{"id":4323,"date":"2017-12-06T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:38:26","slug":"doctor-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/2017\/12\/06\/doctor-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Bethany Nelson leads training for doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Medical Training<\/strong> program has continued uninterrupted, and continues to raise the standards for Family Medicine training in Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4313\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227137\" src=\"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_1097.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Bethany runs the program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the distant communities of this nation, <em>every<\/em> doctor needs to practice like a true family physician: able to deal with whatever walks (or is carried in) through the door. It\u2019s one of the toughest jobs in Medicine, and the skills required are many and varied.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4298\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227138\" src=\"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/22688078_249711278889131_2056707839809563549_n.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most new trainee Doctors are over 30 years of age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4297\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227139\" src=\"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/22687661_249711368889122_3887583983078907965_n.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sucking up the knowledge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are the clinicians on the coalface, saving lives and helping build the health of a community, yet most Timorese doctors receive only a fraction of the necessary training to handle such a task. Our team of medical educators, led by Dr Bethany Nelson, works with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons to deliver quality Family Medicine training in Timor Leste, helping to prepare a generation of doctors to face the country\u2019s enormous health challenges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4260\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227140\" src=\"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/22780390_249706645556261_4203895801141604436_n-1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Ela (apricot) in her medical outpost\/home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Bethany Nelson leads the training for doctors in Timor Leste to provide better care and assistance to those in need. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":4313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[75],"tags":[],"acf":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",1024,1024,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",1024,1024,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",1024,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",800,800,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",1024,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1097.jpg",1024,1024,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Dr Bethany Beckett","author_link":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/author\/drbethany\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/category\/medical-training\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical Training<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Dr. Bethany Nelson leads the training for doctors in Timor Leste to provide better care and assistance to those in need.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227141,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions\/227141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maluktimor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}