During my elective year of training I worked in the Darwin region. As part of my work I provided psychiatric services to the isolated communities living in the Darwin rural region. A description and analysis of this work led me to develop a theoretical model of how psychiatric services could most appropriately and effectively be provided to such a unique region. This work formed the basis of my dissertation for the Section II examinations for FRANZCP.
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