General practice loses ground among preferred specialties: national training survey
Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Anne Tonkin says, across all aspects of training, 'things are not quite as good’ compared with previous years
General practice has fallen further as a first-choice specialty, according to a Medical Board of Australia survey of 4500 doctors in training.
Just 15% of prevocational and unaccredited trainees in the survey nominated the RACGP or ACRRM as the specialist college they most wanted to join, compared with 18% who responded to the same survey last year.
Surgery held its place as the number-one preferred specialty, followed by general practice and then anaesthesia.
Medical board chair Dr Anne Tonkin said the 2022 Medical Training Survey showed concerning signs across most aspects of training.
