![]() | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) PGY1 positions funded by the Commonwealth Government under the Additional Medical Internships Initiative 2013. Source: State and territory government health departments | ||||||||||
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory | 554 | 566 | 628 | (b)533 | 688 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
New South Wales | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 668 | 657 | (e)756 | (f)849 | (h)923 |
Australian Capital Territory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | 62 | 78 | 88 | 93 |
Victoria | 371 | 397 | 406 | 447 | 454 | 506 | 557 | 625 | 698 | 707 |
Queensland | 246 | 280 | 323 | 357 | 411 | 444 | 558 | 644 | (g)663 | 678 |
South Australia | 155 | 171 | 183 | 213 | 227 | (d)246 | 230 | 247 | 256 | 276 |
Western Australia | 136 | 132 | 137 | 155 | 175 | 228 | 240 | 267 | 282 | 300 |
Tasmania | 49 | 52 | 71 | (c)56 | 51 | 62 | 58 | 71 | 73 | 75 |
Northern Territory | 20 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 44 |
Commonwealth funded(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
Australia | 1,531 | 1,622 | 1,771 | 1,776 | 2,030 | 2,243 | 2,394 | 2,723 | 2,950 | 3,118 |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
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(a) These numbers are an underestimate as not all PGY2 posts are included in the postgraduate medical council computer match. Source: State and territory government health departments | ||||||||||
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory | 394 | 416 | 414 | 449 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
New South Wales | .. | .. | .. | .. | na | 640 | 686 | 617 | 803 | 881 |
Australian Capital Territory | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 40 | 62 | 58 | 73 | 64 |
Victoria(a) | 436 | 412 | 432 | 477 | 467 | 540 | 543 | (f)585 | (i)644 | (l)742 |
Queensland | na | 337 | na | 284 | (c)441 | (d)458 | 474 | (g)575 | (j)734 | 683 |
South Australia | 124 | 134 | 172 | 220 | 161 | (e)300 | 183 | (h)189 | (k)244 | (m)356 |
Western Australia | 190 | 145 | 172 | 96 | 224 | 276 | 241 | 330 | 469 | (n)308 |
Tasmania | 54 | 68 | 88 | (b)28 | 49 | 107 | 79 | 103 | 87 | 104 |
Northern Territory | 18 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 64 | 47 | 56 |
Australia | 1,216 | 1,536 | 1,302 | 1,586 | 1,422 | 2,405 | 2,313 | 2,521 | 3,101 | 3,194 |
Medical specialty | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) In the Independent Pathway all registrars receive recognised prior learning for first year of training. In 2009-2011 ACRRM reported those in PRRT as basic. Source: Medical colleges | ||||||||||||||
Adult medicine | 487 | 585 | 765 | 626 | 784 | 726 | 809 | 967 | 1,609 | 1,666 | 1,893 | 1,951 | 2,197 | 2,475 |
Anaesthesia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 324 | 318 | 318 | 360 | 410 | 509 | 504 | 617 | 615 | 555 |
Dermatology | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | 41 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 42 | 46 |
Emergency medicine | 21 | 165 | 183 | 214 | 244 | 231 | 292 | 320 | 319 | 732 | 803 | 785 | 821 | 727 |
General practice - ACRRM(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 141 | .. | .. |
Intensive care | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 125 | 114 | 82 | 167 | 152 | 192 | 199 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | na | 277 | 301 | 295 | 330 | 354 | 356 |
Ophthalmology | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 53 |
Paediatrics | 155 | 199 | 240 | 143 | 259 | 199 | 173 | 190 | 436 | 459 | 554 | 530 | 664 | 812 |
Psychiatry | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 638 | 602 | 610 | 623 | 661 | 677 | 661 | 804 | 833 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Surgery | 901 | 225 | 151 | 164 | 168 | 493 | 557 | 607 | 207 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total | 1,582 | 1,174 | 1,339 | 1,147 | 1,801 | 2,653 | 2,803 | 3,267 | 4,087 | 4,502 | 5,040 | 5,264 | 5,744 | 6,056 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||
