Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months
Professor Ayman Shenouda remains sceptical of the process.
The Medical Board of Australia has approved 42 GPs, eight anaesthetists and three psychiatrists under its new IMG fast track that cuts out medical college assessment.
Health ministers say the pathway is safe and necessary to address the workforce crisis, with the doctors — from comparable countries, such as the UK — practising under supervision for their first six months.
A medical board spokesperson told AusDoc that 171 GPs had applied as of 10 February, with 42 approved, since the pathway opened in mid-October 2024.
They would not say if the other 129 were rejected or still being processed.
