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Selling medical education to international students: time for review
Author(s) -
Breen Kerry,
Birrell Bob
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.14821
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , medical education , medical school , philosophy , linguistics
Over 600 international medical students commence training in Australian medical schools each year. Government funding policies are driving medical schools to recruit more international students. The need to lobby for intern positions for domestic graduates and for international students has placed Australia's medical schools in conflicted positions. It is time for a thorough re‐examination of all aspects of medical education in Australia.