Dunedoo and Gulgong residents are benefiting from a program which will allow doctors to remain in the local community while gaining additional knowledge and skills in specialist general practice.
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Dr Moataz Shaghi of Dunedoo’s Family Medical Service, and Dr Eman Al Hafed, who works out of both Gulgong’s and Dunedoo’s Multi-Purpose Services, will be participating in the federally-funded Remote Vocational Training Scheme [RVTS] program.
The pair are among 31 doctors nationwide who have been accepted into the RVTS program this year, joining more than 110 other doctors currently in the program.
“The primary focus of the RVTS program is to retain GPs in rural,” RVTS CEO Dr Pat Giddings said.
“Doctors who train with RVTS gain access to the latest advances in rural general practice without having to leave their patients and move to another centre, a boost to both the community and themselves.”
"Many rural doctors work in relative isolation and are in locations where the medical services would be substantially compromised if they were required to undertake specialist GP training away from their community.”
