Failed medical student ‘sorry’ for posing as intern
The woman pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to practising while unregistered and says she hopes to return to her studies
A medical student who failed her final exams has apologised to patients after posing as an intern at a major hospital in Sydney’s south west for seven months.
The 28-year-old woman pleaded guilty in Downing Centre Local Court for working as a junior doctor at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital without AHPRA registration between 18 January and 9 August this year.
AHPRA charged the woman with claiming to be qualified to practise as a medical practitioner by accepting an offer of employment as a medical intern and working in that role for seven months.
“The role of medical intern required her to hold registration with the Medical Board of Australia,” a spokesperson from AHPRA said in a statement to 6minutes.
