The ‘hidden curriculum’ in medical schools undermines general practice, says top dean
The RACGP and ACRRM have failed to fill training positions, and a generation of GPs are nearing retirement — so it is no surprise alarm…
Tag: Medical training
IMGs are crucial to Australia — we must remove the roadblocks
Australia has relied on international medical graduates to meet the healthcare needs of its population. In 2021 for instance, more than 52% of Australia’s GPs…
RACGP responds to IMGs’ claims of exploitation
The RACGP says poor working conditions for IMGs are a “hidden scourge” but has backed its supervision rules for GPs trained in countries like New Zealand Last…
‘Roughest years of my life’: The hard road to GP fellowship faced by IMGs
Dr Vasuki Annamalai’s GP training could have been over by 2015. But it was another half a decade before she received her RACGP fellowship as…
The dehumanising nature of modern medicine makes me scream
The idea for this article has been incubating inside me for years, ever since I came across an old book at a swap meet titled Psychiatry…
Can RANZCOG fix the gender problem in obstetrics and gynaecology?
It is ironic that Dr Gillian Gibson is only the second woman elected RANZCOG president, yet a key issue she will tackle is a lack of male doctors in…
Why did ACRRM fail to fill half its training places?
This year’s shortfall in the Australian General Practice Training program — 252 vacant places — is a new low. The RACGP, which controls the bulk…
RACGP president responds to plummeting registrar numbers
More than 250 GP registrar places have been left vacant this year, representing the biggest GP training shortfall in almost 10 years. The figures revealed…
Exclusive: 252 GP registrar places left vacant as applications collapse
More than 250 GP training places remain empty — compared with last year’s shortfall of 82 — as the number of junior doctors applying for GP training plummets. Just 1749 doctors…
General practice loses ground among preferred specialties: national training survey
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…
