A NEW intake of junior doctors has started work at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
They are among 29 medical interns assigned to the Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD).
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“Interns are a core component of our medical care teams… and play an important role in caring for our communities,” MNCLHD Acting Chief Executive Jill Wong said.
“They are the future of our healthcare system, and we wish them a long and rewarding career.”
Interns are medical graduates who have completed their degree and are undertaking supervised on-the-job training before becoming independent practitioners.
The new doctors will share duties across the public hospitals and health services of the Hastings and Macleay Clinical Network as part of a statewide training program.
As interns, they receive two-year contracts to rotate between metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals to ensure a diversity of experiences.
They will rotate across different specialties in each hospital, including surgery, medicine and emergency medicine.