CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Medical education in Australia - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"7388408c-cf4a-455d-a6c2-7b18afbf1801","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Medical_education_in_Australia","wgTitle":"Medical education in Australia","wgCurRevisionId":1258750651,"wgRevisionId":1258750651,"wgArticleId":3478025,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list","Articles with short description","Short description with empty Wikidata description","Medical education in Australia"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Medical_education_in_Australia","wgRelevantArticleId":3478025,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[], "wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":60000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q6806510","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false, "wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader", "ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.5"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1256"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png/800px-BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="837"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png/640px-BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="670"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Medical education in Australia - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_education_in_Australia"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_education_in_Australia"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Medical_education_in_Australia rootpage-Medical_education_in_Australia skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Medical+education+in+Australia" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Medical+education+in+Australia" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Medical+education+in+Australia" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Medical+education+in+Australia" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Medical_School" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical_School"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Medical School</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Medical_School-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Medical School subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Medical_School-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nomenclature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nomenclature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Nomenclature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nomenclature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Undergraduate_Entry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Undergraduate_Entry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Undergraduate Entry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Undergraduate_Entry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Graduate_Entry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Graduate_Entry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Graduate Entry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Graduate_Entry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Syllabus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Syllabus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Syllabus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Syllabus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Internship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Internship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Residency" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Residency"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Residency</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Residency-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Registrarship_/_Speciality_Training_Programs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Registrarship_/_Speciality_Training_Programs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Registrarship / Speciality Training Programs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Registrarship_/_Speciality_Training_Programs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Registrarship / Speciality Training Programs subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Registrarship_/_Speciality_Training_Programs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Registrars" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Registrars"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Registrars</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Registrars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unaccredited_Registrars" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unaccredited_Registrars"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Unaccredited Registrars</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unaccredited_Registrars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medical_Specialist_Colleges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical_Specialist_Colleges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Medical Specialist Colleges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medical_Specialist_Colleges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(Career_Medical_Officers)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(Career_Medical_Officers)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners (Career Medical Officers)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(Career_Medical_Officers)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners (Career Medical Officers) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(Career_Medical_Officers)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Non-Vocationally_Registered_General_Practitioners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-Vocationally_Registered_General_Practitioners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Non-Vocationally Registered General Practitioners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-Vocationally_Registered_General_Practitioners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(General_Practitioners_&_Consultants)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(General_Practitioners_&_Consultants)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Specialist Medical Practitioners (General Practitioners & Consultants)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(General_Practitioners_&_Consultants)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Specialist Medical Practitioners (General Practitioners & Consultants) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(General_Practitioners_&_Consultants)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Specialist_General_Practitioners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specialist_General_Practitioners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Specialist General Practitioners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specialist_General_Practitioners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Continuing_Professional_Development_(CPD)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continuing_Professional_Development_(CPD)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Continuing Professional Development (CPD)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Continuing_Professional_Development_(CPD)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Continuing Professional Development (CPD) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Continuing_Professional_Development_(CPD)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Recency_of_Practice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recency_of_Practice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Recency of Practice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recency_of_Practice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Medical education in Australia</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 1 language" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-1" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">1 language</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B4_%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="آموزش پزشکی در استرالیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آموزش پزشکی در استرالیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q6806510#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Medical_education_in_Australia" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Medical_education_in_Australia" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Medical_education_in_Australia"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Medical_education_in_Australia"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Medical_education_in_Australia" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Medical_education_in_Australia" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&oldid=1258750651" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Medical_education_in_Australia&id=1258750651&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMedical_education_in_Australia"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMedical_education_in_Australia"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Medical_education_in_Australia" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q6806510" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png/445px-BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png" decoding="async" width="445" height="466" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png/668px-BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png/891px-BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1176" /></a><figcaption>Flowchart of medical career progression and pathways</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Medical education in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></b> includes the educational activities involved in the initial and ongoing training of <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">Medical Practitioners</a>. In Australia, medical education begins in <a href="/wiki/Medical_Schools_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Schools in Australia">Medical School</a>; upon graduation it is followed by a period of pre-vocational training including <a href="/wiki/Internship_(medicine)" title="Internship (medicine)">Internship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">Residency</a>; thereafter, enrolment into a specialist-vocational training program as a <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">Registrar</a> eventually leads to <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_(medicine)" title="Fellowship (medicine)">fellowship</a> qualification and recognition as a fully qualified <a href="/wiki/Specialty_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialty (medicine)">Specialist Medical Practitioner</a> (that is a fully qualified <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">General Practitioner</a> or <a href="/wiki/Consultant_(medicine)" title="Consultant (medicine)">Consultant</a>). Medical education in Australia is facilitated by <a href="/wiki/Medical_Schools_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Schools in Australia">Medical Schools</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Specialty_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialty (medicine)">Medical Specialty Colleges</a>, and is regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Council" title="Australian Medical Council">Australian Medical Council</a> (AMC) and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Health_Practitioner_Regulation_Agency" title="Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency">Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency</a> (AHPRA) of which includes the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_Board_of_Australia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medical Board of Australia (page does not exist)">Medical Board of Australia</a> where medical practitioners are registered