pika
Wiya Health Service, PO
Box 2021 Port Augusta 5700, South Australia.
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Mount
Gambier Hospital Inc,
Lake Terrace West, Mount Gambier 5290, South Australia
Tel (08) 8724 2211 Fax: (08) 8723 0008.
Queen
Elizabeth Hospital,
Woodville Road, Woodville 5011, South Australia Tel: (08) 8222 6000 Fax:
(08) 8222 6010.
Queen
Victoria Hospital,
160 Fullerton Road, Rose Park 5067, South Australia Tel (08) 8332 4888 Fax:
(08) 8333 9171.
Whyalla
Hospital,
Wood Terrace, Whyalla 5600, South Australia Tel (08) 8645 8300 Fax: (08)
8645 3007.
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane
The Medical School:
The
University of Queensland Medical School,
Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane QLD 4006 Tel: 07 3 365 5316
Fax: 07 3 365 5433 www.uq.edu.au
To do
your elective in Queensland you must
apply to The Postgraduate Medical Education Foundation of Queensland Ltd, at
the above address
The
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston
Road, Herston 4006, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Tel: (07) 3253 8111 Fax:
(07) 3857 4462 www.health.qld.gov.au/royal
The
Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane, Herston
Road, Herston 4006, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Tel: (07) 3253 8111 Fax:
(07) 3857 4462 www.rchf.org.au
The
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Raymond
Terrace, South Brisbane 4101, Queensland,
Australia Tel: (07) 3840 8111/8518 Fax: (07) 3840 3846/1548 www.mater.org.au
Mater
Children’s Hospital, Department
of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
(part of the Mater Misericordiae Hospitals).
Princess
Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich
Road, Woolloongabba 4102, Brisbane, Australia Tel: (07) 3240 2111/5346 Fax:
(07) 3240 2420/5399
MEDICAL
SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS OUTSIDE BRISBANE:
Medical
School:
James
Cook University,
School of Medicine, Townsville QLD 4811 Tel: 07 4 781 6232 Fax: 07 4 781
6986 www.jcu.edu.au - this is a new
medical school and home to the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health
Townsville
General Hospital, Eyre
Street Townsville 4810, Queensland, Australia Tel: (07) 4781 9211 Fax: (07)
4772 1373
Gladstone Hospital,
PO Box 299, Gladstone, Queensland 4680,
Australia.
Mackay Base
Hospital, Bridge Road,
Mackay, Queensland Q4740, Australia
Gold
Coast Hospital, 108
Nerang Street, Southport QLD 4215, Australia
Bundaberg
Base Hospital, Bourbong
Street, Bundaberg 4670, Queensland, Australia Tel: (07) 4152 0222 Fax: (07)
4173 1779.
Rockhampton
Base Hospital, Canning
Street, Rockhampton 4700, Queensland, Australia
Tel: (07)4931 6211.
Cairns
Base Hospital, The
Esplanade, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.
Toowoomba
Base Hospital, Private
Mailbag No 2, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350,
Australia Tel: (076) 316 310 Fax: (076) 391 098.
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN QUEENSLAND:
Ipswich
Hospital, East
Street, Ipswich 4305, Queensland, Australia Tel (07) 3810 1111 Fax: (07)
3812 1419.
Maryborough
General Hospital,
185 Walker Street, Maryborough 4650, Queensland, Australia Tel: (07) 4123
8222 Fax: (07) 4123 1606.
Repatriation
General Hospital, Newdegate
Street, Greenslopes 4120, Queensland, Australia
Tel (07) 3394 7111 Fax: (07) 3394 7745.
Royal
Women’s Hospital,
Bowen Bridge Road, Herston 4006, Queensland, Australia Tel (07) 3253 8111
Fax: (07) 3857 4462.
PRIVATE
HOSPITALS:
Greenslopes
Private Hospital,
Newdegate Street, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia
Tel: 61 7 3394 7284 Fax: 61 7 3394 7789.
Park
Haven Private Hospital,
9–13 Bayswater Road, Hyde Park, Queensland 4812, Locked Bag 913, TMC
Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia Tel: 61 7 422 8822 Fax: 61 7 4721
3365.
