Pathway to med? med>intern>???

sestrooper · **Pathway to med? med>intern>??? -** 27-07-10, 05:12 PM

Hey guys, basically i am looking at starting med in 2012 after i finish my undergrad degree in biomed. I just am a little confused and i cant find anywhere what the actual pathway is to eventually work as a doctor. Could someone fill in these for me?

Undergrad degree = 3 years
Medical school - 4 years
Intern year- is it 1 year?

Then what, then what? Also for specializing, when can you start this, do you go back to uni or do you basically work in that field for a number of years?

Thanks heaps guys!!!

Jackie · 27-07-10, 05:49 PM

2 years of residency.
Then you get into a specialist training program (they have to accept you first) but you train for 3-5 years thereabouts depending on the speciality.
And that's it, you're a specialist!

sestrooper · 27-07-10, 06:43 PM

Thanks heaps. So is it 2 years everywhere in aus or?
Also when you specialize is it work for the extra years or is it university?

Jackie · 27-07-10, 07:37 PM

Well you could do 1 year but most people opt for 2 because either it gets them better prospects for their training program application being accepted? (someone confirm or deny) and also you experience a lot of things from different departments so its good for experience.

Specialisation is mainly in hospitals, not uni (I doubt any unis run the specialist programs) but yeah.

theangelofdarkness · 27-07-10, 09:18 PM

Many programs won't accept you in the second year out (also known as PGY2).

You may not go straight in - you can do 3, 4, 5 years before getting into a speciality program. Unis do NOT run the specialist programs, you're training and studying while working.

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Jackie Offline dumdedum Posts: 678 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sydney Studying: UNSW MBBS I Sex: Female	27-07-10, 05:49 PM 2 years of residency. Then you get into a specialist training program (they have to accept you first) but you train for 3-5 years thereabouts depending on the speciality. And that's it, you're a specialist!

sestrooper Offline Posts: 12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gold Coast Studying: Biomed 2nd year 2010	27-07-10, 06:43 PM Thanks heaps. So is it 2 years everywhere in aus or? Also when you specialize is it work for the extra years or is it university?

Jackie Offline dumdedum Posts: 678 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sydney Studying: UNSW MBBS I Sex: Female	27-07-10, 07:37 PM Well you could do 1 year but most people opt for 2 because either it gets them better prospects for their training program application being accepted? (someone confirm or deny) and also you experience a lot of things from different departments so its good for experience. Specialisation is mainly in hospitals, not uni (I doubt any unis run the specialist programs) but yeah.

theangelofdarkness Offline International Member of Mystery Posts: 1,944 Join Date: Dec 2006 Studying: Newcastle BMed V Sex: Female	27-07-10, 09:18 PM Many programs won't accept you in the second year out (also known as PGY2). You may not go straight in - you can do 3, 4, 5 years before getting into a speciality program. Unis do NOT run the specialist programs, you're training and studying while working.

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