10.4225/03/590ac1e667c5d
Smith, T. Fred
T. Fred
Smith
Medical manpower: the continuing crisis
Monash University
2017
Immigration policy
journal article
1959.1/480324
Skilled migrants
1039-4788
Medical practitioners
New Zealand
monash:63779
2017-05-04 05:53:40
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Medical_manpower_the_continuing_crisis/4969955
Successive governments have tried to control the oversupply of doctors in Australia by restricting the entry of migrant doctors. Their efforts have not succeeded. Current policy is to insist that all new GPs take out postgraduate qualifications before practising (and to limit the number of postgraduate places to 400 p.a.). Pressure is also being applied to medical schools to limit undergraduate enrolments. The reasons for the inability to control overseas trained doctor numbers and the merits of the Government's current policies are explored.
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