Geriatric Medicine Advanced Training in CairnsDr Eddy StrivensRegional GeriatricianFar North QueenslandAustralia

The Final Frontier

Cairns Base HospitalTertiary Teaching HospitalClinical school of James Cook UniversityTeaching and research opportunities

What Cairns has to Offer?Up to 12 month Core training in Geriatric MedicineAccredited AT SupervisorRotation options including Outreach, ACAT cover, Rehabilitation, Acute General and Geriatric MedicineNew mobile GEM program to commence in 2009

ResearchPrevious projects include work on Indigenous Aged Care, Orthogeriatrics and Models of Service DeliveryRecently completed a validation study of an Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool

OutreachOpportunities to participate in Outreach Geriatrics to Cape York, the Torres Strait and Western TablelandsOutreach procedural General Medicine terms may also be arranged

LifestyleReef, rainforest, outback all within a dayInternational airport with cheap daily flights to most capital cities and easy access to Asia and beyond6th fasted growing city in AustraliaGreat nightlife, restaurants and local food

ContactsPlease dont hesitate to contact one of us if interested in pursuing a year in the Tropics

(P.S. If youre feeling cold down South as winter deepens, its a clear, sunny 24 deg C here today!

Edward_Strivens@health.qld.gov.au (Geriatrician)0417 607 891Peter_Boyd@health.qld.gov.au (Director of Medicine) Ashim_Sinha@health.qld.gov.au (DPT)