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Dr Josephine Guyer has won the 鈥� (RACGP鈥檚) NSW/ACT General Practitioner in Training of the Year award.

Currently working at the Myhealth Liverpool clinic, Dr Guyer has completed terms at the Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation in Airds, the Primacare Medical Centre in Roselands and Schwarz Family in Elderslie. In 2017 she received the RACGP鈥檚 and has embraced that ethos in her GP training.

RACGP Acting President Associate Professor Ayman Shenouda congratulated Dr Guyer.

鈥淒r Guyer brings extraordinary strength and resilience to her training and work as a GP,鈥� Associate Professor Shenouda said.

鈥淗er background as a registered nurse for almost 20 years, cultural experience as a proud Wiradjuri woman and the fact that she is the parent of three teenagers means that she comes to the role of general practice with valuable life experience that will help her care for patients from different walks of life.

鈥淧roviding responsive and culturally appropriate care is absolutely essential and Dr Guyer is perfectly placed to do just that.

鈥淚 have it on good authority that Dr Guyer is a very humble GP who is supportive of other registrars and always willing to share her knowledge and experiences.

鈥淭aking that sort of attitude to general practice is so important because it will enable her to lead by example and improve the work of those around her for many years to come in what I am sure will be a distinguished GP career. So once again congratulations Dr Guyer and best of luck.鈥�

Dr Guyer said that she was humbled to be named winner of the RACGP award.

鈥淚t is an honour to receive this award. As a doctor there are always new opportunities to learn and grow and share your insights with other healthcare workers, including GPs in training,鈥� Dr Guyer said.

鈥淎蝉 鈥檚 only Aboriginal medical educator, I am passionate about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health training and workforce needs.

鈥淲ithin GP Synergy, I endeavour to make myself available to assist and advise other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registrars. I am also keen to share my training experiences to help others on their journey towards becoming a GP.

鈥淢y message to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person considering becoming a doctor is straightforward. You can do it, because I have done it and we need more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working as health professionals 鈥� including in general practice.

鈥淭here is so much more we can do to improve the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. When I received the Growing Strong Award just a few years ago I said that Aboriginal people do have a different level of connection with me when I tell them that I am Aboriginal too.

鈥淚 still believe that it affords me a special level of empathy and understanding, particularly since I come from an Aboriginal family with similar health problems to those I see some of my patients experiencing.

鈥淓ven though I am currently training in a mainstream practice, I hope to return to working in the Aboriginal-community-controlled health sector in the longer term as my passion has always been to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.

鈥淪omething that I want to focus on in the years ahead is preventative health. That means educating patients about how to improve their health and wellbeing, rather than just seeing them when new health problems emerge.

鈥淚t is about being proactive rather than reactive, and when working within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, it is about empowerment and educating and encouraging people to change and hence improve their health. This isn鈥檛 always easy but is definitely worth the challenge.鈥�

Dr Guyer鈥檚 roles in the area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health include:

• contributing to the design, development and delivery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health training workshops as a member of the GP Synergy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Working Group;
• advocating for culturally appropriate clinical practice by working with other medical educators and GP Synergy鈥檚 Aboriginal Cultural Education Unit (ACEU) to design, develop and deliver an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health cultural awareness and education webinar during the COVID-19 pandemic;
• collaborating with the ACEU in providing support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander GP registrars;
• contributing to the Aboriginal Advisory Committee at the Kildare Road Medical Centre in Blacktown.