Internship and residency in Australia as an international student

[lastchance]

hello every one,

one year is the distance between me and my dream (to be a doctor)
I plan to continue the speciality i australia, i dont know for me as a foreigner, what are the requirements.
and is it easy to get acceptance there for residency
and what are the money fund for me?
pls any one can tell us about residency there for foreigners

thanks alot

 

[miss_universe]

Changed the title for you to make it more helpful

 

[Lacerum]

hello every one,

one year is the distance between me and my dream (to be a doctor)
I plan to continue the speciality i australia, i dont know for me as a foreigner, what are the requirements.
and is it easy to get acceptance there for residency
and what are the money fund for me?
pls any one can tell us about residency there for foreigners

thanks alot

Hey there,

I suggest you peruse the following site - Australian Medical Council. It should provide you all of the official requirements for a foreign medical graduate.

From my limited understanding, to come and practice medicine in Australia as a registered practitioner will require you to sit the AMC examinations (that is, if you attended a medical school which is recognised by the AMC). This is coming from a limited knowledge base, but it seems to me that the pathway for specialist doctors who come from overseas is easier. Having already specialised in their home country, they sit the AMC exams, come to Australia, and perform two or so 'supervised' years, before being awarded the relevant degree by the college, allowing them to practice more freely.

I know that gaining an internship position here would be extremely difficult as a student who has attended an overseas medical school. I can't comment on how easy it is to stream into the system during residency years, but if that means you will be applying to specialty colleges from the same pool as all domestic students, it wouldn't be easy. Though the difficulty is relative to your specialty of interest.

Hopefully someone else with experience in this area can shed some more light for you.

 

[Season]

It also does depend pretty heavily on what country you were trained in. In the coming years its going to become incredibly difficult to get a spot. Even locally trained international students will have difficulty.

 

[bleukreuz]

Here's the latest news from AMSA about internship that I got recently

https://media.amsa.org.au/committee...nt_and_prospective_international_students.pdf

 

[lastchance]

thnk u very much

 

[miss_universe]

thnk u very much

'Thank you very much!'

If you want to use this forum to improve your English, try using correct grammar all the time (if you can).

 

[youngthegiantsfan]

How does choosing which speciality one wants to pursue as a career happen? Does this happen after the internship? When do students apply for their specialized field of choice?

 

[Nina]

Hi everyone, i'm new here. I am a Slovene doctor, graduated in Feb 2013. I have just done my internship in Slovenia (BTW, it's in Europe, its neighbours are Italy, Austria, Croatia). My biggest wish is to go abroad, start fresh. I have always had Australia on my mind and now that I have come so far, I would really like to gather some informations wether I can do it or not.
My questions are- can I apply for a residency in Australia or am i obliged to do the internship in Au before (even though I have done it in my country already)? Is the internship payed? (in my country many internships are not payed, that's why I ask, plus I don't think I can afford to work for free). Do you have any useful links for me or contacts? Anything helpful? I really don't know where to start and how to procceed.
Any help will be more than welcome.
Thanks & greetings,
Nina

 

[Anit85]

Hello everyone!
I am new in this forum and soon new to Australian doctors. What I need to knowis how do australian postgraduates apply for internships? Is there a central register from where places are given to the students? Or does one need to apply at the hospital one want to work in? The amc.org.au unfortunately doesn´t give good information on that topic.
Thank you for your help!

 

[zede]

I am also an international medical graduate , and i have recently passed my AMC part 1 in july this year. So if any IMG wants to know more about the AMC exams or wants to know about the process of working in Australia as an IMG then please go ahead and ask me , I will try to help you out as much as possible

 

[Opadijo]

I am also an international medical graduate , and i have recently passed my AMC part 1 in july this year. So if any IMG wants to know more about the AMC exams or wants to know about the process of working in Australia as an IMG then please go ahead and ask me , I will try to help you out as much as possible

I need info as an IMG on how I can apply for residency in Australia.. My mail is [email protected]

 

[Oksana]

I am also an international medical graduate , and i have recently passed my AMC part 1 in july this year. So if any IMG wants to know more about the AMC exams or wants to know about the process of working in Australia as an IMG then please go ahead and ask me , I will try to help you out as much as possible

Hi there Zede,

would it still be possible to ask you about the internships in Australia? I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

In case you want to use my email: [email protected]

Kind regards,

Oksana

 

[pi]

Just as a warning in case you wait for a reply, they're unlikely to reply to you because they haven't accessed the forum in about 3 years.

 

[Oksana]

Just as a warning in case you wait for a reply, they're unlikely to reply to you because they haven't accessed the forum in about 3 years.

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Mariam1]

I am also an international medical graduate , and i have recently passed my AMC part 1 in july this year. So if any IMG wants to know more about the AMC exams or wants to know about the process of working in Australia as an IMG then please go ahead and ask me , I will try to help

I am also an international medical graduate , and i have recently passed my AMC part 1 in july this year. So if any IMG wants to know more about the AMC exams or wants to know about the process of working in Australia as an IMG then please go ahead and ask me , I will try to help you out as much as possible

please would still be possible to ask you about internships in Australia for foreign medical students? Incase you would like to reply please this is my email: [email protected]
I will really appreciate...thank you

 

[Mana]

A total of one overseas medical graduate got an internship in NSW in 2016 and a total of zero overseas medical graduates got an internship in NSW in 2017. I would not be banking on getting one this year as an international graduate.

 

[Ian Naga]

A total of one overseas medical graduate got an internship in Australia in 2016 and a total of zero overseas medical graduates got an internship in Australia in 2017. I would not be banking on getting one this year as an international graduate.

Do you have the source for this? I know one overseas medical graduate who graduated from UQ in 2017 and doing internship in Qld in 2018. I wonder what category she came under!

 

[Mana]

Do you have the source for this? I know one overseas medical graduate who graduated from UQ in 2017 and doing internship in Qld in 2018. I wonder what category she came under!

By international graduate I mean someone who graduated from a medical degree outside Australia/NZ (not someone from overseas who did their medical degree in Australia).

I've edited the above to say NSW (not Australia, whoops - the numbers would be reflected Australia wide though, six times zero is still zero) but the source is the annual HETI recruitment reports.

 

[Ian Naga]

By international graduate I mean someone who graduated from a medical degree outside Australia/NZ (not someone from overseas who did their medical degree in Australia).

I've edited the above to say NSW (not Australia, whoops - the numbers would be reflected Australia wide though, six times zero is still zero) but the source is the annual HETI recruitment reports.

The routes used by overseas graduates and trained physicians are much varied indeed. Re-doing internship/internship is the least preferred option for them. Many immigrant doctors (and there are many) have taken other routes including reciprocity (e.g CCFP), practice experience program (PEP), special arrangements with specialty colleges etc. They do their residency in their home country and then do AMC exams 1 and 2 and directly join the medical workforce, mainly in areas of need.

Do you know how many overseas graduates applied to internship position in Australia and did not get? That would be an awesome stats to have IMHO.