Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations

Wong, Christopher X J; Whitehouse, Samuel J; Crowhurst, Thomas D; Roberts-Thomson, Ross L

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03883.x

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To the Editor: We welcome the thoughtful analysis from Elkin and Studdert on international students missing out on internship places.1 Given the impending shortage of available internships in Australia, this is of considerable interest to the over 500 international students who graduate each year.

Australian Medical Students’ Association, Canberra, ACT.

Correspondence: mail@amsa.org.au

1. Elkin KJ, Studdert DM. Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations. Med J Aust 2010; 192: 517-519. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
2. Robinson B. Advice about internships for international applicants [letter from the Dean]. http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/future-students/pdfs/IntlInternshipAdvice.pdf (accessed Jul 2010).
3. Australian Health Ministers’ Conference. Communiqué 12 February 2010. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2010. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/EAC535A168544 080CA2576C800166F0E/$File/dept120210.pdf (accessed May 2010).

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