An IMG who claims he is the victim of racism after missing out on an intern place because he had trained overseas has lost his case on appeal.

Dr Qinglin Wang, who migrated to Australia in 2001, was formerly director of neurology at Tianjin Medical University in China but now works as an aged care nursing assistant.

His medical qualifications meet all the requirements for general registration except that he has not completed an internship at an Australian hospital.

Five years ago, he applied for one of 96 intern positions available in the ACT, but he immediately fell foul of the territory’s selection policy, which considered international medical graduates last — with priority given to Australian National University medical graduates and Australian-trained graduates (see ‘The ACT intern selection system 2014’ below).