General Registration

Hi there,

I’m back to writing after being on-call for one week.

Now I have written previously about the different types of medical registration in Australia

To practice medicine you need to be registered.

In terms of the limited registration, I am only going to talk about registration for area of need i.e. areas lacking doctors

Type of Registration	Who is it for	Where can you work
Limited	IMGs who do not qualify for general/specialist registration	Given to IMGs  who passed AMC part 1 + completed internship/housemanship + secured a job in Australia   Can only work at the designated area of need
Provisional	medical graduates who got their degree from NZ, Aus, UK or any other med school recognised by AHPRA	If you graduated from UK or hold a Monash Medical degree you can apply for this + secured a job   Would have a designated place for supervised training
General	IMGs who passed AMC part 1+2 and completed 47 weeks of supervised training*	Can work anywhere in Australia depending on your visa status

Now what is supervised training?

It is their version of housemanship.

You need to be offered a job first. So look at my previous job on how to find a job here

https://doctorhornbill.org/2020/01/02/finding-a-job/

How long is it for?

It is for 47 week duration after taking away your 5 week leave.

You get hired on a contract basis for 52 weeks

You are allowed 5 weeks of recreational leave in those 52 weeks

Depending on how fast you want to complete your supervised training, you can choose to forgo your leave to the very end.

What are the compulsory rotations?

You need to have

Medicine	8 weeks
Surgery/Orthopaedics	8 weeks
Emergency Department	10 weeks

The rest can be made up of what you fancy.

If you are going the GP route, you’d want to have exposure in Paeds, Obs/Gyn and even more ED postings are excellent

It really depends on what you want to specialise in really

Once you have the AMC certificate + completed the compulsory rotations, get your admin staff to provide the necessary paperwork and it will be sent off to AHPRA

Take into consideration that it will take a few months to process it so do it as soon as you can to avoid any delays to your life plans.

Once you’ve gotten a general registration you can work anywhere in Australia.

In my next blog I will write about how life is like as a RMO in Australia.

Have a good week ahead!