Training

With the opening of the new clinic on Sydney Street the practice has reinstated its training accreditation. Dr Paul Lanham is the lead trainer with support from Drs John Scott, Bryan Palmer  and John Harris. General Practice trainees or "Registrars" are qualified doctors who are carrying out their final training to become General Practitioners under supervision. These doctors are usually with the practice for six months. The practice has also recent begun training nursing students who are on placement from Nambour General Hospital.

Our current GP trainee who joined us in January 2008 is Dr Mark Zischke who graduated from the University of Queensland in 2001. He was based at Nambour Hospital in 2002 for his intern year then completed 3 years of contractual service under the Queensland Health Rural Scholarship Scheme. During this time he was based at Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Emerald and Kingaroy plus surrounding smaller regions from these. Before commencing General Practice training he also completed a further year at Redcliffe Emergency. Mark is in his final 12 months of General Practice training and will be based at Nambour.