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Perth
There
is one University in Western Australia:
University
of Western Australia, The
School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, 1st Floor, N
Block, Queen Elixabeth Medical Centre, Monash Avenue, Nedlands WA 6009 Tel:
08 9 346 3876 Fax: 08 9 346 2369 www.meddent.uwa.edu.au. Currently the
elective fee is around A$250 (£125).
Royal
Perth Hospital, Wellington
Street/Box 2213, Perth 6000, WA Tel: (08) 9224 2244 Fax: (08) 92243511 www.rph.wa.gov.au
Its history traces back to the first colonial hospital in a tent on Garden
Island in June 1829. Today, the 855-bed hospital seeing 67,000 admissions a
year is on two separate sites, in Wellington Street in the City of Perth and
at Shenton Park 8km away (Royal
Perth Hospital, Selby Street, Shenton Park 6008 Tel: (08) 9224 2244 Fax (08)
9224 3511).
Sir
Charles Gardiner Hospital (Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre),
Verdun Street, Nedlands 6009, Perth,
Western Australia Tel: (08) 9346 3333 Fax: (08) 9389 2534 www.scgh.health.wa.gov.au
Princess
Margaret Children’s Hospital, Roberts
Road, Subiaco 6009, Perth, Western Australia Tel: (08) 9340 8222 Fax: (08)
940 8111 www.pmh.wa.gov.au
Fremantle
General Hospital, Alma
Street, Fremantle 6160, Perth, Western Australia. Tel: (08) 9431 3333.
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
Armadale–Kelmscott
Memorial Hospital,
Albany Highway, Armadale 6112 WA Tel: 08 9391 2000.
Bentley
Health Service,
Bentley Hospital, Mills Street, Bentley 6102, WA Tel: 08 9334 3666.
Graylands
Hospital,
Brockway Road, Mt Claremount 6010, WA Tel: 08 9347 6600.
Hawthorn
Hospital,
100 Flinders Street, Mt Hawthorn 6016, WA Tel: 08 9444 8166.
Joondalup
Health Campus,
Shenton Avenue, Joondalup 6027, WA. Tel: 08 9400 9400
Kalamunda
District Community Hospital,
Elizabeth Street, Kalamunda 6076, WA Tel: 08 9293 2122.
King
Edward Memorial Hospital for Women,
Bagot Road, Subiaco 6008, WA Tel: 08 9340 2222.
La
Salle Hospital,
Eveline Road, Middle Swan 6056, WA Tel: 08 9347 5500.
Lemnos
Hospital,
Selby Street, Shenton Park 6008, WA Tel: 08 9382 0760.
Osbourne
Park Hospital,
Osbourne Place, Stirling 6021, WA Tel: 08 9346 8000.
Perth
Dental Hospital,
196 Goderich, Perth 6000, WA Tel: 08 9220 5777.
Repatriation
General Hospital,
Hollywood, Monash Avenue, Nedlands 6009, WA Tel (08) 9346 6000 Fax: (08)
9386 3153.
Rockingham–Kwinana
District Hospital,
Elanora Drive, Rockingham 6168, WA Tel: 08 9527 2777
Royal
Perth Rehabilitation Hospital,
Selby Street, Shenton Park 6008, WA Tel: 08 9382 7171.
Swan
District Hospital,
Eveline Road, Middle Swan 6056, WA Tel: 08 9347 244.
Woodside
Maternity Hospital,
18 Dalgety, Fremantle 6160, WA Tel: 08 9339 1788.
Wooroloo
Hospital,
Linley Valley Road, Wooroloo 6558, WA Tel: 08 9573 1228.
PRIVATE
HOSPITALS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
Attadale
Hospital,
21 Hislop Road, Attadale 6156, WA Tel: 08 9330 1000.
Bethesda
Hospital Inc,
25 Queenslea Drive, Claremont 6010, WA Tel: 00618 9340 6300.
Bicton
Hospital,
220 Preston Point Road, Bicton 6157, WA Tel: 08 9339 1133.
Colin
Street Day Surgery,
51 Colin Street, West Perth 6005, WA Tel: 08 9321 4256.
Freemantle
Kaleeya Hospital,
Staton Road, East Fremantle 6158, WA Tel: 08 9339 1655.
