Excludes trainees who have interrupted their training. Includes IMGs who are considered to be advanced trainees and trainees who are considered Post Training Candidates. Post Training Candidates do not hold a training position, however, they are considered trainees.
Counts include both basic and advanced trainees together. Figures are for those enrolled in the 2015 training year and include those now withdrawn or fellowed. All figures were current as of 31 August 2015.
Includes Chapter trainees only. Excludes Chapter trainees in Clinical Diploma in Palliative Medicine as the training program is not leading to fellowship of RACP or AChPM.
Excludes 54 trainees on approved interruption to training.
Trainees for TAS are represented in VIC, NT trainees in SA and ACT trainees in NSW.
ACT data included in NSW figures for general practice.
Includes 12 trainees who are completing their final year of training overseas.
Includes 231 fellows completing advanced training certificates post fellowship.
Overall, advanced trainees were reasonably well distributed across states and territories when compared with their relative proportions of the Australian population. For the larger specialties, the proportions of trainees roughly mirrored the relative proportions of the population in each state and territory (Table 4.14).
Table 4.14: Proportion of advanced training positions/trainees by medical specialty and state/territory, 2015
Medical specialty
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Proportion (%)
Addiction medicine
50.0
5.0
15.0
10.0
20.0
0
0
0
Adult medicine
31.8
29.4
17.6
8.5
7.4
2.1
1.0
2.2
Anaesthesia
27.0
26.7
24.1
6.5
10.9
1.6
1.0
2.3
Anaesthesia - pain medicine
37.0
22.2
22.2
7.4
3.7
3.7
0
3.7
Dermatology
27.4
35.5
21.0
8.1
8.1
0
0
0
Emergency medicine
29.2
24.2
24.2
6.7
11.6
1.4
1.5
1.2
General practice
AGPT Program(a)
32.4
19.2
23.1
8.2
11.0
3.0
3.1
(d)..
ACRRM Independent Pathway
31.8
8.4
41.3
2.2
10.6
2.2
3.4
0
RVTS(a)
38.9
8.0
23.9
2.7
15.9
4.4
6.2
0
Intensive caremedicine
32.4
26.1
18.5
7.8
11.2
1.0
1.6
1.3
Medical administration
27.9
23.1
26.0
1.0
13.5
2.9
2.9
2.9
Obstetrics and gynaecology
22.9
31.4
22.2
10.5
8.5
2.0
2.0
0.7
Occupational and environmental medicine
29.2
12.4
22.5
6.7
22.5
2.2
2.2
2.2
Ophthalmology
41.8
26.4
12.1
8.8
6.6
2.2
1.1
1.1
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
17.9
30.8
20.5
10.3
10.3
2.6
2.6
5.1
Paediatrics
32.7
26.1
18.5
8.6
11.4
1.0
0.8
1.0
Palliative medicine(b)
13.9
44.4
22.2
8.3
8.3
2.8
0
0
Pathology
36.5
25.1
17.6
5.2
10.1
2.0
0.7
2.9
Pathology and RACP (jointly)
35.5
28.2
14.5
7.7
8.1
1.2
0.8
4.0
Psychiatry
37.3
27.1
18.4
7.2
6.7
1.7
0.5
1.0
Public healthmedicine
23.4
24.7
10.4
6.5
11.7
3.9
6.5
13.0
Radiation oncology
42.6
19.4
20.4
7.4
4.6
1.9
0
3.7
Radiodiagnosis
31.5
25.0
20.3
9.6
9.3
1.6
0
2.6
Rehabilitation medicine
43.4
22.4
19.0
6.8
3.9
2.0
1.0
1.5
Sexual health medicine
38.5
30.8
7.7
7.7
15.4
0
0
0
Sport and exercise medicine
34.1
36.6
14.6
2.4
7.3
0
2.4
2.4
Surgery
35.7
25.3
18.0
7.2
9.0
1.7
0.9
2.2
Total
32.3
23.4
21.2
7.6
10.1
2.2
1.9
1.2
Population proportion (%)(c)
32.0
24.9
20.1
7.2
10.9
2.2
1.0
1.6
Counts include both basic and advanced trainees together. Figures are for those enrolled in the 2015 training year and include those now withdrawn or fellowed. All figures were current as of 31 August 2015.
Includes Chapter trainees only. Excludes Chapter trainees in Clinical Diploma in Palliative Medicine as the training program is not leading to fellowship of RACP or AChPM.
Population data from ABS. 3101.0 - Australian Demographics Statistics, March 2015. Released 24/09/2015.
ACT data included in NSW figures for general practice.
Source: Medical colleges and the Australian Government Department of Health
