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Hume

Hume

Hume is a fast-growing region in Victoria with a social and cultural fabric and heritage to match its natural beauty. The region boasts some of the great wineries of Australia and is nestled among snowfields such as Mount Buller, Mount Hotham and Falls Creek.

Life in Hume

Watch: Explore life in Hume in the Victorian Rural Generalist Program

Hume Lifestyle

The Hume Region provides you with an opportunity to live and work where many people choose to holiday.

You can soak up the great outdoors on the extensive track and trail networks, and enjoy the waterways and the snowfields. The region features award-winning wineries and historic townships.

There are food and wine festivals equal to anything you will find in metropolitan Victoria. If you enjoy sport there are outstanding golf courses and an abundance of water activities along the mighty Murray River.

Our Training Program

Trainees with the Hume Region Rural Generalist training program have high levels of hands-on clinical experience and training and the opportunity to work in a variety of settings, including rural procedural General Practice and small rural hospitals.

RG1

Known locally as the Murry to the Mountains Intern Program, RG1s complete hospital rotations at Albury Wodonga Health or Northeast Health Wangaratta across General Medicine, General Surgery and Emergency Medicine to Intern training requirements. Both health services have outstanding workplace culture and welcoming communities.

The 20-week extended community-based rotations will be completed at one of nine participating GP clinics based in some of Victoria’s most beautiful locations, such as Benalla, Cobram, Kyabram, Mansfield, Mount Beauty/Falls Creek and Yarrawonga.

The RG1 Training Program includes a series of rural generalist skills workshops and medical education online tutorials, which are mandatory components and feature renowned presenters on a variety of relevant topics. The skills workshops are hands on and always well received.

Medical Education tutorials are delivered from RCH Paediatricians and other Specialist Geriatricians with topics based around the rural environment covering common presentations you will come across in your rotations.

RG1s will also present at one Clinical Grand Round and one Clinical Review Meeting in the General Practice/Rural Health Service rotation.

RG2

RG2 rotations are available at Albury Wodonga Health, Goulburn Valley Health and Northeast Health Wangaratta. They are specifically selected rotations to prepare trainees for Rural Generalist medicine and to meet college requirements.

RG2 GP rotations will be completed at one of our nine participating GP clinics in locations such as Benalla, Cobram, Kyabram, Mansfield, Mount Beauty/Falls Creek and Yarrawonga.

Pathways in development

Hume Region offers RG pathways in Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, Palliative Care, Paediatrics and Remote Medicine. Posts being developed include Mental Health and Adult Internal Medicine. The region works closely with the University of Melbourne, University of NSW, regional training hubs, Murray City Country Coast GP Training, rural and regional health services, Murray Primary Health Network and General Practices to deliver comprehensive support for RG Training.

Hume RG Coordinator

Contact for further information: Joelene Mitchell | hume2@vicruralgeneralist.com.au

"As a former M2M intern I was introduced to the people and culture of north-east Victoria in the best possible way, and I’ve loved it here ever since. I had access to great hands-on practical learning throughout my internship with supervision and guidance from some of the finest experts in the country"

Dr Christopher McCue, FACRRM

"Living and training rurally has provided me with unparalleled education and career development and a sense of home and community. Rural Generalist training appeals to me because of the diversification of practice and the ability to build strong relationships with the community"

Dr Krystal Green, M2M intern 2020, RG2 2021, born and raised in the Goulburn Valley.

"Rural Generalist placements put you in the driver’s seat of problem-solving undifferentiated presentations such as emergencies, complex and chronic health, Obstetrics, Surgery and Mental Health under the supervision of highly skilled rural General Practitioners"

Dr Jonathon Holt, M2M intern 2020, RG2 2021

During my Intern year we were able to travel to paid clinical skills sessions which were of the highest quality and sought after by doctors and GPs not part of the M2M programme. Personally they have served me extremely well particularly whilst working as one of the few doctors in ED overnight in my resident year. The M2M team provide ongoing and significant supports for each of the participants, which is unique experience. This support extends beyond the internship year and is a testament to the holistic view of the M2M programme.

Personally, I did not always have the goal to venture to regional practice unlike my colleagues, but through fortuitous outcomes, I have been come to love regional service. The breadth of experience/presentations, the ability to be hands on, and the access to directed training and supervision has fast-tracked my development as a junior doctor, which is only assessable once I speak with my metropolitan counterparts. Clinical skills such as placing femoral blocks, plaster casts, responding to and running Code Blues, and helping to run an emergency department overnight (as a resident) are just some ways I have benefited and grown whilst working regionally.

Dr Nufail Khan, M2M intern 2019, RG2 2020, RGA (Peadiatrics) 2021

Available Placements

Use this interactive map to learn about the health services and general practices within the Hume region.