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A Year of Locums

Image above: Red Kangaroo. Tamworth Marsupial Park Hello everyone, I hope you all had a good break during the holiday season. It has been a while since I have posted anything on my blog. The last 12 months were a flurry of activity that has thankfully slowed down. I spent the bulk of 2024 doingContinue reading “A Year of Locums”

Visa and Migration

Hello again, I thought I take this time to post about my experience with the migration process I recently received my 190 visa. The journey was longer than most, but I got there eventually. I first came to Australia with a 482 short stream temporary skills shortage visa. This was after I got my AMCContinue reading “Visa and Migration”

AMC Part 2 and Bridging Courses: A review

Selamat Hari Malaysia to all Malaysians. It has been ages since I last posted on this blog. There has been a lot going on in the past few years in between the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the vaccination drive and the return to pre COVID-19 way of life. I do hope everyone is keeping safe andContinue reading “AMC Part 2 and Bridging Courses: A review”

Regional or City?

Hello everyone, It has been a long time since my last blog entry and I do appreciate all the comments. I would do my best to answer your questions to the best of my ability. Ok, so I think I would like to take the time to write about a blog entry about where shouldContinue reading “Regional or City?”

Pathways to become a GP in Australia

It has been a while since I’ve wrote. COVID has really changed the game for everyone. For some reason or another, most IMGs coming to Australia end up going down the GP pathway. I do not know why most IMGs chose this pathway. Perhaps its the life-work balance we yearn for that is missing inContinue reading “Pathways to become a GP in Australia”

Living in Australia: The First Few Months

Hello again, I hope you are having a good weekend I have talked about exams, finding a job and a short introduction of working as a doctor in Australia This time around I would like to write about the first few months living in Australia When I first came to Australia, I spent most ofContinue reading “Living in Australia: The First Few Months”

Working in Australia

Hello again! Some of you might want to know how working in Australia is like compared to Malaysia The first thing I can say that everyone’s experience in different I came from Malaysia with a background of ENT, general surgery and plastic surgery When I came to Australia I was given a Senior House OfficerContinue reading “Working in Australia”

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 lackingContinue reading “General Registration”

Saving Money for the AMC Exams

Our MYR is weak There are a lot of reasons why it is weak; however this blog is not a political blog or a finance blog. I will leave the explanation to people with better knowledge on the topic. What I do want to talk about is this. The AMC exams are expensive. Flights andContinue reading “Saving Money for the AMC Exams”

Finding A Job

Ok so now you’ve sit for your AMC exams and want to find job in Australia Passing AMC does not mean you get a job automatically You will still need to go hunting for one *Unlike when I got a job from KKM, the interview was just a formality – JPA gave permanent posts backContinue reading “Finding A Job”