1. RESUME – DR ROSEMARY FRIEND
CONTACT DETAILS: Address: 49 Esplanade, Toorbul Q 4510 Australia
Telephone: +61 7 5498 8230
Mobile: +61 458 213 571
Email: rosemaryfriend@gmail.com
AHPRA: Med0001357261
CURRENT & RECENT GP: Haly Street Health and Skin, Kingaroy
APPOINTMENTS: GP: NT Health, Alice Springs – Atitjere, Bonya, Willowra
CAREER General Practice: More than 25 years experience providing
SNAPSHOT: GP services to urban, rural and remote communities in
Australia, New Zealand and several overseas locations.
Training: One five-year teaching fellowship at the University
of Otago training and assessing medical students in their
clinical years. Delivery of postgraduate courses PSME 416
and 421 in additional studies and woman’s mental health.
Psychotherapy: 10 years experience (with a strong
theoretical background) in psychotherapy, including one
three-year appointment as a supervisor/mentor. Proficiency
in mentoring GPs and other healthcare professionals in
counseling, health, law and group education/therapy.
Indigenous Communities: Several appointments
responsible for primary healthcare of indigenous
communities.
Addiction Medicine: 10 years community based health care
with a focus on brief/long-term counseling of patients
recovering from drug/alcohol addiction and sexual abuse.
REFEREES: Dr Isabelle Jonsson-Lear, Haly Street Health
Phone: 07 41627787
Dr Steve Foster (previous employer) NT Health
Phone: 0439 819 002
Dr Nigel Molesworth, Sandgate Medical Centre
Phone 07 32691685

2. CAREER HISTORY
2013-2015 Haly Street Health and Skin, Kingaroy
NT Health Alice Springs – Atitjere, Bonya, Willowra
Rural general practice, primary care. Remote Indigenous healthcare
2008-12 Sandgate Medical Centre, Brisbane
Cadogan House, Brisbane
Primary healthcare
2008-2015 Health For Industry/Medibank Health Solutions
Acute and chronic injury management, pre-employment medicals and
hazardous substances screening
2004-08 Grand Cayman Hospital, Grand Cayman Island
Primary healthcare indigenous and tourist population
2003-04 Housecall, Auckland NZ
Geriatric medical care and general home visit medical services
2003 Dunedin Hospital, NZ
Emergency Department Registrar plus primary healthcare
1998-03 University of Otago, Dunedin NZ
Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychological Medicine
1994-98 Ashburn Hall Private Psychiatric Hospital NZ
General practitioner
1991-03 Psychotherapy Supervision – Private Practice
Psychotherapist, supervisor and mentor
1991-03 Dunedin Intravenous Organisation D.I.V.O
General Practitioner – Addiction Medicine
1989-91 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Trust. NZ
Health education, harm reduction, counseling and group education
1987-91 Auckland and Dunedin, NZ
Primary healthcare and habilitation of Maori offenders
1986 Aboriginal and Islander Health Services, Mackay
Implement the Mackay Centre and provide primary healthcare

3. 1985 Mackay Base Hospital
Registrar – surgery and obstetrics with services to Aboriginal and Islander
patients
1984 Volunteer Medical Practitioner
Sungai Besi. Malaysia (Vietnamese Refugee Camp) and Taiping Malaysia
1983 Mackay Base Hospital
Resident – Psychiatry, pediatrics, orthopedics
1982 Toowoomba General Hospital
Intern doctor – A&E, surgery, medicine and ophthalmology
1978 Kudjip, PNG Highlands
Trainee doctor – accident and emergency

4. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Medical Registration – British Medical Council 2003 (Reg No 6072170)
• Coaching and mentoring training 1999-2003
• Full Member New Zealand Association of Psychoterapists N.Z.A.P 1997-2003
• Associate Member – Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychodramatists
A.N.ZP.A 1994-2003
• Study of Buddhist philosophy, language and meditation 1994-1997
• Full Member New Zealand Association of Counsellors NZAC 1994-1997
• ACC registered sexual abuse counsellor New Zealand 1993
• Medical registration New Zealand Medical Association 1989 (Reg No 14833)
• Transactional Analysis/Re-decision Therapy training 100 hours) 1989
• M.B, B.S University of Queensland 1981 (Reg No 830036)
PRESENTATIONS
Conference presentations to:
 ANZAME conference, Wellington 2001
 ANZAME conference, Fremantle 2000
 NZ Dentists conference, Dunedin 2000
 Association of Psychotherapists Dunedin 2000
 Australian Symposium for Professional Training in Alcohol and Drugs, Adelaide
1999
 ANZAME conference, Brisbane 1999
 RNZCGP conference, Queenstown 1998