nationally. </p><p>The Australian medical education system is historically similar to that of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, but in recent decades, has received influences from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. In contrast to their <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> counterparts, <a href="/wiki/Internship_(medicine)" title="Internship (medicine)">Internship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">Residency</a> in Australia are pre-vocational terms intended for general clinical rotations so that the junior doctor can gain a broader clinical experience in various medical specialties prior to embarking on a specialist-vocational training program as a <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">Registrar</a>, and upon successful completion, qualification as a <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_(medicine)" title="Fellowship (medicine)">Fellow</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Specialty_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialty (medicine)">Specialist Medical College</a> and therefore registration with <a href="/wiki/Australian_Health_Practitioner_Regulation_Agency" title="Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency">AHPRA</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Board_certification" title="Board certification">Specialist Medical Practitioner</a>. In the United States, there are no pre-vocational terms, whereby specialty selection during Internship ensures streamlined clinical rotations for that intended specialty pathway, and thereafter, enrolment and progression onto a Residency program towards achieving specialist board certification; therefore, Residency in the United States is equivalent to a Registrarship in Australia. '<a href="/wiki/Board_certified" class="mw-redirect" title="Board certified">Board certified</a>' <a href="/wiki/Attending_physician" title="Attending physician">Attending Physicians</a> in the United States are equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Australian_Health_Practitioner_Regulation_Agency" title="Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency">AHPRA</a> registered <a href="/wiki/Board_certification" title="Board certification">Specialist Medical Practitioners</a>. </p><p>In Australia and for the purposes of this article: <a href="/wiki/Consultant_(medicine)" title="Consultant (medicine)">Consultants</a> refer to Specialist Medical Practitioners who practice in an AHPRA recognised specialist field of medicine that is beyond the scope of and not <a href="/wiki/General_Practice" class="mw-redirect" title="General Practice">General Practice</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Family_medicine" title="Family medicine">Family Medicine</a>). <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">General Practitioners</a> refer to Specialist Medical Practitioners who practice in the AHPRA recognised specialist field of <a href="/wiki/Family_medicine" title="Family medicine">General Practice</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Family_medicine" title="Family medicine">Family Medicine</a>). In Australia, General Practitioners (GPs) are essentially alike <a href="/wiki/Family_medicine" title="Family medicine">family physicians</a> in the United States, who typically fufil the role of a <a href="/wiki/Primary_care_physician" title="Primary care physician">primary care physician</a> that is responsible for coordinating, assessing and managing general healthcare of their patients. GPs typically refer patients to (or 'consult' with) Consultants for a further expert opinion and/or specialised treatment if required. </p><p>The education and training requirements of a medical practitioner from starting medical school to completing specialist training typically takes between 9 years to 16 years (or more) assuming full-time study and work, and dependent on the specialty choice and satisfying in-training requirements. In Australia, medical practitioners typically pursue a career pathway to become a Specialist Medical Practitioner with the endpoint of working as either a <a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">General Practitioner</a> or <a href="/wiki/Consultant_(medicine)" title="Consultant (medicine)">Consultant</a>. There is a small subset of medical practitioners who decide not to formally complete registrarship nor attain fellowship qualification, and instead opt for a career as non-specialist medical practitioners, which are known as Career Hospital Doctors or Career Medical Officers; non-specialist medical practitioners can typically work with a reasonable level of autonomy and independence dependent on their experience and skill, but nonetheless under the auspicies of a Specialist Medical Practitioner. </p><p>Most of the specialist fellowship qualifications and medical school degrees awarded to Australian-trained clinicians are internationally recognised. Reciprocally, Australia accepts most recognised university and specialty qualifications of international medical graduates from countries with well-established medical education programs and health systems; that is, pending verification of the person's identity (including visa and immigration requirements), qualifications, practice history and experience, English language competency, a probationary period of supervised practice, and any necessary examinations and assessments to abridge any gaps in knowledge to ensure clinicians are aligned to the current standard of medical practice in Australia as dictated by the relevant Medical Specialty College, Australian Medical Council and Medical Board of Australia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medical_School">Medical School</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medical School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Entry into medical school and its successful completion allows the graduate to become recognised as a medical practitioner (doctor) and commence their post-graduate pre-vocational training. The aim of medical school is to teach basic medical knowledge and clinical skills to prepare the prospective junior doctor for safe and competent practice upon commencement of their internship. It remains one of the most highly competitive university programs to apply for. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, <a href="/wiki/List_of_medical_schools_in_Australia" title="List of medical schools in Australia">Australian medical schools</a> have followed the United Kingdom by conferring the degrees of <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine_and_Bachelor_of_Surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery">Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery</a> (MBBS) to its medical graduates, whilst reserving the degree of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">Doctor of Medicine</a> (MD) to be issued to those who have completed higher research studies or given honorarily to those who have contributed significantly to the medical professional community (analogous to the <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> or <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorates" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorates">honorary doctorates</a>). While a significant proportion of Australian medical schools as of the early 1990s have shifted from undergraduate to graduate entry programs (that is, enrolling students who have already completed a bachelor's degree in another field of study), medical schools continued to nevertheless award the MBBS as its standard medical degree regardless if it was an undergraduate or graduate entry program. Some medical schools have moved to awarding MD (or a combination of a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BSc</a> and MD) instead of the MBBS to its medical graduates. However, given that the MBBS is categorised in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Qualifications_Framework" title="Australian Qualifications Framework">Australian Qualifications Framework</a> (AQF) as a Level 7 Bachelor's level degree it had the benefit of not mandating its students to partake in a research project, whilst the MD is categorised a Level 9 Master's level degree it does require its students to formally produce a research project as part of their studies; that said, students in the MBBS program commonly did nevertheless still pursue research on an extra-curricular basis. </p><p>Regardless, both MBBS and MD awarded at any Australian medical school qualifies a person to be registered with the Medical Board as a medical practitioner and allow the graduate to be customarily addressed by their prefix title of 'Doctor' ('Dr.'). It is also worthwhile to note that while the colloquialism of the term 'physician' in the United States is used to broadly refer to any type of medical practitioner, in Australia and the United Kingdom 'physician' typically refers to a medical practitioner who specialises in the field of <a href="/wiki/Internal_medicine" title="Internal medicine">internal medicine / general medicine</a> or its sub-specialities; similarly, the 'surgeon' typically refers to a medical practitioner who specialists in a <a href="/wiki/Surgery" title="Surgery">surgical</a> specialty. In order to avoid confusion given the wide interpretation and availability of those who utilise the prefix of 'Doctor (Dr.)' in other professions, the Medical Board and relevant federal and state legislation has chosen to refer medical doctors formally as medical practitioners in Australia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undergraduate_Entry">Undergraduate Entry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Undergraduate Entry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medical schools have traditionally in Australia followed the Commonwealth and United Kingdom by admitting students directly from <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary school</a> (high school) matriculates. About half of the medical schools in Australia remain undergraduate in their admission. Applicants apply directly to the medical school and/or through the statewide facilitated university course placement program. Applicants are typically assessed by a combination of their: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Tertiary_Admission_Rank" title="Australian Tertiary Admission Rank">Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)</a> score which is derived from the state's secondary school exit exam performance,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Clinical_Aptitude_Test" title="University Clinical Aptitude Test">University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)</a> score which assesses the suitability of the candidate for medicine based on psychometric, logic and reasoning assessment,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curriculum_vitae" title="Curriculum vitae"><i>Curriculum vitae</i> (CV)</a> and references which should highlight any work experience and extra curricular achievements, such as musical or sporting,</li> <li>Interview conducted by the respective university's medical school, which are typically multi-station and designed to further psycho-socially assess the candidate's suitability for medicine as well as assessing their merits</li></ul> <p>Undergraduate medical programs are typically 5 to 6 years in length following the traditional two-semester academic year (the exception to this is Bond University which has a three-semester academic year which allows students to complete the course in 4.6 years). Notwithstanding that there are some universities, while accepting the student as an undergraduate, typically require they complete a first degree in science (or something else) in addition to the medical degree that is to be completed concurrently. