Why does everyone assume medical students are from rich families?
The Australian Medical Students' Association says some students are forced to skip meals or GP appointments to survive financially.
Medical students who are struggling financially say they are shocked that a $427 million budget investment to pay students during placements will not include medicine.
The Commonwealth Prac Payment, announced just before Tuesday’s federal budget, will pay $320 a week to an anticipated 70,000 domestic students while they complete mandatory, unpaid placements for nursing, teaching or social work degrees.
Abbey Deguara, a fourth-year student at Queensland’s James Cook University (JCU), said it was “disheartening” that medical students were ineligible.
“I don’t really understand,” she told AusDoc.
