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[RubyKirstie]

I am a licenced physician (I specialized in Occupational Medicine) and a registered nurse (no work experience) in my country (SE Asia) and I recently moved here in Melbourne with my husband.

I have been reading about how to be a doctor here in Australia and so far, this is what I got:

clear the AMC
apply for internship (compete with Aussie grads - difficult)
apply for residency (again, difficult)
then after residency, 10 year moratorium.

I am turning 36 years old this year. By the time I will be done with everything, I will be 50 years old before I could start practicing in the city.

My husband is a software developer, thus his job requires him to be in the city.

No kids, not sure if we want.

If you were me, what would you choose?

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Develop software somewhere else that is nicer to Asian doctors....not joking


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[xm105]

firstly, check w the college http://www.racp.edu.au/page/racp-fa...y-of-occupational-and-environmental-medicine/ to see if you can get your specialist accreditation transferred. if so, you'll be a full-fledged consultant straight away, which is the ideal situation.

if not:
clearing the amc is by far the hardest part, the osce has a very low pass rate, ~30% I'm told. also it costs $3000+.
once you're done w the amc, you're fully registered and you'll be able to apply for RMO positions, not internship.
getting resident jobs are relatively easy, getting into the training programme as an accredited registrar is difficult. however given your experience, its probably easy for you to get an unaccredited registrar job (i.e. time spent does not count towards specialist training), which pays the same.
the 10yr thing only applies to GPs. the aussie gov divides the country into different degrees of 'rurality' with major cities like syd being the least rural and the desert being the most rural. it takes 10yrs to get a provider no. in the city but if you're willing you can go rural to accelerate that. you can work in the city w/o a provider no., you'll just have to work for someone else in a group practice. having a provider no. is impt only if you're going to setup your own clinic. and again, this only applies to GPs, so don't worry if you're doing OM.

 

[RubyKirstie]

Hi!

I checked the link, and it mentioned that I need to be a Fellow of Australia or NZ GP society to apply for fellowship for OM?

What is the difference between unaccredited and accredited registrar job? Are they both supervised?

Another question is, are there many OM job opportunities in Melbourne? What is the average salary of OMs?

Thank you very much!

 

[xm105]

in australia, a registrar is someone undergoing formal training towards specialist accreditation. i.e. accepted into a college training programme and time spent working counts towards final accreditation. a registrar, especially towards the end of his/her training, is considered a senior member of the team and takes leadership when the consultant is not around, which is often the case. in an ideal situation, a med student becomes an intern then a resident then gets accepted by a college and becomes a registrar. but in reality, competition for training positions is fierce and it may take a few years to get. a doctor can be quite experienced having done many years in the speciality as a resident (or be a overseas specialist like yourself), but unable to get accepted by the college and become a registrar. in this case, one may be offered an 'unaccredited' registrar position, meaning one has the same responsibilities and pay as a normal registrar, but the time you spend on the job does not count towards the 5 or 6 or however many years it takes to complete specialist training. an 'unaccredited' registrar will never become a consultant unless he/she successfully gets into a college training programme and becomes an accredited registrar.

I'm sorry I'm not familiar with OM job prospects.

this link should answer your questions regarding becoming a doctor in australia: http://www.racp.edu.au/page/becomin...sicians/overseas-trained-physicians-australia

 

[RubyKirstie]

Hi!

I was talking to someone from my country who is now doing GP training, and she said that to apply for RMO jobs, one only needs the IELTS and AMC MCQ. Is this true? I was under the impression that I need AMC MCQ and Clinical plus IELTS to be registered.

Also, is it hard to get RMO jobs in Psychiatry? Or RMO jobs in rural VIC?

Thanks!