Foreign Trained Doctors In Australia
. I believe its important for all medical practitioners to have a basic understanding of the processes involved in achieving specialist qualifications for IMGs. I quickly had to learn about tropical diseases snake bites and Irukandji just to name a few.
Competent Authority pathway. Almost 40 per cent of Australias 75000 doctors trained overseas. Far North Queenslands Cooktown became Dr Kruys new home after moving to Australia.
Its not as though Australia doesnt need foreign-trained doctors.
Typically Australians training to be doctors undertake six or seven years of undergraduate education and then another two years internship in a hospital before they qualify as a general practitioner. Its not as though Australia doesnt need foreign-trained doctors. Some IMGs pursue the path to general registration with Ahpra before commencing specialty training. First the website is like a Rubiks cube of diagrams and acronyms.
