Good Practice

GP Profile: Understanding culture

As the sole doctor in Yulara, an isolated town located 28 km from Uluru in the southern region of the Northern Territory, where the closest emergency department is a six-hour drive away in Alice Springs, Dr Janelle Trees is a remote GP in the truest sense of the term. ‘My medical centre is situated in the resort town at Uluru and it is a full-time job where I am the only doctor,’ she told Good Practice. ‘In such a remote community, I am lucky that I am supported by some magnifi cent remote-area nurses.’