2000 | 551 | 420 | 254 | 154 | 142 | 32 | 4 | 25 | 1,582 |
2001 | 376 | 336 | 180 | 125 | 92 | 28 | 12 | 25 | 1,174 |
2002 | 432 | 408 | 212 | 100 | 114 | 32 | 13 | 28 | 1,339 |
2003 | 360 | 357 | 188 | 95 | 86 | 27 | 9 | 25 | 1,147 |
2004 | 596 | 496 | 306 | 137 | 152 | 51 | 22 | 41 | 1,801 |
2005 | 869 | 761 | 453 | 209 | 232 | 54 | 18 | 57 | 2,653 |
2006 | 930 | 782 | 543 | 196 | 214 | 55 | 27 | 56 | 2,803 |
2007 | 1,162 | 988 | 831 | 375 | 409 | 238 | 188 | 225 | 3,267 |
2008 | 1,262 | 1,078 | 870 | 309 | 352 | 93 | 45 | 78 | 4,087 |
2009 | 1,336 | 1,155 | 1,034 | 369 | 372 | 92 | 43 | 96 | 4,502 |
2010 | 1,492 | 1,275 | 1,148 | 424 | 437 | 106 | 53 | 105 | 5,040 |
2011 | 1,508 | 1,388 | 1,189 | 419 | 481 | 130 | 42 | 107 | 5,264 |
2012 | 1,607 | 1,548 | 1,285 | 478 | 537 | 134 | 46 | 109 | 5,744 |
2013 | 1,710 | 1,603 | 1,382 | 469 | 583 | 132 | 53 | 124 | 6,056 |
Increase 2000-2013 (%) | 210.3 | 281.7 | 444.1 | 204.5 | 310.6 | 312.5 | 1225.0 | 396.0 | 282.8 |
Medical specialty | 2000 | (b)2001 | (b)2002 | (b)2003 | (b)2004 | (b)2005 | (b)2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) With the introduction of the SET program in 2008, which does not distinguish between basic and advanced trainees, all trainees are reported under advanced training. Source: Medical colleges | ||||||||||||||
Adult medicine | na | 177 | 247 | na | 207 | 253 | 262 | 202 | 336 | 436 | 522 | 583 | 610 | 585 |
Anaesthesia | na | .. | .. | na | .. | 162 | 159 | 195 | 197 | 169 | 240 | 321 | 314 | 215 |
Dermatology | na | .. | .. | na | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 22 |
Emergency medicine | na | .. | .. | na | .. | na | na | 54 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 240 | 241 |
Intensive care | na | .. | .. | na | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | na | .. | .. | na | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | 81 | 77 | 87 | 83 | 89 |
Ophthalmology | na | .. | .. | na | .. | 25 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 25 |
Paediatrics | na | 52 | 57 | na | 33 | 49 | 66 | 23 | 67 | 114 | 123 | 142 | 181 | 151 |
Psychiatry | na | .. | .. | na | .. | .. | 124 | 90 | 109 | 118 | 223 | 239 | 314 | 313 |
Surgery(a) | na | .. | 164 | na | 168 | 195 | 220 | 234 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total | na | 229 | 468 | na | 408 | 684 | 861 | 852 | 854 | 965 | 1,244 | 1,425 | 1,805 | 1,669 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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(a) Covers basic training in anaesthesia from 2004, dermatology from 2007, general practice (ACRRM) from 2010, intensive care from 2007, obstetrics and gynaecology from 2008, ophthalmology from 2004, psychiatry from 2005, rehabilitation medicine for 2000 and surgery up to 2008. Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||
2000 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
2001 | 62 | 74 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 229 |
2002 | 164 | 146 | 49 | 41 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 468 |
2003 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
2004 | 137 | 123 | 45 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 408 |
2005 | 230 | 188 | 119 | 54 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 684 |
2006 | 260 | 245 | 150 | 61 | 74 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 861 |
2007 | 215 | 240 | 233 | 55 | 65 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 852 |
2008 | 214 | 250 | 196 | 71 | 70 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 854 |
2009 | 257 | 286 | 210 | 90 | 78 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 965 |
2010 | 350 | 341 | 267 | 124 | 100 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 1,244 |
2011 | 387 | 410 | 298 | 124 | 130 | 39 | 15 | 22 | 1,425 |
2012 | 407 | 545 | 420 | 146 | 190 | 50 | 17 | 30 | 1,805 |
2013 | 397 | 494 | 402 | 132 | 154 | 38 | 15 | 37 | 1,669 |
