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Developing visiting surgical services for rural and remote Australian communities
Author(s) -
Kierath Anthony,
Hamdorf Jeffrey M,
House Anthony K,
House Jill
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb139027.x
Subject(s) - schedule , medicine , service (business) , work (physics) , nursing , healthcare service , family medicine , health care , medical emergency , management , business , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , marketing , law , economics
The University Department of Surgery at Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (Perth, Western Australia) has undertaken a pilot project to provide surgical services to country communities where no such service exists. Three surgeons undertake a regular schedule of appointments, and are accompanied by final‐year medical students to give them experience with common conditions rarely managed in teaching hospitals. The service is supported by a central administrative office and coordinated by a general practitioner, who negotiates with the regional healthcare providers. Patients are referred by their general practitioner, who may work with the surgeon as anaesthetist or surgical assistant