TRAINING SITE

NAME OF SITE: Royal Hobart Hospital

Head of Unit: A/Professor Graeme Jones

Contact Details:

Phone: 03 6223 3801

Fax: 03 6224 1926

Number of Training Positions: Negotiable

Research Interests of Unit:

Pain, osteoporosis/metabolic bone, clinical drug trials, osteoarthritis

STAFF:

Consultants: 5

Resident Staff: 1

Facilities:

Equipment: DXA scanner, ultrasound scanner

Office space: nil

Secretarial Assistance: hospital only

Procedure Area: ward/day ward

Laboratory: no

Library: General library

Patient Services per week:

Average Inpatients: 5

Average Consultations: 3

Average Outpatients: 20

Types of Patients Seen (Approx. %):

Inflammatory/Connective Tissue Disease:40%

Degenerative/Soft Tissue: 30%

Chronic Pain: 20%

Other: 10%

Procedures performed in unit:

Joint Injection/Aspiration: Anaesthetist

Epidural Injections: Anaesthetist

Muscle biopsies: Surgeons

Nerve Conduction Studies: Neurologists

EMG's: Neurologists

Arthroscopy: Orthopaedic

Synovial Biopsy: If needed

Education Activities:

Clinical Conference

X-Ray Conference

Research Meeting

Combined Conferences:

Extensive clinical and epidemiological research program

Additional Clinics Attended:

Haemophiliac Clinic every 2 months, Hand meeting and MRI meeting, Radiology

Musculoskeletal Interest Groups.

Last five trainees:

n/a

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