A MID-North Coast doctor and lecturer at the University of NSW has been named the General Practice Education and Training (GPET) Registrar of the Year.
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Dr David Chessor lives in Port Macquarie but is based in Kempsey and works at the Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service. He is also charged with teaching students and junior doctors as a lecturer in various education programs.
Nominated by regional training provider North Coast General Practice Training (NCGP), Dr Chessor said he was honoured to receive the prestigious award. He said general practice is as equally as important as other medical specialities and is proud to be an advocate for the profession.
“I started to really love it after I started doing it and I became an evangelical convert very quickly,” Dr Chessor said after the award ceremony.
“I now spend a lot of energy trying to push a positive GP message for students because that often gets lost, particularly in your resident years.
“Now I am quite passionate about helping people realise that it can be a prestigious specialty and the skills required to be an exceptional GP are as great, if not greater, than some other specialist areas.”
Dr Chessor was selected out of more than 6500 GP registrars in Australia and has been honoured for his work in the field of Aboriginal health.
He also won recognition for his role as Registrar Liaison Officer with NCGPT; and also for his roles as chair of the General Practice Registrar Medical Educator Network (GPRMEN) and the General Practice Registrar Supervisor Network (GPRSNET).
Through these positions David provides support and a strong voice advocating for better terms and conditions on behalf of registrars on both local and national platforms. He also promotes the importance of quality medical education and supervision, and supports and encourages registrars to ‘give back’ by becoming supervisors themselves.
“Fostering interest in registrars who have interest in becoming supervisors in the future, and providing them with support and networking is new, innovative and an excellent way to help build sorely-needed future GP supervisor capacity. David Chessor has played a big part in this nationally,” NCGPT Medical Educator, Dr Genevieve Yates said.
