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Third Year in the [Rock] hamptons. Getting there. Flights: $180 return, down to $130 when on sale Car: $60 for petrol one way. Rockhampton. Population: 62,000 Beef Capital of Australia Biggest town in Central Queensland. Rockhampton Base Hospital. Services all of Central Queensland - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Third Year in the [Rock]hamptons
Getting there▪ Flights: $180 return, down to
$130 when on sale
▪ Car: $60 for petrol one way
Rockhampton
▪ Population: 62,000
▪ Beef Capital of Australia
▪ Biggest town in Central Queensland
Rockhampton Base Hospital▪ Services all of Central Queensland
▪ 246 beds, employs 200 doctors
▪ Specialist services in ear, nose and throat surgery, gynaecology, orthopaedics, urology, obstetrics, oncology, paediatrics and psychiatry
▪ New 9 level building that will house Integrated Cancer Centre, 20 oncology beds, 32 generic beds ready by end of 2014
▪ Stocklands▪ Next byte, K-mart, Portmans
▪ Bunnings, Amart Allsports
▪ 24 hour gym 5 mins away▪ $400/year
▪ Classes (pump, body attack etc.), 50m pool, squash court
Accommodation
▪ Units on 78 Canning Street▪ 4 people per unit
▪ Fully furnished
▪ 2 car ports under house
▪ $500 per semester
▪ King Single bed
▪ Corkboard, shelves
▪ Bed-side table
▪ Each room has an ensuite
▪ Guest bathroom downstairs
Bedrooms
▪ Can borrow all core textbooks for the rotation
▪ Study rooms
▪ 24 hour access
▪ Marg, the librarian, is thebest
Library
Common Room
▪ Ping pong table!
▪ 4 computers
▪ Printer
▪ Desks and chairs to study
▪ Whiteboard
Can easily live in Rockhampton without a car▪ Mental Health, Surgery and Med rotations are all at the hospital
▪ GP rotation can be done at Allenstown (walking distance)
▪ Rocky Show
(comes with a Public Holiday)
▪ Rockhampton Zoo and Botanic Gardens
▪ Mt Archer
▪ Byfield
▪ Yeppoon
▪ Great Keppel Island
▪ Capricorn Caves
▪ Blackdown Tableland National Park
Rotations in Third Year▪ 5 students per rotation
▪ Mental health▪ Ward, Acute care, Adolescent Service, Geriatric, Outpatient clinic
▪ Surgery▪ Scrub in and assist in every surgery
▪ Medicine▪ You will become a part of the medical team, not just an observer
▪ GP▪ Placement organized for you by RCS
The Bad▪ Being away from Brisbane
▪ Furthest RCS from Brisbane means it isn’t possible to go home every weekend.
▪ Not all specialties are offered at the hospital (more of an issue if you stay for 4th year).
▪ More complex cases are often transferred to Brisbane.