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graduate_Entry">Graduate Entry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Graduate Entry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About half of medical schools in Australia have followed the United States and moved to post-graduate entry. Applicants are varied from those of "pre-med" or health sciences related background and those from unrelated professions such as law or engineering. Applicants are typically assessed by a combination of their: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grading_in_education" title="Grading in education">University Grade Point Average (GPA)</a> score in their recent degree(s) which is a reflection of their academic performance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Australian_Medical_School_Admissions_Test" class="mw-redirect" title="Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test">Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)</a> score which assesses scientific knowledge, problem solving and psychometric suitability</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curriculum_vitae" title="Curriculum vitae"><i>Curriculum vitae</i> (CV)</a> and references which should highlight the job experience and professional positions held, and any relevant skills or achievements</li> <li>Interview conducted by the respective university's medical school, which are typically multi-station and designed to further psycho-socially assess the candidate's suitability to the medical profession</li></ul> <p>Graduate medical programs are typically 4 years in length. They do not follow a typical university academic year due to the volume of content and experience required to be learned.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syllabus">Syllabus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Syllabus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most medical schools follow a similar education program, which includes essentially two phases: </p> <ol><li>Pre-Clinical (first 1–3 years) is typically classroom focused and theoretical in developing foundational medical knowledge of anatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacology, whilst gradually introducing the principles of patient care and basic clinical skills</li> <li>Clinical (last 2–3 years) is typically based in the hospital or clinic where the student partakes in clinical placements in various specialties similar to an observership or clerkship where they learn from clinicians in order to further develop their clinical skills</li></ol> <p>Most learning is multi-modal and include traditional didactic learning through lectures, workshops, seminars, clinical simulation and tutorials, group-based tutorials such as <a href="/wiki/Case-based_reasoning" title="Case-based reasoning">Case-Based-Learning (CBL)</a> or <a href="/wiki/Problem-based_learning" title="Problem-based learning">Problem-Based-Learning (PBL)</a>, in addition to any hospital facilitated educational activities. </p><p>Research project(s) are mandatory in the Master's level MD programs and optional in the Bachelor's level MBBS programs. This is in addition to encouraging students to be able to critically appraise literature and practice <a href="/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine" title="Evidence-based medicine">Evidence Based Medicine</a>. </p><p>Assessments commonly include a mixture of written (<a href="/wiki/Educational_assessment" title="Educational assessment">MCQ, EMQ, short and long answer</a>) and clinical exams (<a href="/wiki/Objective_structured_clinical_examination" title="Objective structured clinical examination">OSCE</a>) at the end of each term or unit. It is important to note that unlike our counterparts in the United States where there is a standardised exam (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Medical_Licensing_Examination" title="United States Medical Licensing Examination">USMLE</a>) across the country in order to become licensed to practise medicine, Australian medical school exit exams are set by the individual medical school and serve as the qualifying exam to be eligible for Medical Board registration. Successful completion of medical school allows the graduate to be registered provisionally with the Medical Board and proceed to applying for an internship. It is not until speciality training where there are standardised examinations held across the nation that is facilitated by respective medical speciality colleges. </p><p>Current Australian medical schools and their basic qualifying medical degrees are listed below:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>University</th> <th>Current Degree(s)</th> <th>Duration</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Australian_Qualifications_Framework" title="Australian Qualifications Framework">AQF level</a></th> <th>Entry</th> <th>Previous Degree(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">University of Adelaide</a></td> <td>BMedSt/MD</td> <td>6 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a></td> <td>MChD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bond_University" title="Bond University">Bond University</a></td> <td>BMedSt/MD</td> <td>4.7 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Deakin_University" title="Deakin University">Deakin University</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>BMBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flinders_University" title="Flinders University">Flinders University</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>BMBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Griffith_University" title="Griffith University">Griffith University</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Cook_University" title="James Cook University">James Cook University</a></td> <td>MBBS</td> <td>6 years</td> <td>7</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>BMedSc/MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a></td> <td>BMedSc/MD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>MBBS, MBBS(Hons) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a></td> <td>BMedSc/MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS, MBBS(Hons) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Newcastle_(Australia)" title="University of Newcastle (Australia)">University of Newcastle</a></td> <td>BMedSc/MD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>BMed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)" title="University of New England (Australia)">University of New England</a></td> <td>BMedSc/MD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>BMed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales" title="University of New South Wales">University of New South Wales</a></td> <td>BMed/MD</td> <td>6 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame_Australia" title="University of Notre Dame Australia">University of Notre Dame Australia</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Queensland" title="University of Queensland">University of Queensland</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a> </td> <td>BSc/MD or BA/MD </td> <td>7 years </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Undergraduate </td> <td>BA(Adv)(Hons)/MBBS, BSc(Adv)/MBBS, BMedSci/MBBS, BComm/MBBS, BEcon/MBBS, BMusSt/MBBS<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tasmania" title="University of Tasmania">University of Tasmania</a></td> <td>BMedScMD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_University" title="Western Sydney University">Western Sydney University</a></td> <td>BClinSci/MD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sturt_University" title="Charles Sturt University">Charles Sturt University</a></td> <td>BClinSci/MD</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wollongong" title="University of Wollongong">University of Wollongong</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td>MBBS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Curtin_University" title="Curtin University">Curtin University</a></td> <td>MBBS</td> <td>5 years</td> <td>7</td> <td>Undergraduate</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_University" title="Macquarie University">Macquarie University</a></td> <td>MD</td> <td>4 years</td> <td>9</td> <td>Graduate</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internship">Internship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Internship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Internship is a period of mandatory supervised general clinical experience. It allows medical graduates to consolidate and apply clinical knowledge and skills while taking increasing responsibility for the provision of safe, high quality patient care. Diagnostic skills, communication skills, management skills, including therapeutic and procedural skills, and professionalism are developed under appropriate supervision. Internship also informs career choices for many graduates by providing experience in different medical specialities including general practice, and providing a grounding for subsequent vocational (specialist) training.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/">Medical Board of Australia</a> has established the <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD12%2F9504&dbid=AP&chksum=wbPeZldtyqPMGvIkbt0Qgg%3D%3D">Intern Registration Standard</a></i>. It defines the supervised intern (provisional registration year) training requirements that must be completed in order for graduates of Australian and New Zealand medical programs accredited by the Australian Medical Council and approved by the Medical Board of Australia to be eligible for general registration.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Graduates of these programs of study are required to hold provisional registration and to satisfactorily complete 12 months of supervised practice as an intern before being eligible for general registration. Whereby, general registration indicates that the practitioner has the skills, knowledge and experience to work as a safe entry level medical practitioner able to practise within the limits of their training.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Interns are required to perform satisfactorily under supervision in the following terms: </p> <ul><li>at least 8 weeks that provides experience in emergency medical care</li> <li>at least 10 weeks that provides experience in medicine</li> <li>at least 10 weeks that provides experience in surgery</li> <li>a range of other approved terms to make up 12 months (minimum of 47 weeks full-time equivalent service).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>There are usually four or five terms in an internship (between 10 and 12 weeks duration). Interns are required to complete three core terms in medicine, surgery and emergency care and other (non-core) rotations make up the balance of the intern year providing opportunities to explore additional areas of medicine and surgery, anaesthesia, psychiatry, paediatrics and less acute care such as rehabilitation medicine, palliative care, geriatrics and general practice.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Internships are positions facilitated and funded by both State Governments and the Commonwealth (federal) Government. In 2016, there were 3314 state-funded intern positions and 100 Commonwealth funded intern positions. With the increasing number of medical graduates, there have been concerns about the number of available internships.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Applications for internships are typically coordinated by the relevant State Government's Health Department through an annual recruitment campaign. Applicants have the opportunity to preference the district and/or hospital(s) they wish to be employed at, and are selected based on a combination of a ballot-based and merit-based system. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amsa.org.au/">Australian Medical Student Association</a> provides a yearly <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amsa.org.au/amsa-internship-guide-2017">Internship Guide</a></i> to help guide medical graduates in their application process, as well as providing general information about the different State and Territory Health systems and clinical opportunities available at the various hospitals.