"Why I like being a National Home Doctor"
Our National Home Doctors come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Some are trained overseas, some live locally and some work as GPs during the day. Some are at the beginning of their careers, while others are semi-retired.
Click here to read about a night in the life of an after hours doctor.
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Dr Vishu Konda MBBS
Dr Konda trained and qualified as a doctor in India before emigrating to Australia 13 years ago. He worked in the public hospital system for 12 years, in multiple clinical areas, before deciding to join the GP training program. He pays for study and living by working as a National Home Doctor.
“I love it,” says Dr Konda. “It’s flexible and it suits my lifestyle perfectly. It’s a good experience as I’m going to be a GP anyway, it leaves me free to study and prepare for exams during the daytime - and it’s well paid,” he says.
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Dr Jomini Cheong MBBS, BPHARM, BCOM
Dr Cheong graduated from medical school at the University of Melbourne in 2010 and is now training for his GP Fellowship. He is the immediate Past President of the General Practice Registrars Association (GPRA). Dr Cheong works as a GP Registrar as well as in the after hours, and says he enjoys the variety of presentations he sees as a National Home Doctor. “The work can be surprising sometimes. This is one of the more rewarding aspects of the job. The demographic between the patients you see in the clinic during the day and those you see after hours is usually quite different too, which adds to the diversity of your experience, and makes for a better, more well-rounded Doctor."
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Dr Jomini Cheong MBBS, BPHARM, BCOM
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