Thirty-nine new medical interns began work at Logan Hospital last month, embarking on a career landscape that will forever be influenced by a global pandemic.
The interns completed a unique and physically distanced orientation program in early January, with all 39 new doctors now settled into their rotations in various specialties for a defining year that will determine the direction of their medical career.
Director of Clinical Training, Dr Sue Shiels said Logan Hospital was a highly sought-after training ground for the next generation of doctors who were able to experience a fabulous case mix in one of the most culturally diverse areas of Australia.
“Logan Hospital continues to be highly preferenced for intern positions which rotate through specialties in Emergency, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mental Health and a range of sub-specialties” Dr Shiels said.
“We know that our interns feel incredibly supported at Logan Hospital and that they enjoy the broad range of exposure they have to patients of all ages and cultures.
“We also continue to find that 90 per cent of interns return for Junior House Officer training positions following their introduction to medicine.”
Dr Shiels said Logan Hospital maintained an outstanding reputation for clinical training as well as a leading reputation in digital hospital management and innovation – often a key factor influencing preferences chosen by new interns.