Medical specialty | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Source: Medical colleges | ||||||||||||||
Adult medicine | 42.5 | 44.4 | 41.6 | 41.1 | 45.5 | 43.1 | 42.6 | 60.8 | 41.0 | 44.8 | 47.4 | 49.9 | 48.9 | 49.5 |
Anaesthesia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16.0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 38.9 | 40.0 | 33.2 | 45.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 45.8 |
Dermatology | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63.2 | 73.2 | 64.1 | 64.3 | 63.6 | 45.2 | 56.5 |
Emergency medicine | 38.1 | 44.8 | 38.3 | 40.7 | 43.0 | 42.4 | 46.2 | 45.9 | 46.7 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 39.4 | 42.4 | 42.9 |
Intensive care | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24.8 | 28.1 | 31.7 | 33.5 | 24.3 | 32.3 | 40.2 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63.2 | 65.1 | 69.8 | 77.6 | 79.4 | 80.6 |
Ophthalmology | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45.5 | 35.4 | 26.9 | 34.0 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 40.0 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 34.0 |
Paediatrics | 61.9 | 58.3 | 58.3 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 66.8 | 72.8 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 66.4 | 67.9 | 70.6 | 72.7 | 71.4 |
Psychiatry | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52.2 | 53.3 | 54.3 | 50.6 | 55.2 | 54.1 | 55.4 | 48.3 | 54.5 |
Surgery | 14.8 | 27.1 | 24.5 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 22.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total (%) | 28.9 | 43.5 | 42.0 | 40.8 | 40.4 | 39.9 | 40.3 | 56.1 | 46.0 | 47.4 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 51.6 | 53.4 |
Total female trainees | 457 | 511 | 562 | 468 | 727 | 1,058 | 1,130 | 1,834 | 1,878 | 2,133 | 2,498 | 2,672 | 2,962 | 3,235 |
Year | NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | WA | Tas | NT | ACT | Australia |
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Source: Medical colleges | |||||||||
2000 | 29.6 | 28.8 | 33.9 | 29.2 | 23.9 | 9.4 | 25.0 | 16.0 | 28.9 |
2001 | 45.5 | 39.0 | 51.1 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 35.7 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 43.5 |
2002 | 44.4 | 40.4 | 42.5 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 43.8 | 38.5 | 39.3 | 42.0 |
2003 | 41.1 | 40.9 | 45.2 | 37.9 | 37.2 | 29.6 | 44.4 | 36.0 | 40.8 |
2004 | 37.7 | 45.4 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 42.1 | 39.2 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 40.4 |
2005 | 39.1 | 44.4 | 36.2 | 40.2 | 38.8 | 25.9 | 38.9 | 36.8 | 39.9 |
2006 | 39.6 | 42.8 | 36.6 | 44.4 | 39.7 | 34.5 | 48.1 | 42.9 | 40.3 |
2007 | 51.2 | 54.7 | 40.7 | 35.7 | 34.2 | 11.8 | 4.8 | 20.0 | 56.1 |
2008 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 40.5 | 42.4 | 42.0 | 32.3 | 37.8 | 52.6 | 46.0 |
2009 | 48.6 | 53.4 | 41.2 | 46.9 | 46.0 | 27.2 | 55.8 | 47.9 | 47.4 |
2010 | 51.3 | 56.0 | 42.0 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 29.2 | 41.5 | 51.4 | 49.6 |
2011 | 52.2 | 56.5 | 44.5 | 48.2 | 49.5 | 40.8 | 52.4 | 53.3 | 50.8 |
2012 | 51.9 | 55.6 | 46.9 | 51.5 | 52.0 | 44.0 | 52.2 | 51.4 | 51.6 |
2013 | 53.6 | 57.0 | 48.8 | 53.9 | 53.9 | 45.5 | 58.5 | 58.9 | 53.4 |
Year | Training positions/trainees | Basic training positions/trainees | Proportion basic positions/trainees (%) | Female basic trainees | Proportion female basic trainees (%) | First-year basic trainees | Proportion first-year basic trainees (%) |
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(a) Figure for the number of training positions/trainees has been revised from the 2007 report. Source: Medical colleges | |||||||
2000 | 7,262 | 1,582 | 21.8 | 457 | 28.9 | na | na |
2001 | 6,835 | 1,174 | 17.2 | 511 | 43.5 | 229 | 19.5 |
2002 | 7,213 | 1,339 | 18.6 | 562 | 42.0 | 468 | 35.0 |
2003 | 7,273 | 1,147 | 15.8 | 468 | 40.8 | na | .. |
2004 | 8,188 | 1,801 | 22.0 | 727 | 40.4 | 408 | 22.7 |
2005 | 8,710 | 2,653 | 30.5 | 1,058 | 39.9 | 684 | 25.8 |
2006 | 9,317 | 2,803 | 30.1 | 1,130 | 40.3 | 861 | 30.7 |
