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Overseas trained doctors in Australia (OTDs) are medical practitioners who completed their core medical training overseas. Historically, from time to time there has been a shortage of qualified medical practitioners in Australia, especially in rural Australia, [1] and the Australian Government has at times encouraged immigration for such graduates to Australia.
In Australia, 'other medical practitioners' typically include career hospital doctors or career medical officers or hospitalists. They are typically beyond the internship and residency phase of their career, but have made a conscious career choice not to partake in vocational-specialist training to acquire fellowship specialist qualification.
The Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (ASMOF) is an Australian trade union, affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions, that represents doctors who receive salaries. [2] In Australia doctors operate as self-employed tradespeople, or as salaried employees of clinics, hospitals, or other organisations; ASMOF represents ...
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), based in Melbourne Australia, is the primary training body for specialist emergency physicians in Australia and New Zealand. The college is recognised by the Australian Medical Council and Medical Council of New Zealand as such and provides services for approximately 2700 Fellows and 2600 ...
In 2015, Australia had (on average) 3.52 physicians per 1000 population and, in 2022–23, 2.5 hospital bed per 1000 population. [10] [11] At the 2011 Australian Census 70,200 medical practitioners (including doctors and specialist medical practitioners) and 257,200 nurses were recorded as currently working. [12]
In United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, the term doctor is more common (and in formal/legal contexts, medical practitioner as well), as physician refers to specialists in internal medicine.
The position was created in November 1982 because the newly appointed Director-General of Health was not a doctor. [2] The position is an advisory in nature and does not have executive or operational authority. [3] As of 22 October 2024, the Chief Medical Officer is Tony Lawler, [4] who succeeded Paul Kelly.
Medical education in Australia is provided by the medical schools and faculties of various universities, accreditation for which is provided by the Australian Medical Council (AMC). The admission to undergraduate courses require University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT), and postgraduate medical courses require Graduate Australian Medical School ...