Registrar Program

A well established teaching practice

We have 30 permanent practitioners, many of whom work across other disciplines in the Albany community, as well as up to 4 registrars, supported by 12 practice nurses.

Our purpose built medical centre has 16 consulting rooms as well as 5 procedure rooms.

Pioneer Health is a well established teaching practice and we take pride in providing outstanding training in the specialty of rural general practice. Pioneer Health has been awarded the WAGPET practice of the year twice. The practice has some 7 GP supervisors and supports procedural training in obstetrics, anaesthetics and skin surgery. Furthermore Pioneer Health has practice expertise in all aspects of general practice including aboriginal health, geriatrics, dermatology, mental health and paediatrics. The practice runs a busy skin cancer service with daily skin surgery lists.

Pioneer Health is also one of the few general practices in Australia that offers phototherapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). At Pioneer Health, prospective GP registrars have the unique opportunity to develop special skills and training in a wide variety of clinical areas. The practice has formal clinical learning sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtimes. Our teaching activities also include the provision of two GP interns and two GP RMO posts at the practice, as well as regular medical student placements. Our practice wide learning culture means that all Pioneer GPs have an “open door policy” which welcomes questions from junior doctors at any time.

Learning Opportunities and Assessments

With a large practice comes a large range of learning opportunities such as

Pioneer Health registrars have weekly one-on-one sessions with their supervisors, plus weekly case studies and corridor learning.

From previous Registrar Program participants...

“If you are interested in GP Obstetrics and would like to work in a supportive environment then I would highly recommend Pioneer Health. Whilst at Pioneer I have had the opportunity to work under the close supervision of David and Carly. The obstetric team is well supported at Pioneer with midwives and a broad range of equipment. It is a busy team and with this comes a great opportunity to develop and consolidate obstetric skills and knowledge.”

DR YEN LO

“Supervisors and senior fellows are available, approachable and accessible. Pioneer Health Albany provides teaching for registrars three times a week in the form of formal teaching, tutorials and a question and answer time with supervisors. Topics discussed in teaching sessions are relevant and applicable to everyday cases. Non-medical support staff have always been extremely helpful. I feel very well-assisted in my daily tasks and have found non-clinical staff both essential and beneficial in my training as a registrar.”

DR RICHIE GRAHAM