It’s the ‘sickest, oldest population in the country’ yet GP practices are shutting down
At the start of the year, Dr Columbine Mullins’ practice on Hobart’s fringes was thriving. She had taken it over from a corporate owner five…
Tag: IMGs
Medical colleges pushed aside as ministers demand more specialist IMGs to fix workforce crisis
Something of both symbolic and real-world importance was announced by the Medical Board of Australia yesterday. It came in a media release that talked of a plan…
You think things are bad here? Why this doctor left Britain for Australia
Dr Jack Tagg’s “pretty terrible” last day in a British hospital dispelled any doubts about his decision to take up a post in Australia. On…
GP says it’s almost impossible for IMGs to pass medical board’s clinical exam
Dr Michael Mbaogu is finding it almost impossible to recruit doctors to his outback practice, but it is not for a lack of applicants. Five…
Thousands of IMGs facing 16-month bureaucratic ‘journey’ to work in Aus
The Federal Government has pledged to cut the time and cost of IMG bureaucracy after a review found GPs were waiting 16 months on average before starting work…
Colleges should continue to judge IMG qualifications — for now: review
Medical colleges will retain responsibility for determining whether IMGs’ qualifications are comparable to Australian standards for now, a government-commissioned review has recommended. In April an…
Payroll tax amnesties may not cover IMGs without fellowship
The definition of a GP used for state payroll tax amnesties has raised questions over whether IMGs, registrars or other doctors still working towards GP…
It’s been 30 years since my IMG ‘initiation’, but the bitterness lingers
I remain somewhat bitter about the process I endured to migrate to Australia. This is despite it being nearly 30 years ago, and my ongoing…
RACGP wants to make IMG bureaucracy ‘simpler and cheaper’
The RACGP is weighing up changes to IMG assessments, including scrapping a mandatory reflective essay and easing supervised practice requirements for its Fellowship Support Program. …
‘Discrimination from the start’: Top GP’s despair at treatment of IMGs
Australia is lucky that doctors from overseas want to work here, yet IMGs are treated like they are the ones who must show gratitude, says…