2007(a) | 11,249 | 3,267 | 29.0 | 1,834 | 56.1 | 852 | 26.1 |
2008 | 11,668 | 4,087 | 35.0 | 1,878 | 46.0 | 854 | 20.9 |
2009 | 12,958 | 4,502 | 34.7 | 2,133 | 47.4 | 965 | 21.4 |
2010 | 14,679 | 5,057 | 34.5 | 2,498 | 49.4 | 1,244 | 24.6 |
2011 | 15,478 | 5,264 | 34.0 | 2,672 | 50.8 | 1,425 | 27.1 |
2012 | 16,740 | 5,744 | 34.3 | 2,962 | 51.6 | 1,805 | 31.4 |
2013 | 17,888 | 6,056 | 33.9 | 3,235 | 53.4 | 1,669 | 27.6 |
Change 2000–2013 (%) | 146.3 | 282.8 | 55.3 | 607.9 | 84.8 | .. | .. |
Medical specialty | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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(a) Addiction medicine, palliative medicine, sexual health medicine and sports and exercise medicine were recognised as specialties in 2009. Source: Medical colleges and GPET | |||||||||||||||||
Addiction medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 13 | 18 | 24 |
Adult medicine | 444 | 478 | 426 | 443 | 440 | 510 | 596 | 663 | 672 | 690 | 948 | 1,043 | 1,157 | 1,406 | 1,469 | 1,468 | 1,513 |
Anaesthesia | 426 | 578 | 459 | 454 | 452 | 478 | 531 | 465 | 477 | 477 | 416 | 463 | 485 | 612 | 566 | 609 | 657 |
Anaesthesia - pain medicine | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 58 | 59 | 65 |
Dermatology(b) | 42 | 43 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 57 | 49 |
Emergency medicine(c) | 602 | 678 | 655 | 688 | 498 | 489 | 489 | 471 | 458 | 486 | 462 | 480 | 811 | 881 | 1,057 | 1,204 | 1,339 |
General practice | 1,603 | 1,441 | 1,478 | 1,455 | 1,525 | 1,429 | 1,446 | 1,569 | 1,905 | 2,003 | 2,003 | 2,162 | 2,309 | 2,642 | |||
- GPET | .. | 2,948 | (j)3,289 | 3,932 | |||||||||||||
- ACRRM(d) | 6 | (k)156 | 155 | ||||||||||||||
Intensive care | 108 | 126 | 100 | 102 | 142 | 220 | 186 | 146 | 187 | 180 | 285 | 326 | 375 | 332 | 312 | 302 | 281 |
Medical administration | 107 | 99 | 99 | 102 | 95 | 88 | 90 | 96 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 80 | 92 | 105 | 86 | 98 | (m)107 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 350 | 317 | 333 | 309 | 312 | 288 | 258 | 292 | 299 | 325 | 338 | 109 | 131 | 123 | 143 | 133 | 159 |
Occupational and environmental medicine | 24 | na | 49 | 46 | 46 | 44 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 74 | 59 | 61 | 55 | 87 | 80 | 84 | 102 |
Ophthalmology(e) | 90 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 95 | 102 | 105 | 53 | 50 | 47 | 70 | 77 | 49 | (h)86 | 80 | (n)90 |
Paediatrics | 179 | 143 | 135 | 141 | 147 | 180 | 233 | 258 | 234 | 284 | 286 | 395 | 453 | 583 | 640 | 593 | 556 |
Palliative medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | 71 | 24 | 80 |
Pathology | 224 | 224 | 221 | 236 | 224 | 251 | 251 | 273 | 282 | 194 | 176 | 211 | 224 | 301 | 314 | 314 | 301 |
Pathology and RACP, jointly | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 107 | 95 | 124 | 137 | 131 | 173 | 208 | 213 |
Psychiatry(f) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 87 | 178 | 177 | 278 | 322 | 350 | (i)368 | (l)417 | (o)418 |
Public health medicine | 75 | 75 | 75 | 56 | 52 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 71 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 61 | 60 | 72 | 61 | 81 |
Radiation oncology | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 58 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 77 | 57 | 96 | 104 | 328 | 110 | 137 | 141 | 122 |
Radiodiagnosis | 186 | 186 | 189 | 187 | 195 | 205 | 236 | 241 | 263 | 288 | 299 | 314 | 101 | 333 | 366 | 372 | 364 |
Rehabilitation medicine | 68 | 46 | 61 | 67 | 77 | 92 | 97 | 118 | 118 | 125 | 131 | 121 | 138 | 143 | 162 | 177 | 191 |
Sexual health medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
Sport and exercise medicine(a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | na | 27 | 28 | (p)30 |
Surgery | 478 | 498 | 541 | 546 | 590 | 604 | 660 | 652 | 663 | 732 | 774 | 791 | 901 | 1,000 | 966 | 1,094 | 983 |
Total | 5,056 | 5,072 | 5,013 | 5,031 | 5,008 | 5,154 | 5,415 | 6,387 | 6,059 | 6,514 | 6,833 | (g)7,324 | 8,249 | 9,432 | 10,214 | 10,996 | 11,832 |