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    Tag: IMGs

    Medical board plan to fast-track overseas GPs into Australia next month still a big mystery, says RACGP

    September 13, 2024

    The RACGP says it is increasingly concerned about the lack of information on the Medical Board of Australia’s plan to fast-track IMGs into the country…

    Martina Stanley

    Bonkers bureaucracy: The true story of IMGs and their global voyages for a three-minute AHPRA eyeballing

    September 12, 2024

    Earlier this week, we reported on an AHPRA press release announcing a “surge” in the number of overseas doctors coming to Australia as a result…

    AHPRA says IMG numbers have surged after bureaucratic brainwave

    September 10, 2024

    On Tuesday morning came news of a major breakthrough in the grand plan to dramatically increase IMG numbers to fix the nation’s medical workforce shortage.…

    The pesky PESCI? The latest pass rates for tough IMG exam

    August 20, 2024

    Almost half of candidates have passed a notorious IMG exam, compared with a historical pass rate of around 30%. The Pre-Employment Structured Clinical Interview (PESCI)…

    Uber driver, refugee, surgeon and now aspiring GP — meet Dr Karim Amani

    August 12, 2024

    “I was operating on a militia person when his colleagues came inside the operating theatre with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. “They did not respect anything…

    ‘The system is broken’: Doctor’s fight for permanent residency after 10 years in Australia

    July 23, 2024

    When Dr Tessa de Speville came to Australia from Mauritius aged 18, she had no idea of the bureaucratic limbo that awaited. “My brother was…

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    How dependent is Australia on IMGs? Here are the numbers by specialty

    July 17, 2024

    The Federal Government doesn’t doubt that Australia needs more IMGs to patch the medical workforce, hence its plan to shrink the role of medical colleges…

    Health ministers moves to ‘fast-track’ specialist IMGs are too fast, AMA warns

    July 12, 2024

    The AMA has hit out at health ministers’ demands to fast-track specialist IMGs into the health system amid concerns their skills will not be subject…

    Doctors suspended after ‘complete dereliction’ of IMG supervision rules

    July 4, 2024

    An IMG has been suspended, along with two other doctors, after she was allowed to treat patients unsupervised while on provisional registration — even after…

    Half of newly registered doctors are IMGs, new government figures show

    June 24, 2024

    More than one in two doctors newly registered in Australia last year were IMGs, with figures showing annual arrivals have risen by 50% since pre-COVID-19…

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