Specialty Profiles
Dr Natalie Fraser - Hospital Medical Officer, Melbourne
This section is designed to introduce you to the many specialties currently available to Australian doctors. The number of options continues to grow, and it is not always possible to get first-hand experience in every field. Each specialty profile will give you insight into life as a trainee and consultant, and is focused on those factors which are likely to affect your decision making in the future.
How to use this section
The first page of each profile offers you an introduction to the specialty, and an overview of the information available for further browsing. Each section includes helpful information on
- The workplace
- Doctor-patient relationship
- Intellectual content
- Lifestyle and practice options
- Medical indemnity
- Training program
- Application process
- Length of training
- Costs of training
- Availability/competition for training positions
- Flexibility in training
The specialty profiles currently available include Anaesthetics, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Paediatrics, Pathology, Physicians, Psychiatry, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Sports Medicine and Surgery.
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Case Study
Dr. Mary Wyatt, Occupational and Environmental Medicine consultant
Name: Dr. Mary Wyatt, Occupational and Environmental Medicine consultant
Career stage: Consultant
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Position: Occupational and Environmental Medicine consultant
Medical Specialty: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
What are some of the things you enjoy most about being in your specialty?
Occupational Physicians work in many areas. We consult to and work with business, and through that work have a fabulous opportunity to see how the world works. Half of what we deal with is medicine, and the rest is the interface between people, systems, and workplaces. The best thing about our work is the variety. Work extends from care of an individual patient, to influencing managers, to working at a strategic level. One day I will be visiting a company that makes glass beer bottles ...
What are some of the challenges of being in your specialty?
Not many people know what an Occupational Physician is or does. Even my mother asked one day, even though I had been working in the field for about eight years. ...Read more »
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- 30.04.09 | New Northern Territory health board announced for Arnhem Land
- 25.04.09 | Statistics released on the Indigenous health labour force
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- 03.03.09 | New Northern Territory health board announced for Arnhem Land
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