General practice loses ground among preferred specialties: national training survey

Medical Board of Australia chair Dr Anne Tonkin says, across all aspects of training, 'things are not quite as good’ compared with previous years
Rachel Fieldhouse
Dr Anne Tonkin
Dr Anne Tonkin. Photo: Kim Stevens/Panache Photography

General practice has fallen further as a first-choice specialty, according to a Medical Board of Australia survey of 4500 doctors in training.

Just 15% of prevocational and unaccredited trainees in the survey nominated the RACGP or ACRRM as the specialist college they most wanted to join, compared with 18% who responded to the same survey last year.