International grad support
March 28, 2012
THE landscape for international
medical graduates (IMGs) in
Australia is set to get easier
following a commitment between
the Australian Health Practitioner
Regulation Agency, the Australian
Medical Council and the Medical
Board of Australia to a three-point
action plan and longer term
collaboration with regards to
IMGs.
The commitment follows the
release of a report by the House of
Representatives’ Standing
Committee on Health and Ageing,
which found that the Australian
system needs to better assist,
support and supervise overseas
trained medical graduates seeking
to register and work in Australia.
As a result of the agreement, the
trio will now map existing
application processes,
documentary requirements and
information pathways in order to
develop an effective new platform
to share information, ensure
relevant legal requirements are met
and reduce red tape for IMGs.
The trio will also identify
opportunities to design new
streamlined processes that remove
duplication and make the
application and assessment process
as reliable, sensitive and simple as
possible; and will develop a
communications roadmap for IMGs
that clearly describes the pathways
to registration and the assessment
requirements.
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