I'm considering reducing my training hours rather than trying to keep doing full-time hours while juggling everything else. I know it could add years to the pathway, but the idea of having some breathing room is becoming more attractive. Anyone who's trained part-time - did you regret taking longer?
Im currently in my final year..Idk what speciality to choose
I have the following criteria:
Good work life balance
Good pay
Good patient interaction
Im interested in doing small surgeries and procedures not major ones
I love obgyn as a subject but i hate the lifestyle..
I love ent but am afraid of the micro surgeries and wonder if i will have the precision..
In non clinical i like pharm..thats all but no inclination...
I lloveee fmt but am not strong hearted enough to do autopsies
I love medicine but the paperwork and just chronic management is exhausting
I love learning medicine thats all..
No no to surgery ortho anesthesia psychiatry
May try ophth or ent..but ophth has great learning curve
Please help me..
hi, i'm a 24 year old BDS graduate in India , planning to start my ADC journey but i'm too confused to take which route
is it better to start prepping for it from india and clear the exams from india itself and then start searching for jobs in Australia? would this work? or do the obvious lack of networking living in india would cause an issue finding better opportunities.
or
is it better to do a non-clinical masters like MPH/MHA from australia while woring and networking and give my prep and give my ADC from there only?
Has anyone had an Ai interview with Eucalyptus for medical support
Any advice would be great x
I’m a UK GP about to start working in Australia, and I’m hoping there are some GPs here who could give me a bit of insight into what to expect from Australian patients.
For those of you working in Australian general practice, is there anything about the patients, their expectations, communication styles, common presentations or attitudes towards GPs that you think would be useful for a UK GP to know before starting? Anything that surprised you or took a bit of getting used to?
I’d really appreciate any advice on what to expect or anything you wish you’d known before starting.
I’d really appreciate replies from Monash Malaysia medicine seniors/graduates, especially international students!
Hi everyone! I’m an international student from Myanmar and I’m seriously considering applying to the Monash Malaysia medicine program.
My biggest concern is what happens after graduation.
As an international student, I understand that I can’t stay in Malaysia to complete housemanship, and realistically, returning to Myanmar for internship is extremely difficult for me given the current situation there. So, my main goal would be to secure an internship/foundation position in Australia after graduating from Monash Malaysia.
I’ve read about the Australian internship priority system and understand that Monash Malaysia graduates fall into a lower priority group compared with Australian domestic graduates. I’ve also seen that Monash itself says an Australian internship is not guaranteed for international students.
So I’m hoping to hear from people who actually know how this works in practice:
I’ve seen people say that the chances can be fairly high if you’re willing to go rural/remote, while others make it sound extremely uncertain. I’m wondering what the reality is based on recent graduates’ experiences.
I’m not looking for reassurance — I’d really appreciate honest answers, even if the answer is “don’t choose Monash Malaysia if you have no backup country for internship.”
Thank you!!
I am 35, work as a nurse making 130k after tax, this being working mainly after hour shifts and 8 shifts a fortnight. I enjoy my job but am always looking for the next progression/thing to do. I would plan to sit my first go of GAMSAT in march and will have to study a grad diploma next year to help with increasing my GPA average.
I am considering medicine to stay clinical (and because I would love to be a doctor) and keep on enjoying my career WHILST having the opportunity to grow my salary. From crunching the numbers (chat gpt) after my lifetime of working you do come out financially better however this is not taking into consideration HECS and all other fees which come with being a dr (BPT/AT exams etc etc ).
I also understand that this life of medicine will consume me for atleast 12 years, as I have seen it do to many of my BPTs, interns, JRs. And tbh I enjoy my life right now but just want to figure out if this is the next step. I have some colleagues say do it because you may be stuck in the same position in 15 years and others say they wouldn’t personally.
I am seeing some input
I recently received my intern offer for next year and ended up getting my third preference at a small regional hospital in New South Wales instead of the massive metropolitan tertiary centre I was aiming for. I am slightly terrified that I will miss out on seeing complex cases and getting high level specialist teaching. For those who did their intern year rurally, did you feel underprepared when you eventually moved back to the big city hospitals?
With mecee approaching, I should be studying but..
I feel so nervous about actually reaching residency and needing to "work" as a resident- so far as i have seen, feels like a living hell. Like the hospital owns your life for those years.
And when i think about alternatives, aus seems like an exit plan but getting through amc 1 and 2 seems daunting. And i came to know about the non clinical jobs. Do you think it would be worth it?
With all my love for surgery, its still not feeling worth to live in this toxic enviornment. Any advice/guidance?
Hey everyone!
Can anyone tell me a bit more about Rural Generalist Medicine in Australia? From what I understand, it seems to be a rather unique specialty/pathway.
Is it basically an advanced form of emergency medicine combined with general practice and hospital medicine, or is that an oversimplification?
I’m particularly interested in the procedural side. For example, would a Rural Generalist with the appropriate surgical training actually perform procedures such as an emergency appendectomy, or would that generally still be transferred to a larger hospital? What about things like C-sections, anaesthesia, fracture management, chest tubes, etc.?
Maybe someone can write some things about his or her daily work life 🍀
As my kids look at uni preferences/post grad medicine, I find myself encouraging them toward other paths—tech, STEM, or business.
It’s not about bitterness; it’s just cold realism. Between the opportunity cost of giving up their 20s to training, increasing admin loads, and corporate shifts in practice, the trade-off isn't what it used to be. High-achieving kids in Australia can build fantastic, high-earning careers in other sectors with far better mobility, autonomy, and work-life balance.
The Public Hospital doctors in Melbourne, Victoria will go on strike next week for a better pay and work conditions. It makes me think about my kids. Is this a safe and fair workplace for young doctors? Do I want my kids to be young doctors?
I'm a fourth-year Radiologic Technology student, and I'm considering pursuing medicine and becoming a doctor after I graduate from my pre-med course. However, resources and opportunities in my country are not exactly ideal, and becoming a doctor here can be quite challenging. I'm considering studying abroad, specifically in Australia, since I already have relatives there.
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I've been looking into regenerative medicine and noticed how much pricing varies between providers, even when the treatments seem similar on paper.
Some offer full programs with imaging, physician oversight, and follow-up, while others advertise much cheaper options with less clinical support.
For the doctors here, how do you generally look at these differences? Are there legitimate reasons for such large price gaps, or is it mostly about what's included in the package?
Just finished diploma medical cannabis but don’t want to do if from my reg clinic (GP reg). Any recommendations? I here hrly ranges a lot.