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Residency">Residency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Residency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Residency, for most doctors in Australia, is typically a further one or two years following internship spent working in the hospital (or occasionally, in community health settings) to gain more clinical experience in a range of settings with increased levels of responsibility. In contrast to medical education following the United States system, internship and residency in Australia are considered pre-vocational terms where doctors have yet to formally commence their training in a specific speciality.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some specialist medical colleges accept entrants after successful completion of internship or postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1), most prefer applicants to have completed at least a further 2 to 3 years (or more) of pre-vocational training at the level of a resident (PGY-2 to PGY-3 or more) in order to have gained sufficient additional clinical experience prior to applying for a specialist training program. Clinical rotations and terms are at the preference of the resident (and dependent on the availability of the health service); there are no mandatory terms to fulfill; for example, if the resident has aspirations to pursue enrolment in surgical speciality training, they would preference and request more rotations in the various surgical specialties (for instance, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic, or Urology), versus if the resident had interests to pursue emergency medicine, he or she would probably benefit from further rotations in the various critical care specialties (that is, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or Anaesthetics).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During residency, these clinicians are known by a variety of terms, including but not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Resident Medical Officer (RMO) or Senior Resident Medical Officer (SRMO);</li> <li>Junior House Officer (JHO) or Senior House Officer (SHO) or Principal House Officer (PHO);</li> <li>Hospital Medical Officer (HMO); or,</li> <li>Trainee Medical Officer (TMO).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Residents typically have general registration with the Medical Board of Australia; that is, having successfully completed internship in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst the Medical Board no longer requires performance reports to be submitted directly to them, it mandates and delegates the responsibility to the relevant hospital administration, post-graduate medical councils and speciality colleges, to ensure the continual support, education and teaching of their residents (and registrars) as well as ensuring routine performance reviews and term reports from senior clinicians supervising their practice.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Applications for residency is similar to that of internship, and is coordinated by the relevant State government through an annual recruitment campaign. Applicants have the opportunity to preference the district and/or hospital(s) they wish to be employed at, and are selected on a merit-based system which typically includes a review of the applicant's resume, interview, and referee reports.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Registrarship_/_Speciality_Training_Programs"><span id="Registrarship_.2F_Speciality_Training_Programs"></span>Registrarship / Speciality Training Programs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Registrarship / Speciality Training Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Registrars">Registrars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Registrars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Registrars are doctors formally enrolled and accredited into a speciality (also known as 'vocational') training program; hence, they are also known as "trainee specialists". After completing internship and one or more additional years as a resident and meeting the pre-requisites for the relevant speciality college, doctors can apply for admission to a recognised medical speciality training program. Registrarship or vocational specialty training is akin to an apprenticeship or clerkship in other professions. It is a period of on-the-job training and assessments in order to qualify for fellowship of one of the recognised specialist medical colleges, which allows a doctor to practice medicine independently and unsupervised in that relevant speciality field, and with this access to an unrestricted Medicare provider number and Medical Board specialist registration.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selection into a speciality training programs are based upon merit and are highly competitive. Nowadays, most colleges require applicants to have previous clinical supervisors submit referee reports, and fulfil a number of criteria in their <i>curriculum vitae (CV)</i> which typically involve scoring the candidate in four domains: </p> <ol><li>Demonstrated clinical experience at the level of a resident or unaccredited registrar relevant to the speciality applied for</li> <li>Academic excellence in addition to the basic medical degree including research publications and higher educational degrees</li> <li>Pre-requisite completion of recommended workshops or courses, and if any, entrance examinations or assessments</li> <li>Extra-curricular activities and merits that demonstrate a well-rounded individual <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Applicants with satisfactory <i>CV</i> are invited to partake in interviews or assessments that typically assess adequate medical knowledge to commence speciality training and explore psycho-socially if the candidate if suitable for the speciality.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Registrars pay an annual enrolment fee to be part of the speciality college (in addition to fees for exams and courses). In order to qualify for election to fellowship and specialist recognition, most specialist colleges have clinical, practical and exit exams, in conjunction with other assessments to assess the full range of skills and behaviours required as a doctor, such as communication and team work. Specialist training programs and examinations are administered by the individual colleges and vary between three and seven full-time years to complete, depending upon the speciality you choose. Part-time training is available to most specialities, and dual-speciality-training is optional and streamlined for some specialities. Vocational training for most medical specialities is undertaken in a public teaching hospital, however it increasingly includes rotations in private hospitals, regional, rural and community health settings. The exception is general practice, where doctors undertake most of their training in designated private general practices in a community setting.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Registrars are nonetheless employed and remunerated by the hospital at which they work for; and thus, are still required to submit an application for a position through the recruitment campaigns coordinated by the relevant State government's ministry of health. That said, some colleges help allocate employment and allocation to various training sites and hospitals to streamline the traineeship and employment obligations, whereas some colleges leave this entirely to the discretion of the trainee.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Registrars are typically classified into : </p> <ol><li>Junior Registrar; typically refers to trainees who are in the basic or primary phase of their specialty training; assessments are typically a requirement to progress to the advanced training phase</li> <li>Senior Registrar; typically refers to trainees who are in the advanced phase of their specialty training; assessments are typically a requirement to become eligible to complete training and attain fellowship</li> <li>Fellow; typically refers to trainees who have successfully completed specialty training and eligible for specialty fellowship but are not yet formally employed at the grade of a specialist medical practitioner <ul><li>time spent as a Fellow is either a mandatory or optional requirement by some specialties in order to further develop sub-specialty skillsets and/or ensure and further prepare newly or soon-to-be qualified specialist medical practitioner</li></ul></li></ol> <p>Registrars are comparable to Residents in the United States medical system; that is, at this stage of their medical career, both are undergoing specialty training. As aforementioned, Residents in the Australian medical system are doctors who have completed internship and undergoing additional years of general clinical rotations to gain further experience, prior to enrolling into a specialty training program. In the United States, choice of specialty is decided upon commencing Internship, such that clinical rotations and specialty training requirements are streamlined early on and flows straight on to Residency. There is no requirement in the United States for junior doctors to complete "pre-vocational/pre-specialist" training or experience general clinical rotations prior to specialty training enrolment; which is in contrast to Australian and other Commonwealth medical systems that choose to keep this traditional format in view that it ensures junior doctors receive holistic training and generalist exposure in various specialties of medicine before choosing a specialty to pursue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unaccredited_Registrars">Unaccredited Registrars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Unaccredited Registrars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Unaccredited" registrars are doctors who are fulfilling the higher duties and role of a specialist registrar at a hospital, but do not receive credit toward fellowship in a specialty training program for their time spent working in the role. They may also not receive the protected training benefits of an accredited training position. They typically come from the cadre of senior residents with adequately more experience and aspirations to pursue that specific specialty as a career, but have yet to meet the pre-requisites to formally enroll into the specialist training program and become an accredited specialist trainee; where typically time spent working and training as an unaccredited registrar does not usually count towards formal specialty training time. Unaccredited registrars help fulfil shortages in hospital services where otherwise an accredited registrar is unable to be recruited; thus, they are sometimes also known as "service" registrars. </p><p>Doctors who choose to take up the role of an unaccredited registrar are typically those: </p> <ol><li>needing to meet the pre-requisites to gain sufficient exposure and experience in that certain specialty at a more senior level of a registrar, and to acquire favourable referee reports from supervisors, in order to successfully enrol into the specialist training program thereafter becoming an accredited registrar (e.g. a senior resident who has applied to work as an unaccredited registrar in order to gain more experience so that he or she may enrol into a formal surgical specialist training program later on).</li> <li>having no intention of pursuing that specialty itself, but looking to gain more experience and training at a more senior level as a registrar in order to improve their overall clinical knowledge and competence (e.g. clinicians intending to work as a hospitalist or general practitioner rotating through intensive care to acquire more clinical skills in critical care).