2024 Pre-Internship Night 1 by Chen Wang

2024-04-11 09:14:03 UTC

what made you want to work at your current hospital? Or, what helped you make the decision to put your current hospital down as your first choice for internship?

2024-04-11 09:16:39 UTC

How well supported did you feel by the health service during your intern year?

2024-04-11 09:17:21 UTC

did you have to move close to peninsula for internship?

will there be compulsory/unavoidable rotations to places other than Frankston? e.g. Rosebud

2024-04-11 09:18:10 UTC

2024-04-11 09:18:11 UTC

Is paeds rotation available in peninsula in PGY 1 & 2?

2024-04-11 09:19:22 UTC

do you know how many R2 & R3 positions there were in 2023?

Can you comment as to the overtime pay situation at peninsula health?

2024-04-11 09:19:25 UTC

If you go to a rural hospital as an intern is it possible to come back to one of the big four for HMO2?

2024-04-11 09:21:14 UTC

2024-04-11 09:21:21 UTC

in terms of the teaching opportunities you were talking about, are these opportunities for interns to get education, or is it for interns to teach med students formally?

Details please

2024-04-11 09:21:51 UTC

How good is the hot spring discount?

2024-04-11 09:23:51 UTC

If you want to move somewhere else after first year of internship in your current hospital, do you feel like there would be any barriers?

Overtime

2024-04-11 09:24:27 UTC

Have you found that interns at peninsula have to work a lot of overtime due to factors such as understaffing or high patient demand given the large geographical area that peninsula covers?

2024-04-11 09:25:07 UTC

How much overtime did you need to work at your hospital in internship?

Negatives

2024-04-11 09:26:23 UTC

What are some of the honest negatives of working here?

Does the 2 year contract mean we have to stay at the same site for two years? Or can you move after internship?

2024-04-11 09:27:00 UTC

Surg

2024-04-11 09:27:24 UTC

Is there dedicated theatre time for interns?

2024-04-11 09:28:35 UTC

What are some honest negatives of working at the hospital?

Cat 2

2024-04-11 09:29:12 UTC

How does the new system work in terms of matching for cat 2 individuals, would there be reserved spots from the hospitals or it differs between different health services?

2024-04-11 09:29:35 UTC

Do you know how Peninsula filter the internship applications? do you need to put it as top 3 to be considered

Moving post Internship

2024-04-11 09:29:59 UTC

How hard is it to intern at peninsula and then move to a hospital that has some specialties that are not provided at peninsula for HMO2? e.g. the big 4

moving after intern year

2024-04-11 09:31:00 UTC

realistically how easy/hard is it to move to another hospital network after intern/early HMO years?

Rural vs Metro pros and cons? Does going to a metro site really help career progression?

2024-04-11 09:33:04 UTC

Are there any rural rotations in internship in Peninsula?

2024-04-11 09:33:14 UTC

Do you get subsidised parking at your hospital?

2024-04-11 09:33:47 UTC

2024-04-11 09:37:26 UTC

Why did you decide to move for BPT? And why the Alfred?

How easy is it to get an intern position at Peninsula if you have never been there in med school?

2024-04-11 09:38:17 UTC

Do you know if it was very difficult for people to secure an anaesthetic rotation in internship?

2024-04-11 09:38:41 UTC

2024-04-11 09:39:35 UTC

just wondering, how is the busyness of ED measured? we also heard frankston had the biggest ED...?

2024-04-11 09:40:26 UTC

Does northern health prefer melb uni candidates over monash? how many monash students are in the intern cohort

2024-04-11 09:40:35 UTC

are there no barriers to applying to alfred bpt from another hospital?

is there a psych rotation for internship

2024-04-11 09:40:49 UTC

Rotations in internship

2024-04-11 09:40:51 UTC

are you able to get interventional radiology as am intern rotation?

Does St Vincents only consider those who put it in their Top 3 preferences?

2024-04-11 09:42:33 UTC

how high a preference would be 'reasonably high'?

2024-04-11 09:46:47 UTC

How well supported do you feel by your service?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 09:47:09 UTC

Is there any preference filtering (e.g. top 3)?

2024-04-11 09:47:14 UTC

How valuable are your rotations in affecting your decision making regarding specialty interest?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 09:47:37 UTC

From northern straight into BPT

2024-04-11 09:49:38 UTC

How did you go from intern at northern straight to BPT from internship at another health service. I was under the impression that the major centres like Alfred and Monash tend to take their own interns for BPT preferentially.

2024-04-11 09:49:46 UTC

What are the questions you mentioned in the application process?

