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GRADUATE TRAINING THE AVAILABILITY OF HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE FOR RECENT MEDICAL GRADUATES IN VICTORIA
Author(s) -
Lawson J. S.,
Brand I. A. G.,
Lane A.,
Keane W. M. C.,
Yeatman J. S.,
Egan J. B.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107564.x
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , training (meteorology) , officer , medical education , medicine , family medicine , general hospital , residency training , nursing , psychology , political science , continuing education , geography , archaeology , law , meteorology
The number of medical graduates from Victorian medical schools is expected to increase from 243 in 1968 to 369 in 1973. It is anticipated that their opportunities for postgraduate training in Victoria will continue to be almost wholly dependent on the availability of hospital posts for resident medical officers. To meet this demand for postgraduate training, the numbers of hospital posts will have to be expanded in proportion to the increasing numbers of graduates. Such an expansion will require a reduction in the number of patients per resident medical officer, the use of intermediate and private patients, and greatly increased use of patients in psychiatric hospitals run by the Mental Health Authority. However, despite this expansion it will be almost impossible to provide postgraduate hospital experience in obstetrics and pædiatrics for more than half of the graduates. The additional cost by 1973 will be in excess of $1,000,000 per year. A return to the apprenticeship type of training for general practice appears to be inevitable. This may well be preferable to the current hospital‐orientated training of future general practitioners.