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_Specialist_Colleges">Medical Specialist Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Medical Specialist Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Australia, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Council" title="Australian Medical Council">Australian Medical Council</a> has recognised 16 medical speciality colleges responsible for the continued education, training, and accreditation standards of their respective specialities: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Medical Specialist Colleges of Australia<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Organisation </th> <th>Speciality </th> <th>Fellowship Awarded </th> <th>Minimum Years of Training </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australasian_College_for_Emergency_Medicine" title="Australasian College for Emergency Medicine">Australasian College for Emergency Medicine</a> </td> <td>Emergency Medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) </td> <td>5 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australasian_College_of_Dermatologists" title="Australasian College of Dermatologists">Australasian College of Dermatologists</a> </td> <td>Dermatology </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian College of Dermatologists (FACD) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australasian_College_of_Sport_and_Exercise_Physicians" title="Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians">Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians</a> </td> <td>Sports & Exercise Medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (FACSEP) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Anaesthetists" title="Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists">Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists</a> </td> <td>Anaesthesia <p>Pain Medicine </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) <p>Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA) </p> </td> <td>5 years <p>1 to 3 years </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_College_of_Rural_and_Remote_Medicine" title="Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine">Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine</a> </td> <td>General Practice (Rural Generalist) </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/College_of_Intensive_Care_Medicine" title="College of Intensive Care Medicine">College of Intensive Care Medicine</a> </td> <td>Intensive Care Medicine (Adult and/or Paediatric) </td> <td>Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM) </td> <td>6 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australasian_College_of_Dental_Surgeons" title="Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons">Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons</a> </td> <td>Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (Oral Maxillofacial Surgery) (FRACDS (OMS)) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australasian_College_of_Surgeons" title="Royal Australasian College of Surgeons">Royal Australasian College of Surgeons</a> </td> <td>Cardio-thoracic surgery <p>General surgery </p><p>Neurosurgery </p><p>Orthopaedic surgery </p><p>Otolaryngology & Head and Neck surgery </p><p>Paediatric surgery </p><p>Plastic & Reconstructive surgery </p><p>Urology </p><p>Vascular surgery </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) </td> <td>5 to 7 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australasian_College_of_Medical_Administrators" title="Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators">Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators</a> </td> <td>Medical Administration </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA) </td> <td>3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australasian_College_of_Physicians" title="Royal Australasian College of Physicians">Royal Australasian College of Physicians</a> </td> <td>Cardiology <p>Clinical pharmacology </p><p>Endocrinology </p><p>Gastroenterology </p><p>General and acute care medicine </p><p>Geriatric medicine </p><p>Haematology </p><p>Immunology and allergy </p><p>Infectious diseases and/or microbiology </p><p>Medical oncology </p><p>Nephrology </p><p>Neurology </p><p>Nuclear medicine </p><p>Respiratory and sleep medicine </p><p>Rheumatology </p><p>Clinical genetics </p><p>Community child health </p><p>General paediatrics </p><p>Neonatal and perinatal medicine </p><p>Paediatric cardiology </p><p>Paediatric clinical pharmacology </p><p>Paediatric emergency medicine </p><p>Paediatric endocrinology </p><p>Paediatric gastroenterology and hepatology </p><p>Paediatric haematology </p><p>Paediatric immunology and allergy </p><p>Paediatric infectious diseases </p><p>Paediatric medical oncology </p><p>Paediatric nephrology </p><p>Paediatric neurology </p><p>Paediatric nuclear medicine </p><p>Paediatric palliative medicine </p><p>Paediatric rehabilitation medicine </p><p>Paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine </p><p>Paediatric rheumatology </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) </td> <td>6 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Addiction medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (FAChAM) </td> <td>3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Palliative care </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (FAChPM) </td> <td>3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sexual health medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (FAChSHM) </td> <td>3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rehabilitation medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Occupational and environmental medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FAFOEM) </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>Public health medicine </td> <td>Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM) </td> <td>3 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Obstetricians_and_Gynaecologists" title="Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists">Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</a> </td> <td>Obstetrics & Gynaecology <p>Gynaecological oncology </p><p>Maternal-fetal medicine </p><p>Obstetrics and gynaecological ultrasound </p><p>Reproductive endocrinology and infertility </p><p>Urogynaecology </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG) </td> <td>6 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Ophthalmologists" title="Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists">Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists</a> </td> <td>Ophthalmology </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO) </td> <td>5 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Psychiatrists" title="Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists">Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists</a> </td> <td>Addiction psychiatry <p>Adult psychiatry </p><p>Child and adolescent psychiatry </p><p>Consultation-liaison psychiatry </p><p>Forensic psychiatry </p><p>Neuropsychiatry </p><p>Old age psychiatry </p><p>Perinatal and infant psychiatry </p><p>Psychiatry of intellectual and development disabilities </p><p>Psychiatric psychotherapy </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) </td> <td>5 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_and_New_Zealand_College_of_Radiologists" title="Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists">Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists</a> </td> <td>Diagnostic radiology <p>Interventional radiology Nuclear medicine Radiation oncology </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) </td> <td>5 years </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_College_of_General_Practitioners" title="Royal Australian College of General Practitioners">Royal Australian College of General Practitioners</a> </td> <td>General Practice <p>General Practice (Rural Generalist) </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) <p>Rural Generalist Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practiitoners (FRACGP-RG) </p> </td> <td>3 years <p>4 years </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Pathologists_of_Australasia" title="Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia">Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia</a> </td> <td>Anatomical pathology <p>Chemical pathology </p><p>Forensic pathology </p><p>General pathology </p><p>Haematology </p><p>Immunology </p><p>Microbiology </p> </td> <td>Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA) </td> <td>5 years </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(Career_Medical_Officers)"><span id="Other_Non-Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_.28Career_Medical_Officers.29"></span>Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners (Career Medical Officers)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners (Career Medical Officers)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Australia, 'other medical practitioners' typically include career hospital doctors or career medical officers or hospitalists. They are typically beyond the internship and residency phase of their career, but have made a conscious career choice not to partake in vocational-specialist training to acquire fellowship specialist qualification. Whilst not specialists, these clinicians are nonetheless senior in their years of medical practice, and depending on their scope of practice and experience, they typically work with a reasonable degree of independence and autonomy under the auspices of their specialist colleagues and supervisors. Career medical officers form a demographically small but important workforce of doctors in hospitals across Australia where on-site specialist medical practitioner coverage is otherwise limited or unavailable. </p><p>The commonest pathway in medicine, is to complete medical school, then internship and residency, before finally completing a specialty training program as a registrar thereby becoming a specialist medical practitioner. Career medical officers typically come from clinicians who have completed their internship, residency, and usually some further formal or informal rotations as a registrar, but have decided not to, or have yet not, complete their vocational specialty training. The reasons for why hospitalists choose their career track are varied, some of which include: </p> <ul><li>doctors who do not have any intentions of specialising as a conscious career choice and prefer working as a non-specialist hospitalist clinician;</li> <li>doctors who practice in a specialised area of medicine with seniority and experience but this specialised area of medicine is not formally recognised as a specialty (such as a Medical Practitioner working in the field of Clinical Forensic Medicine with a qualification in this area of medicine that is not yet recognised or accredited by AMC and AHPRA);</li> <li>doctors who practice in a specialised area of medicine with seniority and experience but have not been formally recognised as a specialist medical practitioner (such as a Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate with specialist qualifications of a Cardiologist in their home country that is not recognised by the relevant accredited Specialty College, AMC and AHPRA);</li> <li>doctors who do not or did not meet the requirements for specialty training;</li> <li>doctors who are intending to specialise in the future but not at this moment;</li> <li>doctors who have completed specialty training in a field but have decided to seek (primary or secondary) employment as a non-specialist hospital clinician (such as a fellowship qualified General Practitioner working part-time as a Career Medical Officer in the Emergency Department or as a Surgical Assistant);</li> <li>doctors who are concurrently in the process of specialising but are taking temporary leave from their specialty training and/or additionally working as a non-specialist clinician elsewhere usually in the capacity of a temporary <i>locum tenens</i> (such as a Resident or Registrar at a public teaching hospital working part-time or casually as a Career Medical Officer at a private hospital).