title: To be the first psychiatrist in the Solomon Islands.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dr Paul Orotoloa is soon to become the first citizen from the Solomon Islands to complete psychiatry training. During this process, he has spent 12 months studying in Australia. This article retraces his training experiences in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Australian psychiatry has much to offer developing psychiatric services throughout the South Pacific and should continue to offer education and material support to those psychiatric trainees studying at the University of Papua New Guinea.
authors.affiliation: Taurama Campus, UPNG, Port Moresby, PNG.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orotoloa
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Moore
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004493:Education; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008542:Melanesia; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*