GP Profile: Giving back
Long-time GP and former RACGP Corlis Travelling Fellow Dr John Kramer has been teaching and practising medicine on the NSW mid-north coast for more than three decades.
‘I have been at my general practice in Woolgoolga since I graduated [medical school] in 1981,’ he told Good Practice. ‘To date, we have had 50 GP registrars come through the practice and also a lot of medical students coming through from various universities.’
Practice makes perfect
Kramer wanted to be a doctor from an early age and the diversity offered in general practice saw him gravitate towards the speciality while in medical school.
‘When you are a student, you work in hospitals and you see a wide range of things,’ he said. ‘That is what drove me to take up general practice, because I was not willing to just look into one aspect of health. I wanted to be there for everything.
‘I had a good family doctor and I have always been exposed to good models, and they were very positive.
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