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HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS as well as fi nancial donations are sorely needed in the world’s latest disaster areas and war zones. First-time volunteers are most likely to be sent to peaceful, remote regions of the world, and experienced practitioners to the areas of greatest need. However, some new recruits, particularly specialists such as surgeons and anaesthetists, may be asked to go directly to emergency hotspots — but only for a relatively short period of a few weeks.

In fl ood-affected Pakistan, in the near future, there may be a need for a signifi cant boost in medical support, particularly in the event of large-scale malnutrition as a result of the devastation of huge tracts of agricultural land. And, as in other disaster areas, medicos are on the alert for outbreaks of epidemics such as cholera or measles, which would require a vaccination program potentially requiring a doubling of resources. Leading humanitarian health care non-governmental organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is playing a smaller role in Pakistan than other aid agencies, says

the organisation’s Head of Field Human Resources Robin Sands.

“The response there is still a large medical response but there’s an even

greater need for food and water,” Mr Sands says.

It is the more distant disaster — the Haiti earthquake in January this year — that is continuing to draw the greatest share of health care workers. Two months after the earthquake, MSF had some 350 international fi eld staff assisting in Haiti, compared with about 150 international staff currently working in Pakistan in existing programs or in response to the fl oods. This means there are less people to spread across the 60-odd other countries in several continents and many regions of the world, including South America, Africa and Asia, where MSF

WANTED: doctors for the humanitarian front line

In this issueC1 Healthcare professionals wanted for

humanitarian front line

C3 Infectious diseases specialist takes a novel turn

C4 Q&A with academic surgeon Professor Guy Maddern

C2, C6 & C7 Locums

C3 University Appointments

C8 & C9 Executive/Specialist Appointments

C10 Hospital and GP Opportunities

C11 Holidays/Lifestyle, Real Estate

Editor: Vivienne Reiner • vreiner@ampco.com.au • (02) 9562 6666

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Non-food item distribution by Médecins Sans Frontières in Pakistan. © Ton Koene.

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES work often requires lateral thinking and exploring a range of unusual possibilities, so it was no great stretch for Dr Sanjaya Senanayake to write a novel about an intern’s experiences — although it did require many hours’ outside work and the support and patience of his wife and two children, now aged 6 and 4.

The book, Chilli, chicks and heart attacks; misadventures of an intern, was hard to write at fi rst but soon gained momentum. After the initial writer’s block, the characters and scenes had formed and the whole novel was written within 6 months. “A lot of the writing was done in the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning,” Dr Senanayake recalls. The fi rst-time novelist is no stranger to hard work and multi-tasking: he wrote the book, which was due to be launched recently, in 2008, will not rule out another and currently keeps himself busy as a Senior Specialist in Infectious Diseases and Director of Hospital in the Home at Canberra Hospital, and Senior Lecturer at Australian National University Medical School.

Dr Senanayake is a Sri Lankan raised in Australia, and although he wrote the novel about an intern of Sri Lankan heritage working in Australia, this is where the similarities end. The author describes the novel as “Bend it like Beckham meets Scrubs” — a fusion of styles similar to the comedic UK movie about soccer and the US television series centred on a teaching hospital. Dr Senanayake’s novel is written in the form of a diary and details the ups and downs of the second-generation migrant and the “crazy things” that happen at work and at home, including the scheming of a desperate mother who tries to marry off her son.

Dr Senanayake says he dreamed up almost all

the stories, as well as all the characters, himself

Novel approach to hospital internshipBend it like Beckham meets Scrubs

Dr Sanjaya Senanayake

Dean School of Medicine, Sydney(Full-time)

The University of Notre Dame Australia is seeking a dynamic clinician leader to headits School of Medicine located in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The Dean will be responsiblefor academic and executive leadership of the School which has clinical sites locatedin metropolitan and rural New South Wales and Victoria. This appointment presentsa unique opportunity to shape the future of the next generation of doctors who arepart of an emerging medical school that already has been recognised for its initiativeand focus on student outcomes.

The Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery is a four year graduate entry course;the first two years use a problem based learning approach and the final two yearsare hospital and discipline-based.

The School will graduate its first cohort of students in December 2011. In addition tograduating students who will be competent to practise safely and effectively asinterns, the School hopes that through its liberal arts program which includesphilosophy, ethics and theology, its graduates will appreciate the social and ethicalobligations of doctors in the wider community.

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Applications close 15 October 2010The University reserves the right to appoint by invitation or to make no appointment at all.

and was surprised to learn that the

work of many authors refl ects their

lives. “I sent the novel to a couple of

close medicos and they said, ‘We’re

trying to work out which [of the

characters] are us.’”

Dr Senanayake never set out to be

an author but has also published two

medical textbooks: Common clinical cases — a guide to internship, and

Clinical cases in infectious diseases. The

textbooks were a result of research

Dr Senanyake had undertaken, for

his own purposes, after fi nding the

information was not readily available.

During the writing process,

Dr Senanyake attempted to break

up the serious text with interesting

examples. “I thought, ‘this is good fun,

maybe I should write a novel.’”

Chilli, chicks and heart attacks;

misadventures of an intern is available through Sri Lankan publisher Perera Hussein and can be bought via the website http://www.ph-books.com/.

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Professor Guy Maddern, the 2010 recipient of the Australian Medical Association’s Excellence in Health Care Award, has developed an outstanding reputation as an educator and surgical trainer. Here, the head of the Department of Division of Surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, gives an insight into the work he has done to rebuild academic surgery.

