GPEx is proud to have a number of female GP Registrars in its training program, and today celebrates the role these female GPs and Registrars have in their local communities, especially in regional and rural South Australia. GPEx also has a number of female Medical Educators, who educate and support the next generation of GPs.
Here are some of their stories:
Dr Donna Weckert
Donna is a Rural Generalist Registrar based in Port Augusta with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The community she services is diverse and spread over a vast geographical area, incorporating townships, station folk and Aboriginal communities. As a result, Donna travels around some of the most remote parts of South Australia providing care across the spectrum of medicine, including emergency medicine, day-to-day illnesses and chronic conditions, and aeromedical retrievals.
Dr Sophie Rymill
Sophie is a Rural Generalist based in Naracoorte, who has advanced skills in anaesthetics which compliments her general practice work. As a result, she is able to provide anaesthetic services for community members requiring surgical procedures, from colonoscopies to joint replacements and caesareans. This allows these individuals and their families to access the care they need locally without needing to travel long distances.
Dr Amelia Woods
Amelia is a GP Registrar who is currently working in an Aboriginal Family clinic based at Noarlunga Hospital.
Amelia decided to work as a GP because she felt it was one of the most productive ways she could work with underprivileged groups in her areas of special interests – mental health, sexual health, and addiction medicine.
This year, she has two research roles, a clinical role in an Aboriginal Medical Service, an after-hours job in forensic sexual health, and an 8-month-old to raise!