Thread: job in australia after residency iin usa

I would like to know whether one can apply for a job in australia after doing residency in family medicne in the US.

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Originally Posted by ###

First, there are visa or permanent residency issues.

Second, I think it is different that in the US -- there are hurdles that non-Australian-trained doctors have to clear in order to obtain licensure. I believe there are special exams and your US residency training may not count in Australia.

I would ask this over on the SDN forum.

The visa problem is large enough without even getting to the licensure issue. There is currently no way for a non Australian grad to get a permenant residency via a medical degree. This could change in the next couple of years, but it is unlikely. Your US training will not be counted at all. And you will likely have to repeat all of your training, meaning that you will be required to obtain a permenant residency in order to do so.

In Australia you have to be a citizen or PR to be able to undergo any residency training, which is the problem. If for some reason your residency training were recognised then all you would need would be a work permit, and some type of yearly contract.

Your only hope (if any) would be to contact some rural area; where no one would want to practice and see if they are willing to give you some type of contract/work permit. Then use this job to get yourself a PR, undergo further residency training so that you can get licensed in the country and then you will be free to move wherever you desire.

Don't they do this all the time? Bring in foreign docs to work like locum tenens or whatever it's called? Covering for physicians who are gone? You could do this all over, I think Austrailia and Canada both do this. Seems kinda hypocritical to me though, they're saying your residency training isn't good enough to work full-time there, but you can cover part-time.

Originally Posted by tRmedic21

Don't they do this all the time? Bring in foreign docs to work like locum tenens or whatever it's called? Covering for physicians who are gone? You could do this all over, I think Austrailia and Canada both do this. Seems kinda hypocritical to me though, they're saying your residency training isn't good enough to work full-time there, but you can cover part-time.

I think they just do it to Americans because the Aussie residency is not recognised in the US either.

I have a lot of British Consultants teaching me and they didn't have to repeat their residency.