Q&A

Name

Guy Maddern

Job title

Professor of Surgery,

University of Adelaide

Time in position 17 years

What aspect of this job appeals to you most strongly?

The challenge to rebuild academic surgery as a

relevant and exciting career and to extend the range

of research into all aspects of surgical practice with

enhancement of the discipline within Australia.

Career highlights?

Being recently awarded the AMA Excellence in

Health Care Award, which refl ected the increased

role of academic surgery and support of rural

surgery within Australia and SA.

What have been the biggest surprises in your working life?

The greatest surprise probably has been the

enormous energy and enthusiasm of surgeons

to take on board diffi cult challenges and, in

a completely selfl ess fashion, try to provide

constructive solutions.

In contrast to this, the disappointment has been

the apathy of some of my surgical colleagues.

Unfortunately, some are content to accept the

status quo and not participate in new, exciting and

uncertain innovations.

What do you hope to be doing — or have achieved — in

fi ve years’ time?

In fi ve years’ time I would hope to:

1. still be working as a Professor of Surgery within

an academic department, and

2. have ushered in the fi rst “class” of Australian-

trained Physician Assistants, a new type of

assistant to the medical profession, enabling

doctors to focus on complex patient issues by

having routine procedures and management

handled by expert assistants.

What interests do you have outside medicine?

Surgery is a full-time, 24/7 occupation; however,

the opportunity occasionally presents to indulge

my interests in collecting Australian and overseas

sculpture. And, in recent years, I have become

passionate about the history of medical fi ne art in

the depiction of surgery.

Any career tips or suggestions?

I believe surgery offers an enormous range

of opportunities to pursue interests and

develop skills. Academic surgery is particularly

challenging and diffi cult at present and, for

anyone wishing to be constantly challenged

and stimulated, the opportunity in the current

environment is enormous. So too, of course, is

the frustration.

What was your fi rst paid job?

My fi rst paid job was during the summer

vacations, driving wheat headers (harvesters) in

Esperance, Western Australia.

Greatest indulgence during working hour?

Escaping to Hungry Jack’s for an illicit hamburger

and fries.

If you could change one thing

in the world of medicine it would be …?

To better link surgical evidence with practice

and ensure this information is understood by

politicians, hospitals and patients.

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provides aid, so recruitment will be an area of need for some time. Mr Sands expects Haiti to need support for a long time — there is still a need for shelter because so many people suffered injuries, and the country’s infrastructure, including hospitals, will have to be rebuilt. “We have been in Haiti as an organisation for 19 years and may now need to be there another 19 years,” Mr Sands says.

Compounding the resource challenges related to natural disasters, there are concerns that aid workers may be less willing to lend their services overseas after the recent shooting of six Western doctors in Afghanistan and security scares in Sudan. But Mr Sands says MSF has not suffered any recent slump in support. The training courses that prospective

MSF workers must undertake detail how health care professionals can be asked to go anywhere but that they can equally turn down postings they may be concerned about. The organisation has well established security guidelines and protocols for different areas — for example, workers are driven from home to work in Afghanistan; in Gaza, people are free to walk around but at times of fi ghting may be told not to go outside; and, in Somalia, MSF international staff have been working remotely, with clinics in that country involving a team of locals managed by a group of fi eld staff from neighbouring Kenya. MSF continues to open offi ces in new regions globally and investigates reports by visiting the area in question before deciding whether external help is needed.

It is thanks to the generosity

of donors as well as existing medical and non-medical fi eld staff that the emergency health care organisation has been able to respond swiftly and comprehensively in areas of need. But, not surprisingly, Mr Sands says ongoing support is always needed. A single project in one country can cost about 1.2 million Euros ($A1.6 million) per year — including all medicine supplied. With some 22,000 people in the fi eld on its books globally, MSF is the largest humanitarian medical organisation in the world.

Robin Sands in Liberia, during a vaccination campaign in 2005.

Casualties received in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. © Ton Koene.

Who is needed?In addition to doctors, a whole array of health care professionals are needed for overseas work, such as midwives, who are always in demand. The Australian Reproductive Health Alliance says more than 2000 women in Pakistan have been giving birth every day in fl ood-affected areas. In fact, there are very few types of health care professionals not generally needed — even epidemiologists and physiotherapists are sometimes called upon.

For updated information on professionals most needed and in which areas, go to http://www.msf.org.au/join-our-team/who-we-need.html.

People working for MSF must have at least 2 years of professional experience after qualifi cation. First-time postings may be up to 9 months, or 3 months or less for surgeons and anaesthetists. People who want to continue may return to work for MSF on a more permanent basis. Expenses are covered for the duration of the posting, in addition to an allowance of around $1400 a month.

Find out how to help or donate to MSF:www.msf.org.au; 1300 13 60 61

Other relief agencies Pakistan appeal:Australian Red Cross 1800 811 700UNICEF Australia 1300 884 233World Vision 13 32 40Act for Peace 1800 025 101UNHCR 1300 361 288

Caritas Australia 1800 024 413

Since the beginning of the fl oods in Pakistan, MSF has:

Distributed 24,834 non-food item kits

Distributed 6801 tents

Performed 27,151 medical consultations

Set up seven diarrhoea treatment centres

Continuously conducted 12 mobile clinics

Distributed 718,000 litres of clean, safe water per day

Built 258 latrines

Installed 11 oral rehydration salt points

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