125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA saysÂ
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
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Je ne regrette rien? The college of surgeons and its dealings with 215 IMGs
Last month, we were sent a joint media release from the Medical Board of Australia and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In terms of…
Up to 215 IMG surgeons may have been unfairly judged substandard by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons says it incorrectly rejected applications by 215 IMG surgeons to be registered as specialists in Australia and is now…
Medical board hits back at specialist college over ‘unprofessional’ conduct accusation
The Medical Board of Australia has hit back hard after being accused of unprofessional behaviour over its fast-track scheme for IMG specialists. This week, the…
College accuses medical board of ‘unprofessional conduct’ over IMG fast track
The Medical Board of Australia is being accused of unprofessional conduct over its alleged silence on the fast-track specialist pathway for IMGs. The claims have…
Even more ‘areas of need’ approved for IMG GP recruitment but doctors say the system is failing
The Federal Government is expanding distribution priority areas yet again, with 17 areas including Surfers Paradise and Noosa in Queensland permitted to recruit IMGs who…
Medical board’s IMG fast track brings in 42 GPs in first three months
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…
IMGs were once considered ‘alien invaders’: I owe my career to one of them
I’ve been pondering the hurdles that IMG doctors have faced in trying to practise in Australia. There has been a host of bureaucratic hoops to…
Pollies betrayed rural patients with IMG policy, says former Nationals minister
Nationals-turned-independent MP Andrew Gee says the major parties sold out rural patients when they blocked debate on whether outer-urban GP practices deserved priority access to…
Medical colleges say a two-tier registration system for specialists is coming
The machinery for fast-tracking IMGs is meant to include internal wiring to ensure the medical colleges have some control over who can work as a specialist…
