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C E L E B RAT I N G CO M M IT MEN T
DR MARGARET GARDE
OAM
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Good supervisors who
supervise well represent
an investment in quality
health care provision.
When we make that
investment, there will be
multiple positive outcomes,
including students and
junior doctors giving
quality care to their
patients and communities.
Dr Margaret Garde OAM (MBBS),
has been a GP in Portland
since 1984 and Clinical Director
of Active Health Portland
since 2012. Over the years
she has delivered emergency
medicine, hospital care, family
planning and sexual health,
public health, indigenous
health, adolescent health,
chronic disease management.
She has led regional training
GP education endeavours in
Portland and beyond, including
running continuing education,
teaching medical students
and interns and supporting
GP registrars. In 2025 Marg
was awarded a Medal of the
Order of Australia (OAM) in the
General Division for service
to medicine, particularly
through education.
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