Mark Henschke

Dear Andrew, 

I was pleased to see The  http://1971syduni.blogspot.com.au/ blog arrive in my email inbox. Thank you for all your work in being the 'alumni glue'

I have retired from GP obstetrics in Armidale (1982-2009) and have entered the less demanding and very satisfying world of academia with the Rural Clinical School (UNSW) at Coffs Harbour.

Today I had the pleasure of catching up with John (Vaughan) and his wife Margaret in Coffs Harbour. John is the GP Supervisor Liaison Officer with our regional GP training provider. As you may be aware, the Commonwealth Government put all GP training in NSW out to tender and has awarded the whole of the state to Synergy. Understandably this has caused much angst in our region because North Coast GP training (NCGPT) will no longer be involved in training GP registrars after many years of doing an excellent job. Enough of politics.

John is very happy and well and committed to GP training out of his Laurieton practice....and it was a delight to catch up with him. Last year,John was awarded National Supervisor of the Year last year, a great honour and well deserved. 

I'm enjoying my teaching very much too! Three days per week, working with very bright and keen students.

To stay in touch with patients and learn new skills, I am doing shifts in the emergency department of the Base Hospital. Exciting, enjoyable (most of the time) and certainly challenging. 

Best wishes

Mark