Friday, September 23, 2005
` Friday, September 23, 2005
Woah! Just came back today from a week at Port Augusta. It sure has been a great experience over all. I'm now more aware of the aspect of rural medicine and its workings. Well just a quick look at what has been going on...
Day 1(Monday 19 Sept)
Arrived at Port Augusta and had a quick orientation of the Hospital and a bus tour of town facilites. Checked in at accomodation: Standpipe Motel. Had a sumptuous dinner with choice of beef schnitzel or indian curry or fish fillet.
Day 2(Tuesday 20 Sept) Visited Nerrilda Nursing Home and Ramsey Village. Had an afternoon of suturing, cannulation, venipuncture and intubation at the old hospital. Continued by drug and alcohol talk and a geriatrics talk. Followed by dinner bbq and had a chat with guest speakers at Standpipe. Really good talk with Fiona who introduced us to the world of Aborigines.
Day 3(Wednesday 21 Sept)
Had an entire day of Cultural Awareness Day. Spent a whole day at the Port Augusta Yacht Club. Ended off with a indian dinner again!! Life sure is good eh..
Day 4(Thursday 22 Sept) Split into multi disciplinary teams: Attached with Johnny, physiotherapist under Acute and Rehab at Port Augusta Hospital. Spent the morning with him. Visited Flying Doctor Service Base and IMVS for the afternoon. Had a farewell dinner with rural doctors, 4th and 5th year medical students. Interacted with them and found out a lot more about rural medicine. Enjoyed this thoroughly.
Day 5(Friday 23 Sept) Packed up and back to Adelaide!
Basically, looking back at the week, it has passed really quickly but it was really enriching. Got to know a lot more about the Aboriginal people culture. Changed my perspective of rural medicine totally!! Well, another week of holidays to go before school starts again!!