Community Service Reviews

CMSA Accreditations: None

Rural Allowance: Yes

Duration of Rotation: 12 months

Doctors Quarters:

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Academics:

• Teaching mostly comes from grand ward rounds once a week, but is dependent on the team (mostly comm serves and mos) contributing. When referring patients to other hospitals some consultants might teach on the phone during a consult.

Supervision:

• You will be placed in a section in the hospital where you might work with a team (1 or 2 other doctors) or you might be in a department alone. You will be responsible for your patients and their care. No one will check up on you unless a complaint is raised.

Clinical Exposure:

• The nearest referral hospital is ±2 hours away. You may deal with complicated patients for hours until transport arrives to a higher facility. Large range of conditions seen.

Departments worked in:

• Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, Emergency Department, OPD’s – Calls are ± 4-5 per month depending on staff allocations. 3 doctors on call per night – emergency, wards and anaesthetics (if there are theatre cases). Surgeries done – c-sections and ectopics. You’ll be expected to cut. They will teach you in the beginning if you’re not comfortable. You can rotate through departments and maybe stay longer in a certain department if you can motivate.

Social Scene:

• Extremely rural area. Closest town is 1 hour away and is also quite small.

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