Careers and Training

Our location, in the heart of Bendigo’s health education and research precinct alongside Monash Rural Health Bendigo, La Trobe University’s Rural Health School and Bendigo Hospital, puts us at the centre of medical training and excellence, offering unique opportunities for collaboration, research and career development.

We employ the largest and most experienced team of certified educators, mentors and supervisors in regional Victoria. Experts in their field with certification in health and professional education, they guide and challenge our students and registrars helping bring out their best. Students work with the majority of GPs, but establish strong working relationships with our accredited supervisors.

Our large patient group means students and registrars are exposed to a wide range of conditions and communities throughout their training. While they are with us they are engaged across disciplines in formal teaching sessions, workshops, case conferences and day-to-day interactions with patients and staff.

With allied health, pathology and other complementary clinics, including a skin cancer check clinic, on site, students have the opportunities for first-hand learning in specialist fields including podiatry, food and nutrition, diabetes education, respiratory and pulmonary care, renal education, children’s, men’s and women’s health and more.

We have a commitment to supporting our ageing population. Providing continuity of care as our patients age and improving community, state and nation-wide services to support older people. We work in partnership with several aged care centres in the region where our doctors are registered as Visiting Medical Officers (VMOs). We also have a strong relationship with Bendigo Health and their aged care services.

Through these partnerships and programs students gain valuable experience in areas including chronic disease management and aged care, which can be extremely beneficial to their careers.

We offer clinical placements to medical students from a range of universities within Victoria and other Australian states and territories, the John Flynn Placement Program and from around the world.

Universities from around Australia participate in a clinical rotation at the centre. Nursing students are exposed to a range of community health issues and learn fundamental skills in a supportive environment led by experienced educators.

We provide placements to GP registrars who are part of the MCCC (Murray City Country Coast) GP training program. We accept GP registrars at any level of training with a number of registrars working at the centre at any one time.