``I chose general practice because I saw it as the most interesting, rewarding and portable specialty with a great and flexible training program,'' she says. ``The best things about it are the variety in every day, continuity of care, caring for whole families, becoming a valued part of the community in which I work and the fabulous and skilled colleagues with whom I work.''

Dr Seach has been working in Maffra (rural Victoria) four days a week and sharing in on-call work.

She has just returned from three months in Ireland where she worked as a general practice registrar and is expecting her second child in May.

Indigenous health and wellbeing, health policy, social determinants of health and obesity are among Dr Seach's special interest areas. During her mandatory three years of general practice training in the RACGP training program, Dr Seach elected to study public health.

``After I gain my RACGP Fellowship, I would like to focus on primary health care research and further develop my public health skills at the local level. I am also looking forward to consolidating my skills as a general practitioner and getting to know patients and the whole community better over time.''

Some of Dr Seach's general practice registrar colleagues have undertaken advanced rural skills posts in surgery, obstetrics and anaesthetics. Rural general practice is another special interest area of Dr Seach's, and she is planning on completing the RACGP's Fellowship in Advanced Rural General

Practice (FARGP) to extend her rural general practice skills. She is also keen on completing an advanced rural skills post in small town rural general practice.

``I really enjoy rural general practice as it provides a great balance of interesting clinical work and the benefits of a rural lifestyle,'' she says. ``General practice is so broad, you can choose any medical area in which to further develop your skills; there are vast opportunities with a career in general practice.''

Among the immense job satisfaction and all the hard work, a highlight for Dr Seach is the ability to balance clinical practice and family commitments _ she can combine work and motherhood in a way that keeps both her and her family happy.

Dr Seach would highly recommend general practice to any medical students who are still considering their career options.

``If you agree with the saying `variety is the spice of life', if your medical interests are broad, if you are interested in patients as people, and if you would like a rewarding career that is family friendly, general practice could be for you. Try to see as many different styles of general practice as you can as a student, and apply for a Prevocational General Practice Placement as a junior doctor to give you a good idea of whether you might like it,'' she says.