Glengarry
Hospital,
53 Arnisdale Road, Duncraig 6023, WA Tel: 08 9447 0111.
Gosnells
Family Hospital,
2 Hamilton Court, Gosnells 6110, WA Tel: 08 9490 1333.
Hollywood
Private Hospital,
Monash Avenue, WA 6009, Perth, WA Tel: 00618 9346 6000.
Mercy
Hospital,
Thirlmere Road, Mt Lawley 6050, WA.
Mount
Hospital,
150 Mounts Bay Road, Perth 6000, WA Tel: 08 9480 1822.
Mount
Lawley Private Hospital,
14 Alvan, Mount Lawley 6050, WA Tel: 08 9370 2500.
Niola
Private Hospital,
61–69 Cambridge, Leederville 6007, WA Tel: 08 9380 1833.
Perth
Surgicentre,
38 Ranelagh Cresent, South Perth 6151, WA. Tel: 08 9367 4322.
South Perth
Community Hospital Inc, South Terrace, Como
6152, WA Tel: 08 9367 7966.
St
John of God Hospital Murdoch,
100 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch 6150, WA.
St
John of God Hospital Subiaco,
175 Cambridge, Subiaco 6008, WA Tel: 08 9382 6111 Fax: 08 9381 7180.
Stirling
Community Hospital,
32 Spencer Avenue, Yokine 6060, WA Tel: 08 9276 5244.
Undercliffe
Hospital Complex,
20 Coogan Avenue, Greenmount 6056, WA Tel: 08 9294 1211.
USEFUL
ADDRESSES:
Avon
Health Service combining
Northam Regional Hospital (a 40-bed unit) Robinson Street, Northam, WA 6401
Tel: (08) 96901300 Fax: (08) 96901319; York District Hospital (a 12-bed
unit), Trews Road, York, WA 6302 Tel: (08)96411200
Fax: (08)96411706; Avon
Community Heath, 222 Fitzgerald
Street, Northam, WA 6401 Tel: (08) 96225080 Fax: (08) 96222734 www.avon.net.au/~health
Health
Department of Western Australia,
189 Royal Street, East Perth, WA 6004.
The
Government of Western Australia, European Office,
5th Floor, Australia Centre, Corner of Strand and Melbourne Place, London
WC2B 4LG, UK Tel: 020 7240 2881 Fax: 020 7240 6637
NORTHERN
TERRITORY
Darwin:
Royal
Darwin Hospital, Rocklands
Drive, Casuarina 0810, NT, Australia Tel (08) 8922 8888 Fax: (08) 8920 8286 www.royaldarwinhospital.nt.gov.au
Alice
Springs Hospital, Gap
Road/ PO Box 2234, Alice Springs 0870, NT,
Australia Tel: (08) 8951 7777 Fax: (08) 8952 2712.
Tennant
Creek Hospital, PO Box
346, Tennant Creek, NT 0861, Australia Tel: (08) 89 62 3132 Fax: (08) 89 62
4399.
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN TERRITORY:
Katherine
Hospital, Gorge Road,
Katherine 0850, NT, Australia
Tel: (08) 8973 9211 Fax: (08) 8973 9375.
AUSTRALIAN
CAPITAL TERRITORY (ACT)
Canberra
The
Canberra Clinical School, Canberra,
ACT Tel: (02) 6244 3649 Fax: (02) 6281 5616. www.canberrahospital.act.gov.au/education/clinical_school/clinsch.htm
The
Canberra Clinical School is affiliated with the University of Sydney and is
a popular destination for elective students from Europe, Japan, Canada, New
Zealand and Australia itself.
Elective
students can attend a maximum limit of eight weeks (contact the University
of Sydney). There is the University enrolment fee of $100 (£50) (covering
insurance and other costs) and an administration fee of $300 (£150) for
elective periods of up to four weeks, and $500 (£250) for elective periods
of 4–8 weeks. These fees are payable to the Canberra Clinical School
before arrival.