How hard was it to get to the Alfred for BPT? Would starting at the Alfred have made career progression easier?

2024-04-11 09:50:07 UTC

Do you have any tips for CV construction and do you know whether different hospitals look for different categories within the CV

2024-04-11 09:50:43 UTC

How many priority 2 interns were there last year?

2024-04-11 09:51:08 UTC

2024-04-11 09:51:22 UTC

what was the overtime like? was it paid or unpaid largely?

If you want to do a very specific rotation like neurosurg or cardiothoracics does doing internship at one of the big four really matter? Is it a big disadvantage to go somewhere rural for example?

2024-04-11 09:56:01 UTC

Did you get to scrub in more than you would have at other sites?

2024-04-11 09:56:28 UTC

What do you think are the most important factors when considering which health service is best for you?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 09:56:33 UTC

What are the qualities, skills and achievements of interns most valued in a clinical setting?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 09:56:54 UTC

Are locum shifts available?

2024-04-11 09:57:06 UTC

What were the difficulties in claiming overtime at your health service?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 09:57:15 UTC

How hard would it be to move metro from warnabal for hmo2. e.g. somewhere like the alfred

2024-04-11 09:57:39 UTC

Other VRGP regions

2024-04-11 09:59:08 UTC

How did you decide South West region vs other VRGP regions?

Do you feel like interning regionally made you a better doctor than you would have been if you went metro?

2024-04-11 09:59:17 UTC

Vs Interstate

2024-04-11 10:01:15 UTC

Have you heard much about VRGP vs other RGP across the country?

How difficult was it to find accomodation?

2024-04-11 10:01:17 UTC

2024-04-11 10:02:10 UTC

is it possible to do psych in intern year?

does VRGP mean you must become a GP?

2024-04-11 10:02:29 UTC

ysag0002 — 2024-04-11 10:07:51 UTC

Did you manage to do a lot of procedures like cannula, chest tube, etc.?

Any tips for coverletters and what to include when applying?

2024-04-11 10:11:58 UTC

How did you find stepping up to very long shifts/work hours? Any tips?

2024-04-11 10:12:00 UTC

Why didn't you intern rural or regionally?

2024-04-11 10:12:44 UTC

Was ortho available for interns?

2024-04-11 10:13:34 UTC

does being paper-based make life significantly harder for interns?

2024-04-11 10:14:08 UTC

What recommendations do you have for the CV to get Vinnies? Is there a specific part of the CV they care about more than others?

2024-04-11 10:15:00 UTC

What's minimum number of rural rotations you get to do as an intern?

2024-04-11 10:16:28 UTC

Are there any Cat2, Cat3 interns at St Vincent?

2024-04-11 10:16:34 UTC

This is a bit random but how is the practicality of getting to St V's - can you drive or need to PTV?

2024-04-11 10:17:12 UTC

From the info night just then, they confirmed EMR won't be available next year

2024-04-11 10:18:05 UTC

was there theatre time for interns at St Vs on surgical rotations?

2024-04-11 10:19:18 UTC

Is it okay if no research on CV

2024-04-11 10:19:19 UTC

is it paper based or do they have an EMR?

2024-04-11 10:19:34 UTC

Do you know how the 2 year internship and 2 year contracts changes the ability to leave hospital sites e.g. move to st vincents

2024-04-11 10:20:18 UTC

How hard is it to find research rurally?

2024-04-11 10:21:28 UTC

2024-04-11 10:22:24 UTC

Do you feel that staff from diverse backgrounds (eg. people from the queer community) are welcome at St V's? Please don't take this the wrong way, I have never heard any negative comments in this regard, I just did not see diversity being discussed in their info night.

Catholic

2024-04-11 10:25:54 UTC

Does st vs regulate OCP distribution and TOPs? How does it affect delivery of care for female pts in comparison to something like Monash Health?

What made you decide to do internship at the Austin?

2024-04-11 10:26:17 UTC

cover letter tips? what to include?

2024-04-11 10:26:49 UTC

Does Austin have Paeds or Psych rotation?

2024-04-11 10:29:03 UTC

As someone with interest in Endocrinology are there any benefits to interning at Austin over other sites?

2024-04-11 10:30:36 UTC

2024-04-11 10:30:38 UTC

How is the culture at Austin? Are workforce and other medical staff supportive?

How well supported do you feel by your service?

cwan0129 — 2024-04-11 10:30:39 UTC

O&G

2024-04-11 10:30:40 UTC

Is there O&G exposure at the Austin?

does austin only consider top 3 preferences?

