Moving to Australia After Residency

[firstcranialner]

HI,
I'm a US/Aussie (Australian American) and I am considering moving back to Australia after med school (I am accepted in the US). I hear horror stories about some internationals who move back there from my friends who did undergrad med in Sydney. Instead, I was wondering if anyone has information about moving to Australia as a specialist. I am strongly considering doing a neurology resdiency (I know its early days). I would like to know about the process and what its like for an AMERICAN to move to Australia as a specialist, not a gp. I hear that all intl doctors are required to intern for a year in a rural place, is that true for specialists? (If so forget it!)
Please discuss anything relevant to this idea of moving to Australia after residency. Thank You.

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[firstcranialner]

Hi All,
After I made this post I found this article about UK docs moving to Australia. Its informative, but I still want info about US doctors moving to Australia.

Here is the article.
http://careerfocus.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7572/146

 

[Hollycozza]

I think you would also be a special case firstcranialner, as I think some of the things, like compulsory rural placements, may only be conditions for people who are seeking to migrate, rather than existing citizens.........

 

[BeastNovot]

Good afternoon:

I'm a US citizen, interested in working in NZ/Australia sometime after I finish my fellowship. On the AMC website, I see there is an exam required for international trainees. Is this a specialty exam, or is it a general exam? How about for specialists, like a pathologist? If I've completed a US residency, and fellowship, what does that mean for attempting to practice in NZ or Australia?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[FunkyR]

Regardless if you come as a resident or specialist you need to get your basic medical degree assessed by the Australian Medical Council. Unfortunately for the vast majority of ppl that means sitting the AMC exam (and an English IELTS test). Quite often the AMC will require you to do time in whoop whoop and some doctors even get 'offered' a contract to work in whoop whoop for X years and then they'll get their registration.

The specialty college will then assess your specialty and determine if you have to resit the entire specialty training in Aust or just do a few years time and in most cases sit the local specialty exam.

 

[driedcaribou]

I was under the impression that the rules were a bit different if you are an Australian citizen already.

You would probably have to re-do your intern year here under the current rules and system and then perhaps write equivalency exams.

Each college is different and you would have to contact each one for details.

I'd worry about this after you finish your training. If you're Aussie, they'll always let their own back in.

All the rules are more to keep foreign doctors from flooding the system and also to have quality control to protect its citizens which all other developed countries do as well.

 

[Luis sardina]