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Medical Education

Contact Details

HMO Support Unit
(03) 9784 7384

About Medical Education at Peninsula Health

Undergraduate education for medical students is provided through an affiliation with Monash University. Each year approximately 300 medical students receive instruction through medical rotations that include emergency medicine, psychological medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, medicine and surgery and intensive care.

Post graduate medical training is provided through Peninsula Health for interns, residents and registrars. Hospital Medical Officers (HMOs) include interns who are first year doctors, residents who are in their second and third year of postgraduate training and registrars who are training in specific specialist medical fields.

Key Contacts

Peter Naughton
Manager – HMO Support Unit
Dip App Sc, Grad Dip App Sc Sen Sys Mgmt, Dip Naut St, Grad Cert Mgmt Comp, ACM, AIMM, AFACHSE
Tel: (03) 9784 7725
Fax: (03) 9784 7380
Mobile: 0409 547 870


Sarah Hawkins
Medical Education Officer
Tel: (03) 9788 1254
Mobile 0409 937 684 Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs.


Ms Sandy Colenutt
Secretary, HMO Support Unit & Monash Administrator
Cert III Business
Tel: 9784 7384


Ms Shannon George
Peninsula Clinical School
Personal Assistant to Dr Patrick Fiddes
Director Clinical Undergraduate Training & Physician Training
Tel: 9784 8505

Working as a Medical Officer in a hospital can be very rewarding but also challenging and frustrating as you try to meet all the demands on your time. Peninsula Health has a Medical Education Officer who provides support for HMOs.

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