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>These clinicians are also known by a variety of terms, including but not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Hospitalist</li> <li>Senior Medical Officer (SMO)</li> <li>Multi-skilled Medical Officer (MMO)</li> <li>Career Hospital Doctor <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Career medical officers are typically employed in a variety of public and private hospital settings on a contractual or salaried basis. Traditionally, career medical officers or hospitalists are employed as permanent full-time or part-time staff, but more commonly in recent times, due to a significant workforce of clinicians been in-flux with their specialty training and insufficient staffing of middle-grade clinicians at hospitals, there has been an increase supply and demand for career medical officers on a <i><a href="/wiki/Locum" title="Locum">locum tenens</a></i> or casual basis. Dependent on their place of employment and duties, the responsibilities and remuneration of non-specialist career medical officers are usually comparable to somewhere between registrars and consultants. Despite the common trend for clinicians to specialise nowadays, non-specialist hospitalist clinicians have an important role in fulfilling shortages in the medical workforce, especially when specialist medical practitioner coverage and accessibility is unavailable, where there is an area-of-need, and after-hours or on-site medical care is required. These clinicians and employed across Australia in a variety of clinical environments which include Medical & Surgical Wards, Mental Health Units, Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments. Nonetheless, these clinicians work closely and continually consult with the relevant attending specialist medical practitioner on-call; that is, final responsibility and care for the patient ultimately still rests with the attending specialist medical practitioner. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Association" title="Australian Medical Association">Australian Medical Association (AMA)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ascmo.org.au/home.htm">Australasian Society of Career Medical Officers (ASCMO)</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asmofnsw.org.au/">Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (AMSOF)</a> are organisations that represent this group of medical practitioners. Despite being non-specialist medical practitioners, they are still required to meet continuing professional development requirements and frequently attend courses facilitated by these organisations and the hospitals to keep their practice and skillsets up-to-date alongside their specialist medical practitioner colleagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-Vocationally_Registered_General_Practitioners">Non-Vocationally Registered General Practitioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Non-Vocationally Registered General Practitioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1996, General Practice has been formally recognised as a speciality with a formal vocational specialist training pathway. Historically, those wishing to practice as a General Practitioner (GP) without specialist registration, otherwise known as non-Vocationally Registered (non-VR) GP, could only do so in designated areas-of-need (such as that of rural townships) and at the compromise of only been able to invoice for limited Medicare rebates. As of 2018, Non-VR GPs ceased to be recognised and are now considered in the category of other non-specialist medical practitioners. Similar to other specialties, those wishing to continue to practice in the specialty field of General Practice are required to attain a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM). The exception to this are those who were 'grandfathered' as already working as GPs for at least 5 years prior to 1996. Non-specialist medical practitioners are issued a restricted <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(Australia)" title="Medicare (Australia)">Medicare</a> provider number that allows them to initiate referrals and request pathology and radiology investigations, but not access full Medicare billings.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_(General_Practitioners_&_Consultants)"><span id="Specialist_Medical_Practitioners_.28General_Practitioners_.26_Consultants.29"></span>Specialist Medical Practitioners (General Practitioners & Consultants)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Specialist Medical Practitioners (General Practitioners & Consultants)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon completion of the prescribed specialty training program by the relevant medical specialty college, medical practitioners are awarded a fellowship of that college and eligible to register and be recognised as a specialist by their medical specialty college, Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Agency and the Medical Board of Australia, which is annually renewed. Specialist medical practitioners are considered to have satisfied all the necessary education and training requirements and recognised as vocationally qualified to practise competently and safely for that medical speciality. </p><p>Medical practitioners with specialist registration are allowed to practice independently and unsupervised within their scope of practice, which in effect allows them to pursue private practice outside of public teaching hospitals. Specialist medical practitioners are eligible for an unrestricted <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(Australia)" title="Medicare (Australia)">Medicare</a> provider number that allows clinicians to bill rebates from Medicare for services delivered to patients, privileges for hospital admissions and private health fund billings, where most patients in Australia are a mixture of publicly covered Medicare and privately insured through a health fund. Whilst most specialist medical practitioners take the opportunity to pursue private practice, many of them (with the exception of a majority of GPs) continue to work at least part-time as salaried employees in the state public hospitals. There is also an opportunity for specialists partake in hospital administration to take-up committee or managerial positions, such as director of their department or the hospital or health service, as well as being actively involved in the education and supervised training of their junior colleagues. </p><p>Specialist medical practitioners are typically recognised by their specialty profession name; for example, General Practitioner, Cardiologist, Radiologist, Pathologist, Haematologist, Nephrologist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeon, et cetera. Physician broadly refers to those who specialise in any of the adult or child non-surgical medical sub-specialities. Surgeon broadly refers to those who specialise in any of the surgical sub-specialities. Medical practitioners which have completed their specialist training are known by a variety of other terminology, including but not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Staff Specialist</li> <li>Attending Medical Officer (AMO)</li> <li>Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)</li> <li>Senior Medical Officer (SMO)</li></ul> <p>Specialist medical practitioners are required, as part of mainting their specialist registration and fellow status, to partake in activities throughout the year ensuring their continued professional development (CPD) which is monitored and facilitated by their respective specialty medical college. </p><p>Additionally, while there is no requirement to do so, some clinicians at this stage of their career may consider further education (that is, if they have already not done so): </p> <ul><li>Higher research or education degrees (such as <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">Masters</a> or <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>) or co-joint academic position at a university</li> <li>Fellowship placements (such as a neurosurgeon spending a year as a fellow in paediatric neurosurgery)</li> <li>Sub-specialisation (such as an emergency physician sub-specialising in toxicology)</li> <li>Second specialty qualification (such as an anaesthetist attaining a second-qualification to become an intensivist)</li></ul> <p>Furthermore, specialist medical practitioners may pursue senior executive, administrative or advisory roles, including but not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Medical Director</li> <li>Chief Health Officer</li> <li>Chief Medical Officer</li> <li>Board or Committee Membership</li> <li>Executive of Hospital or Health Service</li> <li>Health Ministry Secretarial Appointments</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specialist_General_Practitioners">Specialist General Practitioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Specialist General Practitioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1996, <a href="/wiki/General_Practice" class="mw-redirect" title="General Practice">General Practice</a> in Australia became recognised as a specialist field of medicine with an accredited specialty training program; that is, similar to other specialty fields of medicine, vocationally registered or fellowship qualified General Practitioners are recognised as specialist medical practitioners by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahpra.gov.au/">Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Agency (AHPRA)</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/">Medical Board of Australia (MBA)</a> as per the <i>Health Practitioner Regulation National Law</i>. Its specialised role in health care is providing general medical care to the community; it is comparable to the scope of practice of <a href="/wiki/Family_medicine" title="Family medicine">family physicians</a> in the United States and Canada. A properly trained and qualified General Practitioner (GP) should be able to independently assess, diagnose and treat a wide variety and range of illnesses within their scope of practice prior to referral to their non-GP specialist colleagues. Typically, about half of medical pracitioners become GPs and the other half pursue a non-GP specialty. </p><p>Most urban GPs work in community-based clinics and deliver predominantly <a href="/wiki/Primary_care" title="Primary care">primary care</a>, with a subset of regional or rural GPs additionally working in public hospitals to deliver emergency or secondary care where there is a shortfall of non-GP specialist medical practitioners. It is not uncommon for GPs to also complete extended skills training to broaden their clinical scope of practice; insofar that it is encouraged and typical for GPs to proceed to attain formal accreditation in advanced areas of clinical practice (such as a GP who has postgraduate diplomas and accreditation to provide anaesthesiology or obstetric services) and/or formally complete additional fellowship in another specialty field of medicine (such as a GP who is also qualified as a public health physician or palliative care physician). