Abandon Ship!

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Medstart108 said:
I'm wondering does this include the non-Irish medical students as well? I know a lot of Canadians go to Ireland for medicine and it would make sense that they want to return to Canada after their intern year, so the stats might be a little exaggerated.
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You raise a good question. But for the most part, unless the international student has Irish/EU citizenship, they are ineligible to stay in Ireland for their internship year (primarily for visa issues).

The UK has more opportunities, and might pay a little better, so it's possible a lot of students see that as a favorable destination. Irish grads are also eligible to go to the US and Canada, as highlighted in the article, where they make 2x to 3x their max salary in Ireland.
 
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JohnSnow said:
You raise a good question. But for the most part, unless the international student has Irish/EU citizenship, they are ineligible to stay in Ireland for their internship year (primarily for visa issues).

The UK has more opportunities, and might pay a little better, so it's possible a lot of students see that as a favorable destination. Irish grads are also eligible to go to the US and Canada, as highlighted in the article, where they make 2x to 3x their max salary in Ireland.
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Yeah i've read a few articles about UK and Irish students jumping ship to Australia or I guess Canada as well where the pay and lifestyle are better and the competition is lower. There was a huge overhaul of the way UK students do post-grad training and somehow a lot of students were left without a job after graduating.
 
This has nothing to do with international students who do not intend to stay in Ireland permantently.
 
Agreed, most of this problem (as the article mentions) has to do with work/pay discrepancies and lack of opportunity for advancement.
 
I'm biased, perhaps, in that a major impetus for my wanting to study medicine in Ireland is that I consider Ireland to be my second home. I'm a citizen by birthright and have spent large swaths of my childhood and adolescence in Ireland. I have family throughout most of the country, primarily around Drogheda. Of course, reimbursement and the amount thereof is also a primary motivator :luck:
 
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