Information on the preferred type of medical practice in 2014, as reported in the MSOD questionnaire by students in their final year of a medical degree, is provided in Table 2.9
The most popular preferred types of medical practice among graduates were adult medicine/internal medicine and surgery, followed by general practice (476, 394 and 392 respectively).
Table 2.9: Preferred type of medical practice in final year of medical degree, 2010-2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Specialty(a)
Medical
students
Proportion
of total
(%)
Medical
students
Proportion
of total
(%)
Medical
students
Proportion
of total
(%)
Medical
students
Proportion
of total
(%)
Medical
students
Proportion
of total
(%)
Addiction medicine
..
..
14
0.6
6
0.2
3
0.1
3
0.1
Adult medicine/internal medicine
287
16.3
430
19.1
444
17.7
456
16.6
476
19.5
Anaesthesia
170
9.6
171
7.6
213
8.5
193
7.0
183
7.5
Dermatology
31
1.8
35
1.6
48
1.9
44
1.6
42
1.7
Emergency medicine
135
7.6
195
8.7
211
8.4
229
8.3
186
7.6
General practice
218
12.3
282
12.6
370
14.7
469
17.0
392
16.1
Indigenous health
2
0.1
4
0.2
7
0.3
4
0.1
..
..
Intensive care medicine
57
3.2
53
2.4
53
2.1
59
2.1
64
2.6
Medical administration (e.g. managing a hospital)
2
0.1
10
0.4
5
0.2
1
0
2
0.1
Non-specialist hospital practice (e.g. career as a medical officer in a hospital)
3
0.2
1
0
1
0
5
0.2
4
0.2
Obstetrics and gynaecology
107
6.1
136
6.1
170
6.8
167
6.1
182
7.5
Occupational and environmental medicine
2
0.1
..
..
..
..
1
0
1
0
Ophthalmology
41
2.3
59
2.6
51
2.0
55
2.0
69
2.8
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
..
..
10
0.4
10
0.4
8
0.3
..
..
Paediatrics and child health
152
8.6
222
9.9
256
10.2
264
9.6
250
10.3
Pain medicine
..
..
1
0
2
0.1
2
0.1
2
0.1
Palliative medicine
..
..
6
0.3
8
0.3
13
0.5
6
0.2
Pathology
19
1.1
21
0.9
14
0.6
15
0.5
18
0.7
Psychiatry
46
2.6
48
2.1
67
2.7
82
3.0
74
3.0
Public health medicine
7
0.4
12
0.5
5
0.2
11
0.4
6
0.2
Radiation oncology
..
..
8
0.4
4
0.2
14
0.5
12
0.5
Radiology
40
2.3
37
1.6
53
2.1
51
1.9
54
2.2
Rehabilitation medicine
2
0.1
4
0.2
1
0
5
0.2
4
0.2
Rural and remote medicine
33
1.9
61
2.7
56
2.2
57
2.1
..
..
Sexual health medicine
..
..
2
0.1
6
0.2
4
0.1
4
0.2
Sport and exercise medicine
2
0.1
5
0.2
11
0.4
13
0.5
9
0.4
Surgery
407
23.0
406
18.1
436
17.3
440
16.0
394
16.2
Other
3
0.2
14
0.6
6
0.2
90
3.3
..
..
Total
1,766
100.0
2,247
100.0
2,514
100.0
2,755
100.0
2,437
100.0
Data were collected from the medical students in their final year who answered the MSOD questionnaire.
Source: Medical Schools Outcomes Database
In 2015, a total of 567 international students of the 3,777 commencing medical students reported that they held temporary or other entry permits to Australia (Table 2.10). The highest numbers of international students came from Singapore (31.7%), Canada (20.5%), Malaysia (12%) and China (4.6%).
Table 2.10: International commencing medical students holding temporary or ‘other’ entry permits by place of birth, 2015
