In this podcast
produced by onthewards, founder Dr James Edwards, talks with a panel from Sydney’s
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, on what it means to be a good intern. The diverse
panel of medical and allied health staff includes Dr Ken Liu, Liver Transplant
Fellow, Bridget Barbaro, Acting Nursing Unit Manager and Amy Freeman-Sanderson,
Senior Speech Pathologist. Internship can be a steep learning curve; listen to
the panel’s insights on what skills are required to be a good intern including
professionalism, organisation and asking for help.
Avant and onthewards
partnership
Avant has partnered with onthewards, a free open access medical education
website dedicated to creating resources for the doctors of today and
tomorrow. onthewards was developed to address the gap in
formal education specifically designed for, and aimed at, medical students and
junior doctors. Educational topics are selected by junior doctors for junior
doctors.
What started as podcasts for junior
doctors at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital grew into a website available to
everyone after increasing interest from doctors across different hospitals
expressed their interest. Avant and onthewards have committed to working more
closely together to develop risk management content tailored for junior
doctors.
Avant sponsors onthewards as part of
our strategic partnerships program.
The podcast has been republished with
the permission of onthewards. The views expressed do not
necessarily represent the views of Avant. Avant is not responsible for the
accuracy of any information contained in the podcast.
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