2024-04-11 10:31:09 UTC

2024-04-11 10:31:53 UTC

Do most people commute or live near the hospital instead?

can you opt out of the bubble tea and food....

2024-04-11 10:31:55 UTC

a lot of people confirm that overtime is paid. but is there anywhere that they dont pay overtime? and what's the barrier to that?

2024-04-11 10:32:48 UTC

was there theatre time for interns on surgical rotations?

2024-04-11 10:34:04 UTC

What kind of intern are ther looking for in the applications?

2024-04-11 10:35:15 UTC

Do all hospital networks have locum shifts available for interns?

2024-04-11 10:35:49 UTC

Are locum shifts available to interns?

2024-04-11 10:36:11 UTC

How many Cat2 and cat3 applicants usually get in?

2024-04-11 10:36:49 UTC

Do you need to have Austin in your top 3 to be considered?

2024-04-11 10:36:54 UTC

2024-04-11 10:37:10 UTC

Did you feel involved and a valuable part of the team

are there any Cat2, Cat interns at Austin?

2024-04-11 10:37:54 UTC

does western filter applications to those that preferenced it as top 3/5?

2024-04-11 10:41:24 UTC

What's the culture like?

2024-04-11 10:41:38 UTC

why did you chose western?

2024-04-11 10:41:42 UTC

What salary (a range) can you realistically expect to make in internship?

2024-04-11 10:41:59 UTC

How did you find being a Monash student at a Melbourne placement site

2024-04-11 10:42:15 UTC

Are there any Cat2, Cat3 interns at Western?

2024-04-11 10:42:22 UTC

What did you emphasize in your cover letter to go to western, esp coming from Monash and having not been placed there

2024-04-11 10:42:37 UTC

Is western better at leaning towards bpt, surg, critc care etc?

2024-04-11 10:43:11 UTC

2024-04-11 10:44:14 UTC

what type of demographic do you see at western?

are there research opportunities at western?

2024-04-11 10:45:35 UTC

When you say lack of handholding, how does that look as an intern?

2024-04-11 10:45:37 UTC

Reason for choosing Western Health

2024-04-11 10:46:37 UTC

What was the primary driver for your decision to apply to Western Health?

What portion of interns do a rural rotation?

2024-04-11 10:46:55 UTC

Did you still get much of a life outside of interning while at western

2024-04-11 10:47:14 UTC

can you preference sunshine vs footscray hospital for rotations? (Western)

2024-04-11 10:48:53 UTC

Is it true that living location and being multilingual is more favourable for applications to Western Health?

2024-04-11 10:49:04 UTC

Some hospitals only offer 2 year contracts - do you know if it's possible to move after 1 year at these sites?

2024-04-11 10:53:24 UTC

Can we only preference 3 health services for intern applications? Thx

2024-04-11 10:54:45 UTC

is there any data on number of spots for Cat2 (int students) in any health service?

2024-04-11 10:55:38 UTC

2024-04-11 10:57:41 UTC

are there any reserved spots for cat 2 or are cat 2 only offered spots that are left over after cat 1s are allocated

Is not having research a big deal

2024-04-11 10:58:45 UTC

do we have to write about placements? on our CV

2024-04-11 10:58:57 UTC

2024-04-11 10:59:03 UTC

For cat 2 applicants, how likely is it to get first or second preference? I've been hearing people get their 7th and 8th preferences etc :(

For the CV, if you have done an honours year, can you list it in both the qualifications and research sections?

2024-04-11 10:59:20 UTC

2024-04-11 11:01:14 UTC

Do I have to do overtime? Is going home on time an option?

2024-04-11 11:01:18 UTC

How do you know who to address in your cover letter - can you write "dear whom it may concern"

Is it really true that hospitals preference students that have had placements there? I have heard very mixed things about this...

2024-04-11 11:02:23 UTC

2024-04-11 11:02:34 UTC

I've heard it's best to keep your CV to 4 pages and not to elaborate much on individual CV items - would this be accurate?

Is it bad to use a reference from 4th year e.g. gp?

2024-04-11 11:05:42 UTC

Is it really bad to have both references from the same rotation. What if you have 2 amazing ones from the same rotation?

2024-04-11 11:06:12 UTC

2024-04-11 11:12:23 UTC

How important is choosing your internship location, especially in regards to getting a job/moving hospitals PGY2 and beyond?

Some sites only offer 2 year contracts. Does this mean you cannot leave after 1 year?

2024-04-11 11:12:47 UTC

Is it true that we need 'perfect' 4/4 references to be considered competitive? Do you know of candidates that didnt have all 4s that still got internship jobs at more competitive health services?

2024-04-11 11:14:09 UTC