Fewer than 10% of final-year medical students want to be GPs as a first choice
General practice and rural generalism combined ranked second, behind internal medicine.
Only 9.4% of final-year medical students have nominated general practice as their preferred specialty, down from 10.6% last year, with rural generalism falling too.
Internal medicine and surgery are increasing in popularity, while paediatrics and even anaesthesia are falling, according to a yearly survey by Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, released last week.