The
Canberra Hospital, Yamba
Drive, Garran 2605, Canberra ACT Tel: (02) 6244 2930 Fax: (02) 6281 3935 www.canberrahospital.act.gov.au
OTHER
HOSPITALS IN ACT:
Calvary
Public Hospital,
Haydon Drive, Bruce, 2617, ACT
Tel (02) 6201 6111 Fax (02) 6252 9201.
Jindalee
Nursing Home,
Goyder Street, Narrabundah 2604, ACT Tel (02) 6295 5511 Fax: (02) 6239 6686
TASMANIA
Tasmania is a large island
off the south coast of Australia. It offers some spectacular scenery and
diving.
University
of Tasmania The Faculty of Medicine,
University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart, TAS 7000.(or GPO Box
252-71) Tel: 03 6 226 4860 Fax: 03 6 226 4816 www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/medschool/index.html
Hospitals
in TASMANIA:
Douglas
Parker Rehabilitation Centre,
31 Tower Road, Newtown, Hobart 7008, TAS Tel: (03) 6228 1801 Fax: (03) 6278
1373.
Launceston
General Hospital,
Charles Street, Launceston 7250, TAS Tel: (03) 6332 7111 Fax: (03) 6332
7018.
Queen
Victoria Hospital (Maternity), Charles
Street, Launceston 7250, TAS Tel : (03) 6337 2777 Fax (03) 6337 2729.
The
Royal Hobart Hospital (General),
48 Liverpool Street, Hobart 7000, TAS Tel: (03) 6222 8308 Fax: (03) 6231
2043.
THE
TORRES STRAITS
Torres
Straits are a group of over 70 islands just north of Cape Horn, Queensland,
Australia. It is not a common elective destination, principally because of
difficulty in finding information and its remote location. This article aims
to give some details of formal organisations on the islands.
Torres
Straits has two hospitals and a number of primary healthcare
facilities.
The
Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Health Service District is run from Thursday
Island Hospital, Douglas Street, PO Box 391, Thursday Island, Queensland
4875 (Tel: 07 4069 0200 (for the health service), 07 4069 1109 (for the
hospital), Fax: +61 7 4069 1603). This is the main hospital for the region,
and it has 36 beds (a 30 bed general ward which contains two high dependency
and four paediatric beds). There is also an eight bed maternity unit and an
accident and emergency department, all of which cater for the needs of the
residents of Thursday Island and the Outer Islands of the Torres Straits
(population about 8500.) The medical superintendent is Dr Peter Holt. There
is an operating suite and emergency, general medical, and maternity
services. Specialist services that are present include diabetes, paediatrics,
adult mental health, and surgery. There are a number of visiting specialties
such as ophthalmology, vascular surgery, and gynaecology
Thursday
Island also has the area's main primary healthcare centre: Thursday
Island Primary Health Care Centre, Douglas Street, PO Box 624, Thursday
Island, Queensland 4875 (Tel: 07 4069 0400, Fax: 07 4069 2045). The director
is Mr Poi Pensio, and the medical superintendent is Dr Wendy Mackay. A
number of other much smaller primary healthcare centres can be found on the
other islands (see map). Contact Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre
for details on visiting the smaller units.
The
second hospital for the region is Bamaga Hospital, Sagaukaz Street,
Queensland 4876 (Tel: 0 7 40 693 166, Fax: 07 40 693 314). This is a new 14
bed hospital providing general medical, emergency, maternity, and paediatric
care. The medical superintendent is Dr John Cleary.
The
main referral hospitals for these regions are: Cairns (850 km), Townsville
(1200 km), and the Royal Brisbane (2900 km). If you are thinking of visiting
these islands for an elective, but don't want to spend your entire time
there, it may well be worth arranging an elective at one of these referral
hospitals and organising a trip with a team that do visiting clinics.
Royal
Flying Doctor Service
Look
under Adventure Medicine
for full details.
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