Medical graduates begin career in region

Updated January 31 2017 - 3:48pm, first published January 30 2017 - 4:45pm

New Intern Doctors

Medical graduates begin career in region
Medical graduates begin career in region

It is great to see new medical graduates come to Dubbo to undertake a year long intership in 2017. NSW funds more medical intern positions than any other state or territory. In 2017, 992 interns will start at hospitals around the state - up from 983 in 2016. This record number of intern doctors represents a funding commitment by the NSW Government of $107 million. The 2017 cohort of interns also includes 12 Aboriginal medical graduates. NSW guarantees intern positions to all domestic medical graduates of NSW universities. As well, NSW provides internships to many graduates from interstate universities and, where possible, international full-fee paying medical graduates. NSW is the only state to offer two-year employment contracts to graduates. This includes the one-year internship followed by a year which focusses on consolidating professional practice and experience in different clinical settings. During their one-year internship, the graduates will complete compulsory terms in the specialties of medicine, surgery and emergency. I welcome them to Dubbo and wish them well.

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