Australia is investing very large sums of money in expanding both the number of medical places available at university and the number of medical schools around the country. By 2012 there will be almost 3000 graduates a year : up from just over 1300 in 2005. The expectation is that this increase in domestic medical graduates will solve our medical workforce issues. However, there is little evidence to suggest that this will result in more doctors for rural and remote areas of Australia, according to Dr Kim Webber, CEO of Rural Health Workforce Australia (RHWA).
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(Reposted from GWAHS Libraries Blog)
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