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_College_of_General_Practitioners" title="Royal Australian College of General Practitioners">Royal Australian College of General Practitioners</a> (RACGP) and <a href="/wiki/Australian_College_of_Rural_and_Remote_Medicine" title="Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine">Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine</a> (ACRRM) are responsible for the accredtiation, education and training of GPs in Australia; medical practitioners who complete the registrar training program are awarded a Fellowship of RACGP (FRACGP) and/or Fellowship of ACRRM (FACRRM) and recognised as Specialists in the field of General Practice. Registrarship and specialist/vocational training in General Practice is typically a minimum of 3 years or more than 4 years if additionally completing extended skills training to develop additional competencies to practice in rural and remote locations. </p><p>Rural Generalists are upskilled GPs with an expanded scope of practice that are capable of delivering emergency and secondary hospitalist medical care in rural and remote locations where non-GP specialist care and health resources are limited. Rural Generalist medical practice is in the process of becoming formally recognised as a subspecialty within General Practice by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Council" title="Australian Medical Council">AMC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Health_Practitioner_Regulation_Agency" title="Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency">AHPRA</a>. GPs who have acquired a FACRRM and/or a FRACGP plus Rural Generalist Fellowship (FRACGP-RG) are recognised as Rural Generalists. </p><p>Nevertheless, historically and coloquially the term 'Specialists' refers to medical practitioners qualified in a specialised field of medicine beyond the scope of General Practice (or Family Medicine). Medicare also makes this delineation for the purposes of appropriately allocating referrals, rebates and billings amongst GPs versus non-GP 'Specialist' Consultants. Medicare requires patients to see their GP first for a referral to see a Consultant (that is, if the patient intends to have Medicare subsidise costs associated with seeing the Consultant). In Australia, the healthcare system is predilected upon patients seeing their GP for an initial health assessment, prior to been referred to consult with a Consultant of a relevant specialty for further medical advice and treatment that may be beyond the scope of the GP, and then the Consultant returning the patient back to the GP for ongoing primary and shared care. This assists with minimising fragamentation of healthcare and improved allocation of health resources by having patients have their health managed and coordinated primarily by their GP. </p><p>Medical pracitioners (that is namely Interns, Residents, Registrars, Career Medical Officers and other non-specialist medical practitioners) who have not attained specialist fellowship qualification or registration with <a href="/wiki/Australian_Health_Practitioner_Regulation_Agency" title="Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency">AHPRA</a> are issued a restricted <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(Australia)" title="Medicare (Australia)">Medicare</a> provider number that allows them to initiate referrals and request diagnostic pathology and radiology investigative services, however not access Medicare billing benefits. </p><p>Medical practitioners who could demonstrate that they practiced for at least 5 years in General Practice prior to 1995 were not required to complete a specialty training program nor required to be awarded a fellowship by RACGP or ACRRM in order to be recognised as Specialist GPs by AHPRA and Medicare; these GPs were effectively '<a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clause" title="Grandfather clause">grandfathered</a>' onto the vocational/specialist register. </p><p>Historically, medical practitioners who practiced in General Practice without specialist registration and who were not formally enrolled as registrars working towards their FRACGP or FACRRM were known as non-vocationally registered (non-VR) GPs, and typically only practiced in areas-of-need with restricted access to Medicare billings. As of 2018, non-VR GPs ceased to be recognised by Medicare and are no longer be able to invoice for Medicare billings unless they formally enrol in a formal registrar training program to attain fellowship and be recognised as a Specialist GP. Non-VR GPs essentially now fit into the category of 'Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners'. In order to practice in the specialty field of General Practice, similar to other non-GP specialties, medical practitioners must formally register as a registrar to complete a specialty trianing program with RACGP or ACRRM and attain fellowship status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Continuing_Professional_Development_(CPD)"><span id="Continuing_Professional_Development_.28CPD.29"></span>Continuing Professional Development (CPD)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Continuing Professional Development (CPD)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Continuing_professional_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuing professional development">Continuing professional development (CPD)</a> ensures clinicians remain up-to-date and evidence-based in their medical practice as mandated and audited by the Medical Board of Australia: </p> <ol><li>Medical practitioners with <b>Specialist registration</b> <b>(that is, Specialist Medical Practitioners; General Practitioners and Consultants)</b> must continue to meet the CPD requirements set out and logged by their relevant speciality college.</li> <li>Medical practitioners with <b>General registration only and not enrolled (nor have intentions to enrol) in a specialty-vocational training program (that is, Other Non-Specialist Medical Practitioners; Hospitalists)</b> must continue to complete a minimum of 50 hours CPD per year and enrol into CPD home program and have their educational activities logged accordingly.</li> <li>Medical practitioners with <b>General registration only and enrolled in specialty-vocational training program (that is, Registrars)</b> must attend relevant educational activities and complete assessment requirements as part of their training obligations as monitored and facilitated by their specialty college and clinical supervisors at their teaching hospital or clinic.</li> <li>Medical practitioners with <b>General registration only and working in a pre-vocational training capacity (that is, Residents)</b> must attend relevant educational activities and complete performance reviews as facilitated by clinical supervisors at their teaching hospital or clinic.</li> <li>Medical practitioners with <b>Provisional or Limited registration (that is, Interns or International Medical Graduates)</b>, must complete a term of supervised practice, meet the educational standards set and successfully complete any assessments during that probational period as set by the Medical Board and/or Specialty College and/or teaching hospital or clinic, prior to been eligible for General or Specialist registration.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Education of junior doctors (that is, Interns to Residents to Registrars) is typically arranged on a regular basis by the hospital at which these clinicians work at and are facilitated by the senior staff specialist clinicians, as well as a proportion of self-directed learning in their own time. The forms of education can include but not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Formal lectures and teaching sessions</li> <li>Case presentations</li> <li>Informal bedside teaching</li> <li>Research and clinical trials</li> <li>Morbidity and mortality ("M&M") meetings</li> <li>Grand Rounds</li> <li>Clinical skill workshops and courses</li> <li>Journal club</li> <li>Simulations</li> <li>Committees</li> <li>Audits</li></ul> <p>Education of fellowship qualified General Practitioners and Consultants, is typically facilitated by the relevant specialty medical college; with each college having its own CPD program. Similarly, Career Medical Officers and Registrars financially enrolled in a specialty college as non-fellow or trainee member may also partake in the CPD program and educational activities, some of which are highly recommended or mandatory. Most specialty colleges use a points-based system to keep track of the clinician's CPD obligations for each year, with each specific activity attracting a certain number of points (for instance, attending a conference or workshop may be worth 3 CPD points, whereas reading a journal article and completing the online quiz may be worth 1 CPD point). There are certain education modules that are mandatory for specialists and their trainee-registrars, and others which are optionally recommended to be completed at the preference of the clinician. </p><p>From 2023, AHPRA and MBA has mandated that CPD must consist of at least 50 hours, which is made of the following components: </p> <ul><li>Minimum of 12.5 hours of educational activity</li> <li>Minimum of 25 hours of performance review and outcome measurement, which is to include: <ul><li>Minimum of 5 hours of performance review</li> <li>Minimum of 5 hours of outcome measurement</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Mandatory education activities typically require the clinician to participate in activities that ensures ongoing up-to-date competency and receive feedback on core skills and clinical knowledge related to their scope of practice. These typically include: </p> <ul><li>Ensuring up-to-date first aid and resuscitation skills certification; such as, CPR, ALS, APLS, EMST (ATLS), et cetera</li> <li>Ensuring an up-to-date logbook of core skills and procedures; such as, performing at least 3 endotracheal intubations annually</li> <li>Participating in a clinical audit of patients seen by the clinician or colleagues within their department</li> <li>Participating in a performance review and receiving feedback from a senior colleague</li></ul> <p>In addition to the above hospital-based education already mentioned, additional forms of self-directed education include such activities as: </p> <ul><li>Participating as an attendee or instructor at workshops and courses</li> <li>Subscription to journals including online educational resources</li> <li>Conferences or seminars</li> <li>Academic appointment</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recency_of_Practice">Recency of Practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Recency of Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To meet the standard, medical practitioners must practise within their scope of practice at any time for a minimum total of: </p> <ul><li>4 weeks full-time equivalent in one registration period, which is a total of 152 hours, or</li> <li>12 weeks full-time equivalent over three consecutive registration periods, which is a total of 456 hours.</li></ul> <p>Full-time equivalent is 38 hours per week. The maximum number of hours that can be counted per week is 38 hours. Medical practitioners who work part-time must complete the same minimum number of hours of practice – this can be completed part-time.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Schools_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Schools in Australia">Medical Schools in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Schools_of_medicine_in_Australia" title="Category:Schools of medicine in Australia">Category:Schools of medicine in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Teaching_hospitals_in_Australia" title="Category:Teaching hospitals in Australia">Category:Teaching hospitals in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/doctor-of-medicine/what-will-i-study/">"Doctor of Medicine : What will I study?"</a>. <i>study.unimelb.edu.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-09-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=study.unimelb.edu.au&rft.atitle=Doctor+of+Medicine+%3A+What+will+I+study%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fstudy.unimelb.edu.au%2Ffind%2Fcourses%2Fgraduate%2Fdoctor-of-medicine%2Fwhat-will-i-study%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUniversity" class="citation news cs1">University, Griffith. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://degrees.griffith.edu.au/Program/5099/Overview/Domestic#attendance">"Doctor of Medicine (5099)"</a>. <i>Degree and career finder</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-09-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Degree+and+career+finder&rft.atitle=Doctor+of+Medicine+%285099%29&rft.aulast=University&rft.aufirst=Griffith&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdegrees.griffith.edu.au%2FProgram%2F5099%2FOverview%2FDomestic%23attendance&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sydney.edu.au/courses/uos-landing.html/content/courses/courses/pc/doctor-of-medicine.html">"Unit of Study"</a>. <i>The University of Sydney</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-09-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+University+of+Sydney&rft.atitle=Unit+of+Study&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsydney.edu.au%2Fcourses%2Fuos-landing.html%2Fcontent%2Fcourses%2Fcourses%2Fpc%2Fdoctor-of-medicine.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141110032145/http://www.amc.org.au/images/Medschool/Medical-School-Accreditation-Program-and-Status.pdf">"Medical School Accreditation Program and Status Report"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Australian Medical Council. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amc.org.au/images/Medschool/Medical-School-Accreditation-Program-and-Status.