After arriving at Brisbane Australia, I enrolled into the master of journalism in UQ as planned. In this environment where native English is obviously the used language, I slowly absorbed it and managed to pass an English exam which is called Occupational English Test (OET). Passing an English test is an imperative prerequisite for all overseas doctors to practice medicine in Australia. Also, after arriving at Brisbane, I had started doctor's job hunting. When I sent an email to a then-director of Mater Mothers' Hospital (MMH) neonatal department, luckily I got very positive response to my prior neonatology career in Japan and a green-light to hire me from him. Although there were some big twists and turns after that, my clinical practice in Australia started as a registrar in the neonatal department of MMH when one year and ten months had elapsed since moved to Australia. I spent two yeas and two months in this hospital. By the way, despite great struggles, I managed to graduate from UQ's master of journalism in two years. After MMH, I moved to Redland Hospital in Brisbane. In here, I did seven months of general paediatrics and then rotated among internal medicine, orthopaedics, emergency medicine and mental health. I spent, in total, one and seven months in this hospital. And then, I am working as a general practitioner (GP) now. GP sees everyone from baby to elderly, male and female, and every diseases as a home doctor. I am doing both clinic base GP and home visiting GP. When I first landed on Australia, I just thought that I would graduate from the master of journalism and experience a bit of clinical practice as a medical doctor, then go back to Japan. However, the course slightly shifted afterwards and I am still pursuing my career as a doctor in Australia.
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