Many students had a dream of becoming a doctor when they were young, perhaps because of a doctor's experience, perhaps because of a movie story, or because of the influence of their families. And in Australia, doctors are not only a respected profession, but also a synonym for high pay. Not only do all kinds of expert surgeons occupy the majority of TOP10 seats in Australia's well-paid profession. Even the average GP (average family doctor) we go to is well above Australia's average salary of 10- two hundred and twenty thousand Australian dollars a year.
In our minds, once a doctor has a professional qualification, he has an enviable high income and social status, but the road to becoming a doctor can be described as very difficult, not only requiring students to have excellent results. There is still a long way to go, so today let's see what steps it takes to become a doctor in Australia.
成为医生的大致流程分为以下几个步骤：
High School (completed the college entrance examination) / Medical School (enrolled in medical school) / Internship (short-term interns) / Residency (long-term senior interns) / Registrar (physicians in a specific field, including GP, surgeons, (physician, etc.) / Fellowship (completion of research and field training in a specific field) / Specialist (specialist doctor)
High school curriculum
Students who want to study medicine in the future must take chemistry at the high school VCE. Both Melbourne and Monash require students to take chemistry at high school and have no less than 25 (Melbourne) or 35 (Monash) bare marks.
Apply for medical school
First, students who want to become doctors in the future need to complete high school courses in Australia or in China, and apply for a certified medical school and graduate successfully with the corresponding college entrance examination results.
There are two ways to enter medical school:
- Direct application for 5-6 years of undergraduate plus graduate programs.
- After completing an undergraduate degree in medicine or science, apply for a graduate / Ph. D. portfolio in medical school.
For students who want to attend medical school in Melbourne, they usually choose a medical course at the University of Melbourne or Monash University.
The university's medical school course takes a total of seven years. The three-year undergraduate course and four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD). The students need to apply for undergraduate science-related majors (such as Science or Bio-medicine) at the University through the college entrance examination, and then pass an examination called the Graduate Australia Medical Schools Admission Test after a bachelor's degree, and apply for a large medical school in accordance with the results of the undergraduate period and the special interview. After reading the MD, I'll experience a year's internship to be a real doctor.
The medical curriculum at Monash University is more focused on supporting courses of the first approach, taking a total of five years. The medical school course for Monash requires students to take the UMAT (Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admission Test) test in the 12th grade, and apply for the matching medical school courses of the Monash undergraduate and graduate students on the basis of the scores of the college entrance examination and the UMAT score. Finally, after graduation to participate in a year of internship, you can become a doctor.
Because many universities do not offer such fast-track courses, the competition for the medical department of Monash University is particularly fierce, and basically only the top students of the annual college entrance examination will have the opportunity to study in the medical department of Monash University. Although there is no specific ATAR score, it is generally preferred according to the applicant's scores, and EAL requires the lowest 35 bare scores, the lowest 30 in English, and the lowest 35 in chemistry. In 2017, for example, the median admission score for medical majors was ATAR 99.25.
So how can we get ahead and become a qualified doctor after we get through a lot of difficulties and graduate from medical school? Today we will continue to clear the doctor's path of growth, hoping to bring a little help to you who are still confused.
Internship intern
After graduating from medical school, students can register as members of the AMA (Australian Medical Association) Australian Physicians Association. But students who have just graduated from medical school can only be regarded as interns or PGY1 (postgraduate Year 1) Doctor. in the association. PGY1 interns need 12 months of full-time internships in public hospitals, rotating different departments to accumulate practical experience and skills before they can get a doctor's license after completing their internships.
Resident resident intern
在完成第一年的实习后，继续第二年和第三年(（PGY2 , PGY3）实习的医生被统称为Resident。住院实习医生手中也有医嘱权，但大多只给一些比较轻微的药物，重大的决定还是需要交给上级的医生，并且他们可能需要留守医院上晚班应对一些突发情况，大多resident都在医院的中转科，没有固定的领域。如果同学们以后想要进阶成为专科医生，着重某一领域（如内科、外科、心脏、神经科、GP…等）的研究的话，一般都至少需要1年以上的实习经历，所以这一阶段可谓说是想要成为专科医生的同学们的必经之路。
Registrar specialist resident
After going through the PGY2 and PGY3 stages, students can apply for professional courses in some professional fields, (Speciality training program). For example, if you want to become a surgeon, you can apply for a professional surgeon course, and if you want to become a community general practitioner, you can apply for an GP (General Practitioner) course. Once admitted to a course, such a doctor becomes an Registrar.. Although nominally a course, it is also clinical work in the hospital in the field of choice. It's worth noting that if you're an Registrar, you have the ability to handle patients independently. Most of the doctors we see in public hospitals are Registrar..
Fellowship and Specialist Consultant specialist Docto
When Registrar passed the course training and completed all the evaluations and exams, the doctor became an expert in the field, Dr. (Fellows). Expert doctors have so many rights that they can operate their own clinics, or choose to be registered specialist doctors in private hospitals, specifically to deal with difficult and difficult diseases. In addition, because Australia is taking public health care for all, expensive drugs or expensive examinations in some hospitals require the confirmation and approval of an expert doctor. Specialist Consultant, on the other hand, is the highest-ranking specialist doctor in Australian hospitals with final medical decisions and is responsible for managing all other lower-ranking doctors.
It usually takes 10-16 years of long-term training to become an specialist, so the great profession of doctors requires a lifetime of commitment. If only for high income, not for true love and vision of the profession, then there is usually no way to stick to the end. So when students consider future career planning, you must be careful!
