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Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in Cairns

Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in Cairns. Dr Eddy Strivens Regional Geriatrician Far North Queensland Australia. The Final Frontier. Cairns Base Hospital. Tertiary Teaching Hospital Clinical school of James Cook University Teaching and research opportunities.

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Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in Cairns

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  1. Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in Cairns Dr Eddy Strivens Regional Geriatrician Far North Queensland Australia

  2. The Final Frontier

  3. Cairns Base Hospital • Tertiary Teaching Hospital • Clinical school of James Cook University • Teaching and research opportunities

  4. What Cairns has to Offer? • Up to 12 month Core training in Geriatric Medicine • Accredited AT Supervisor • Rotation options including Outreach, ACAT cover, Rehabilitation, Acute General and Geriatric Medicine • New mobile GEM program to commence in 2009

  5. Research • Previous projects include work on Indigenous Aged Care, Orthogeriatrics and Models of Service Delivery • Recently completed a validation study of an Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool

  6. Outreach • Opportunities to participate in Outreach Geriatrics to Cape York, the Torres Strait and Western Tablelands • Outreach procedural General Medicine terms may also be arranged

  7. Lifestyle • Reef, rainforest, outback all within a day • International airport with cheap daily flights to most capital cities and easy access to Asia and beyond • 6th fasted growing city in Australia • Great nightlife, restaurants and local food

  8. Contacts • Please don’t hesitate to contact one of us if interested in pursuing a year in the Tropics (P.S. If you’re feeling cold down South as winter deepens, it’s a clear, sunny 24 deg C here today! • Edward_Strivens@health.qld.gov.au (Geriatrician) • 0417 607 891 • Peter_Boyd@health.qld.gov.au (Director of Medicine) • Ashim_Sinha@health.qld.gov.au (DPT)

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