What are the true costs of training pathways?
How much does it really cost a doctor to specialise, including tuition and exam fees, time commitments and the impact on life outside medicine?
In the latest episode of the Doctor What? Doctor Where? Podcast, What are the True Costs of Training Pathways?, three doctors at different stages of their careers discuss the difficult decisions they have had to make around family planning and delayed career progression. They also look at the opportunities that training in regional Victoria has given them, including highly supportive workplaces, funding options and flexibility.
Episode guests
- Dr Sumudu Welikumbura, a general surgical registrar who is currently balancing training with parenting.
- Associate Professor Janelle Brennan, Urologist at Bendigo Health and Director of the North West Victoria Regional Training Hub.
- Dr Madeleine Leung, a rural psychiatrist who completed her training in at the Mildura Base Public Hospital
Resources
- For more information about the study and training opportunities across regional Victoria, head to the Monash Rural Health website.
- The North West Victoria and Gippsland Regional Training Hubs have commissioned this podcast to help medical students and junior doctors learn more about training and practising medicine in regional Australia. Find your nearest Regional Training Hub.
The Doctor What? Doctor Where? Stories of Rural Medicine podcast is produced by Monash Rural Health’s Regional Training Hubs and supported by the Department of Health, Ageing and Disability’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Program.