Length of study to become a GP??

[anomorato]

I am planning of going to UNSW for med school in 07. I just wanted to make sure about the length of study about becoming licensed to practice after.

To get this straight, so it would be 6 yrs at UNSW, then 2 yrs of internship , then another 4 yrs as residency to become a GP?

Thank you

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[Purifyer]

I am planning of going to UNSW for med school in 07. I just wanted to make sure about the length of study about becoming licensed to practice after.

To get this straight, so it would be 6 yrs at UNSW, then 2 yrs of internship , then another 4 yrs as residency to become a GP?

Thank you

4 years GP training?? I doubt it.. in nz (as far as I know - I have no intention to be a GP and couldnt care less) its 2 years internship + 1 year 'reg' training.

Who the hell would want to be a GP if it took 6 years of post graduate training?

 

[anomorato]

so after how long can you start practicing as a GP after graduating from UNSW (which is a 6 yr program), considering that you are a Canadian Citizen?

 

[anomorato]

anyone.....????

 

[pitman]

1 yr internship + 3 yrs reg to be fully licensed.

 

[anomorato]

what is the 3 yr reg?

And are you payed as a physician throughout those yrs or are you payed like a someone that would be doing residency in the US?

 

[pitman]

The 3 years are like US residency. The internship year is general, before specialisation. For GP, you can start residency (become registered in the RACGP college) after the internship year.

All 4 years are paid. The current starting salary is about AUD$50k for the first 38 hours, with time-and-a-half for additional hours. Most hospitals will work you about 60 hours. So, shorter hours than the US, but longer training. You get more if you do the rural training route (required if you were an int'l student).

 

[sjkpark]

4 years GP training?? I doubt it.. in nz (as far as I know - I have no intention to be a GP and couldnt care less) its 2 years internship + 1 year 'reg' training.

Who the hell would want to be a GP if it took 6 years of post graduate training?

No, that's not right and in fact original poster is probably right. It takes at least 5 years. 2 years as a HO and GP training programme is 3 years long. You can work under somebody with general registration but you are supposedly being supervised by someone during that time.

 

[pitman]

No, that's not right and in fact original poster is probably right. It takes at least 5 years. 2 years as a HO and GP training programme is 3 years long. You can work under somebody with general registration but you are supposedly being supervised by someone during that time.

Telling ya, it's 4 years post-grad (internship+3), was recently talking to GPET about this for our students. Internship, then 1 year hospital training, then 2 years with a GP. There's an optional extra year for procedurals.

Internationals have to do the final two years rural, though (RRMA 4-7).

One cool thing: internationals also get the rural GP training bonuses: 30k over the 3 years of registration, then another $30k if they do the optional procedurals year.

There's more info in a training guide our medsoc put up:
http://uqms.org/images/stories/UQMS_Specialty_Training_Guide.pdf

-pitman

 

[Ezekiel20]

There's more info in a training guide our medsoc put up:
http://uqms.org/images/stories/UQMS_Specialty_Training_Guide.pdf

-pitman

Thanks a million Pitman, this is easily the single most important piece of information that I have ever gotten from this forum..! I had a hell of a time visiting the websites of each college and trying to locate such information.

 

[PEN15]

When it says "5 years full time" does it mean 5 years after you graduate from med school?

 

[craig_rt]

All graduates in Australia do one year of internship. Most of the colleges require a further one year of residency before you can commence specialty training, one exception is GP which does accept trainees after just the intern year.

Most of the specialyst training is 5 years (GP is 3) - that is after you get accepted. So add on 2+ years on top (as you don't always get accepted on your first application) for the total amount of time after your graduation until you complete your training.