Australian employment all has to do with residency. As an IMG- you most likely will find things getting harder with time (there are fewer and fewer places). Your best chances for success would be a peripheral/country hospital to start with. Then get Aussie residency and you are more or less free to move anywhere.
In general, yes, being an Australian citizen or permanent resident will make getting employed as a junior physician/trainee infinitely easier.
Getting into specialty training (vocational training) is a different issue. While holding citizenship will level the playing field, you will have to go the extra mile to get one of the few training spots (depending on your specialty of interest). I refer you to the following (extremely comprehensive) training report released last year by the Australian government.
Source:
https://www.health.gov.au/internet/...Medical Training Review Panel 16th Report.pdf
I
highly recommend looking carefully at the figures and pathways available in Australia outlined in this report. It will give you a better sense of training there and it will allow you to make a fully informed decision regarding your chances of getting into a specialty college. One of my favourite pieces of data in this report can be found starting on page 80 of the pdf. This outlines the pass rate for each college's examinations. (note: "vocational training" is the term used in Australia and is analogous to "residency" in the states; "pre-vocational training" refers to general training that all medical graduates of an Australian or New Zealand medical school must complete prior to applying to a specialty. One year is the minimum for
all specialties, as this is needed to gain AHPRA registration. From there, each specialty will dictate what they prefer in terms of ongoing
pre-vocational training prior to your application. For instance, Radiology requires a minimum of 2 years
pre-vocational training. Pathology, Psychiatry, and GP require only 1. An interesting point and contrast needs to be recognized here: the more pre-vocational training you have in Australia prior to your application to a specialty, the
better your application looks. In the US, this is
not a strength, rather, it will hinder your chances)
Conversely, I refer you to the following NRMP report regarding United States specialty training. This document, which is more well known and highly utilized by Match applicants, outlines training positions by state, institutions, and identifies the probability of successfully matching based on various factors like Step 1 score, contiguous ranks, and publication numbers. Again, this will allow you to make a fully informed decision about training.
Source:
http://b83c73bcf0e7ca356c80-e8560f4...tent/uploads/2013/08/chartingoutcomes2011.pdf
I apologize if part of my post detracts from the original topic of discussion here.
