Second choice, but not second best.(doctor changes from emergency medicine to general practice)(Brief Article)

Australian Doctor,  September, 2005  by Jenkins, Rebecca

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WHINGE-FREE ZONE by Rebecca Jenkins

WHEN Dr Geoff Sparkes chose to train in medicine, he had no ambitions to become a GP.

Back then his passion was emergency medicine, from attending hospital trauma cases to leaping from helicopters as a flying doctor.

But Dr Sparkes' career path changed when an injury left him with nerve palsy and a partly paralysed right arm, effectively ending his career in emergency medicine.

"I was unable to work for 16 months and then started looking around for other options," he says.

He found general practice and was "welcomed ...

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