Satisfactory completion of the first postgraduate year (PGY1) is required before junior doctors are eligible for general registration. After PGY1, and prior to starting vocational training, most doctors spend one or more years working in public, private or community settings to gain more clinical experience.
In 2015, there were 3,305 trainees commencing PGY1 (Figure 5), which was similar to the number in 2014 (3,287). Over four-fifths (2,718 or 82.2%) of all PGY1 trainees commenced training in the state or territory where they completed their medical degree. Since 2005 the number of PGY1 commencements has increased by 1,683 or 103.8%.
Figure 5: Postgraduate year 1 commencements, 2005-2015
Source: State and territory government health departments
In 2015, there were 3,275 doctors who were identified as commencing in postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) supervised medical training positions across Australia. This was an increase of 168 or 5.4% from the previous year (Figure 6). This is likely to be an underestimate of the true numbers of doctors undertaking their second year of prevocational training, as the numbers recruited by health services are unknown.
The number of PGY2 commencements appears to have increased substantially in recent years. However, it is difficult to ascertain the extent of the increase due to differences in the way prevocational trainees are actually contracted and methodological issues in obtaining data as a result of differences in the data captured through the various state and territory reporting systems.
Over three-quarters (2,531 or 77.3%) of all Australian trained PGY2 doctors commenced their second year of training in the state or territory in which they were trained in previously, compared with 364 or 11.1% who came from interstate.
Figure 6: Postgraduate year 2 commencements, 2005-2015
Source: State and territory government health departments
Not all junior doctors go on to train in a medical specialty. A number continue to work in hospital settings in non-vocational career roles, such as career medical officers (CMOs).
While a number of specialist medical colleges may accept entrants to vocational training programs directly following completion of PGY1, most require applicants to have completed the PGY2 in general prevocational training.
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