‘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…
Tag: Medical training
Twenty GPs offered advanced obstetrics training to fix Queensland’s maternity crisis
Training 20 GPs in advanced obstetrics is the Queensland Government’s latest fix for dealing with its maternity service crisis. There have been long-running concerns about…
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…
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…
