Heddle Reception Area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Practice of the Year
Award 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cowham Reception Area

 

Bridge Clinic

Bridge Clinic is a modern architecturally designed clinic, built in the central business district, giving easy access to patients. A fulltime manager, Jill Coombe, and clerical staff ensure the smooth running of the computerised appointment system, accounts, typing and administrative functions. There is a branch clinic known as Southside operating daily at the southern side of the town. View Map

Qualified nursing staff assist in patient care in areas such as dressings, venepuncture, spirometry, ECG's and the taking of X-rays on site. This support allows doctor to focus on medical care and allows the clinic to run in an extremely efficient manner.

The Bridge Clinic partners are a vibrant group of doctors with extensive experience in rural general practice. The practice is an accredited RACGP training practice and not only hosts trainees but also medical students during their sixth year attachment. Doctors are encouraged to develop and maintain their special interests.

As resident general practitioners we also provide obstetric, anaesthetic, surgery and emergency care at the Murray Bridge Soldier's Memorial Hospital. Five of the partners practice anaesthetics, each usually having a morning list per week. Five of the partners practice obstetrics, providing caesarean sections when required.

In 1995 the Clinic became computerised with appointments, accounts and medical records integrated. We now use the Medtech 32 software package (September 2001). This includes computer script writing and MIMS database. Pathology results are electronically linked to patient's notes.

Bridge Clinic - National General Practice of the Year 2005

Bridge Clinic has won the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National General Practice of the Year for 2005. This award is for excellence in providing general practice services to a community.

"We strive to maintain and improve our wide range of services for individuals and families and we want our patients to be confident that our doctors and staff have the best skills, equipment and facilities to treat their needs" - Jill Coombe.

"This mantel of Practice of the Year rewards our patients, doctors and staff for their commitment to rural healthcare services"

Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC) Program

The Hills Mallee Fleurieu Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (HMF PRCC) is an option for selected students in Year 3 of the Flinders University Graduate Entry Medical Program. This is an innovative and internationally recognised Flinders University medical student program designed around a full year of clinical placement and integrated curriculum in selected rural locations.

The Flinders University Rural Clinical School and the Flinders University School of Medicine wishes to acknowledge and thank the Doctors, Staff and Patients for their high quality teaching and support of students in the HMF PRCC and hopes that many students involved in this program will be encouraged to return to the rural health workforce in the future.

Bridge Clinic has been involved in this program since 2006

The Occupational Health and Safety Committee was established in 1998, comprising of 6 members. The committee works together for the safety of all personnel and patients and is committed to safety excellence.

Other medical clinics in the Murray Mallee Region include: