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Registrar thinking with... Tawa Hunter
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Registrar thinking with... Tawa Hunter
Wednesday 17 May 2023, 04:21 PM

GP registrar Tawa Hunter says she does not buy it when people say the 15-minute consult problem is “too hard to fix” [Image: Supplied]
GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked Tawa Hunter 11 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites her about her career ahead
Tawa (she/her) is a first-year GP registrar at Ngongotaha Medical Centre in Rotorua. Her iwi is Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
I chose to go into general prac
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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