u/Maple_Byte

I've been working as an unaccredited surgical registrar in a major tertiary hospital for three years. Every year I get excellent term reports, do the research, audit, and on-call grunt work, but when college applications roll around for formal SET training (RACS), the spots always seem to go to local graduates. I’m starting to feel like hospitals use IMGs as cheap service provision for unaccredited roles without ever intending to support us into an actual training program. When is it time to cut your losses and switch to GP?

Let’s be brutally honest - hitting "Easy Apply" on a Seek or LinkedIn job ad when you live overseas or require a visa transfer is basically dropping your CV into an automated black hole. Has anyone actually landed a genuine, company-sponsored role purely through an online board, or is it entirely about networking, internal transfers, or finding niche employers who are already accredited Standard Business Sponsors?

Honestly, the clinical side wasn’t the hardest part for me. It was figuring out how people actually communicate at work. At first, I wasn’t always sure when to speak up to a senior, how much to discuss with nurses, or whether I should ask for help or just figure it out myself. Even the handover took a bit of getting used to. None of it was really difficult on its own, but it took time before I stopped overthinking every little interaction.

I am a specialist anesthetist in Alberta looking at moving to Australia, weighing up opportunities between public state health departments and large private hospital operators. Have any Canadian specialists secured direct employer sponsorship through private hospital networks?

I completed my primary medical degree five years ago and worked in clinical medicine for two years. Over the last two years, I finished a full time Master of Public Health in Sydney while doing non-clinical research.

Now that I am applying for limited registration to return to clinical work, will AHPRA treat my master degree as continuous engagement, or will I be flagged for lacking clinical recency of practice?