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 10 November 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Medical+School+Accreditation+Program+and+Status+Report&rft.pub=Australian+Medical+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amc.org.au%2Fimages%2FMedschool%2FMedical-School-Accreditation-Program-and-Status.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/handbooks/archive/2013/medicine/undergraduate/combined/index.html">"Combined Medicine - Sydney Medical School - The University of Sydney"</a>. The University of Sydney<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Combined+Medicine+-+Sydney+Medical+School+-+The+University+of+Sydney&rft.pub=The+University+of+Sydney&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sydney.edu.au%2Fhandbooks%2Farchive%2F2013%2Fmedicine%2Fundergraduate%2Fcombined%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://handbook.westernsydney.edu.au/hbook/course.aspx?course=4758.1">"Course"</a>. <i>handbook.westernsydney.edu.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=handbook.westernsydney.edu.au&rft.atitle=Course&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhandbook.westernsydney.edu.au%2Fhbook%2Fcourse.aspx%3Fcourse%3D4758.1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdmin" class="citation web cs1">Admin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pmcv.com.au/accreditation/intern-year">"Intern Year"</a>. <i>www.pmcv.com.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.pmcv.com.au&rft.atitle=Intern+Year&rft.au=Admin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmcv.com.au%2Faccreditation%2Fintern-year&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registration/Interns.aspx">"Medical Board of Australia - Interns"</a>. <i>www.medicalboard.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.medicalboard.gov.au&rft.atitle=Medical+Board+of+Australia+-+Interns&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalboard.gov.au%2FRegistration%2FInterns.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amsa.org.au/node/861">"National Internship Crisis | Australian Medical Students' Association"</a>. <i>www.amsa.org.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.amsa.org.au&rft.atitle=National+Internship+Crisis+%7C+Australian+Medical+Students%27+Association&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amsa.org.au%2Fnode%2F861&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amsa.org.au/amsa-internship-guide-2017">"AMSA Internship Guide 2017 | Australian Medical Students' Association"</a>. <i>www.amsa.org.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.amsa.org.au&rft.atitle=AMSA+Internship+Guide+2017+%7C+Australian+Medical+Students%27+Association&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amsa.org.au%2Famsa-internship-guide-2017&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lifeinthefastlane.com/the-registrar-sits-at-the-desk-registering-patients-right/">"Emergency medicine training in Australia and the United States"</a>. <i>LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog</i>. 2012-01-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=LITFL+%E2%80%A2+Life+in+the+Fast+Lane+Medical+Blog&rft.atitle=Emergency+medicine+training+in+Australia+and+the+United+States&rft.date=2012-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flifeinthefastlane.com%2Fthe-registrar-sits-at-the-desk-registering-patients-right%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ama.com.au/careers/doctors-training-and-career-advancement">"Doctors in training and career advancement"</a>. <i>Australian Medical Association</i>. 2018-03-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Medical+Association&rft.atitle=Doctors+in+training+and+career+advancement&rft.date=2018-03-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fama.com.au%2Fcareers%2Fdoctors-training-and-career-advancement&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdmin" class="citation web cs1">Admin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pmcv.com.au/">"Home | Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV)"</a>. <i>www.pmcv.com.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.pmcv.com.au&rft.atitle=Home+%7C+Postgraduate+Medical+Council+of+Victoria+%28PMCV%29&rft.au=Admin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmcv.com.au%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDivision]" class="citation web cs1">Division], c=AU; o=The State of Queensland; ou=Queensland Health; ou=[Final approver - Unit/Branch or. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us/clinical/medical/recruitment/rmo">"Resident Medical Officer (RMO) and Registrars | Queensland Health"</a>. <i>www.health.qld.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.health.qld.gov.au&rft.atitle=Resident+Medical+Officer+%28RMO%29+and+Registrars+%7C+Queensland+Health&rft.aulast=Division%5D&rft.aufirst=c%3DAU%3B+o%3DThe+State+of+Queensland%3B+ou%3DQueensland+Health%3B+ou%3D%5BFinal+approver+-+Unit%2FBranch+or&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.qld.gov.au%2Femployment%2Fwork-for-us%2Fclinical%2Fmedical%2Frecruitment%2Frmo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/jmo/Pages/default.aspx">"Junior Medical Officer recruitment"</a>. <i>www.health.nsw.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.health.nsw.gov.au&rft.atitle=Junior+Medical+Officer+recruitment&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.nsw.gov.au%2Fjmo%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.generalsurgeons.com.au/post-fellowship-education-training/selection">"General Surgeons Australia"</a>. <i>www.generalsurgeons.com.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.generalsurgeons.com.au&rft.atitle=General+Surgeons+Australia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.generalsurgeons.com.au%2Fpost-fellowship-education-training%2Fselection&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF(RACS)" class="citation web cs1">(RACS), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.surgeons.org/becoming-a-surgeon/surgery-as-a-career/selection-requirements/">"Selection Requirements and SET Application"</a>. <i>www.surgeons.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.surgeons.org&rft.atitle=Selection+Requirements+and+SET+Application&rft.aulast=%28RACS%29&rft.aufirst=Royal+Australasian+College+of+Surgeons&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surgeons.org%2Fbecoming-a-surgeon%2Fsurgery-as-a-career%2Fselection-requirements%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPractitioners" class="citation web cs1">Practitioners, The Royal Australian College of General. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.racgp.org.au/becomingagp/australian-general-practice-training-program-(agpt)/">"RACGP - Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT)"</a>. <i>www.racgp.org.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.racgp.org.au&rft.atitle=RACGP+-+Australian+General+Practice+Training+Program+%28AGPT%29&rft.aulast=Practitioners&rft.aufirst=The+Royal+Australian+College+of+General&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.racgp.org.au%2Fbecomingagp%2Faustralian-general-practice-training-program-%28agpt%29%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Education/Approved-Programs-of-Study.aspx?ref=Medical%20Practitioner&type=Specialist">"Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Approved Programs of Study"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Australian+Health+Practitioner+Regulation+Agency+-+Approved+Programs+of+Study&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ahpra.gov.au%2FEducation%2FApproved-Programs-of-Study.aspx%3Fref%3DMedical%2520Practitioner%26type%3DSpecialist&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ama.com.au/position-statement/hospitalists-and-non-vocational-doctors-2008-revised-201">"Hospitalists and non-vocational doctors - 2008. Revised 2017"</a>. <i>Australian Medical Association</i>. 2017-12-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Medical+Association&rft.atitle=Hospitalists+and+non-vocational+doctors+-+2008.+Revised+2017&rft.date=2017-12-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fama.com.au%2Fposition-statement%2Fhospitalists-and-non-vocational-doctors-2008-revised-201&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ascmo.org.au/home.htm">"Australasian Society of Career Medical Officers"</a>. <i>www.ascmo.org.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ascmo.org.au&rft.atitle=Australasian+Society+of+Career+Medical+Officers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ascmo.org.au%2Fhome.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ama.com.au/position-statement/hospitalists-and-non-vocational-doctors-2008-revised-201">"Hospitalists and non-vocational doctors - 2008. Revised 2017"</a>. <i>Australian Medical Association</i>. 2017-12-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Medical+Association&rft.atitle=Hospitalists+and+non-vocational+doctors+-+2008.+Revised+2017&rft.date=2017-12-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fama.com.au%2Fposition-statement%2Fhospitalists-and-non-vocational-doctors-2008-revised-201&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ama.com.au/careers/continuing-professional-development#section0">"Continuing professional development"</a>. <i>Australian Medical Association</i>. 2018-03-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Medical+Association&rft.atitle=Continuing+professional+development&rft.date=2018-03-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fama.com.au%2Fcareers%2Fcontinuing-professional-development%23section0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMedical+education+in+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/">Medical Board of Australia</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&oldid=1258750651">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&oldid=1258750651</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Medical_education_in_Australia" title="Category:Medical education in Australia">Medical education in Australia</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_with_empty_Wikidata_description" title="Category:Short description with empty Wikidata description">Short description with empty Wikidata description</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 21 November 2024, at 12:14<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medical_education_in_Australia&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-6dfcdd5ff5-fkjn8","wgBackendResponseTime":138,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.402","walltime":"0.471","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1499,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":37823,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":515,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":9,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":1,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":80744,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 376.195 1 -total"," 65.53% 246.530 2 Template:Reflist"," 48.91% 184.012 17 Template:Cite_web"," 26.84% 100.988 1 Template:Short_description"," 16.23% 61.053 2 Template:Pagetype"," 7.62% 28.661 6 Template:Cite_news"," 5.82% 21.901 5 Template:Main_other"," 4.90% 18.425 1 Template:SDcat"," 4.29% 16.151 1 Template:Notelist"," 1.38% 5.207 1 Template:Short_description/lowercasecheck"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.220","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5124804,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-5857dfdcd6-vhst9","timestamp":"20241203070809","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Medical education in Australia","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medical_education_in_Australia","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q6806510","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q6806510","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2005-12-20T06:31:00Z","dateModified":"2024-11-21T12:14:32Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c2\/BigPikachu_Medical_Flowchart.png"}</script> </body> </html>