https:\/\/www.spinifexhealth.org.au\/kwha-1<\/a><\/p>\nJonathan and the team, flew out Thursday morning, \u201cWe left at 7am in a 10 seat charter plane from Adelaide Airport, stopping at Ceduna to refuel, then dropping off some of our healthcare team at Yalata and another stop at Oak Valley to drop off another GP. Finally, we flew to Forrest, to refuel again before finally arriving in Tjuntjuntjara around 1pm.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Following their arrival, Jonathan spent the afternoon sitting in on consults with Dr Ben Moore, GP from Mt Barker. Later, a home visit to one of the elderly community members and then a tour of the town by the practice nurse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent Friday morning with an endocrinologist from RAH & QEH that joined our trip. We ended up doing a couple of our consults at the local art centre, which seems to be a hive of activity for the community. It was wonderful to see so many artists producing such authentic, beautiful paintings right in front of us. We found out that they do exhibitions and sell their art all over the world – including Belgium, Germany and Singapore!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jonathan also enjoyed meeting Michael Stevens, (known locally as Tyson), the\u00a0 Aboriginal Health Worker, translator and local ambulance driver. ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mph-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2023\/08\/2308_Michael-Stevens-and-Jonathan-Ries-300x275.jpg\")
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Friday\u2019s consults finished at midday, leaving time for the essential paperwork and packing up, before flying out of Tjuntjuntjara in the early afternoon, picking up the other doctors on the way home and arriving safely in Adelaide just after 7pm.<\/p>\n
Jonathan said \u201cIt was a wonderful experience, no doubt one of the highlights of my entire medical degree to date.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Jonathan Ries MDRS student on placement at the Strathalbyn Family Medical Centre was invited to accompany Mount Barker GP Dr Ben Moore, to the very remote Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara, located in the Great Victoria Desert WA \u2013 708km east of Kalgoorlie.<\/p>\n