Female Medical Education and Training
In 2015, females comprised approximately half of the students commencing medical studies (51.9% domestic and 48.9% international). Slightly different proportions of females (51.4% domestic and 48.2% international) were reported for medical graduates in 2014.
The proportion of female medical graduates decreased slightly (52.3%) from 2013 to 51.0% in 2014. In vocational training, 54.5% of all basic trainees and 53.6% of advanced trainees were females in 2015. This proportion was far higher in some specialties, with females comprising two-thirds or more of advanced vocational trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology (79.7%), paediatrics (74.9%) and public health medicine (68.8%). A few specialties had a relatively low proportion of female trainees, with females comprising less than one-third of advanced vocational trainees in oral and maxillofacial surgery, intensive care and surgery.
The proportion of females who became new fellows in 2014 was higher than in previous years, increasing from 40.8% in 2005 to 1,399 new female fellows in 2014 (46.7%). In 2014, 19,086 or 35.9% of all college fellows were females.
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