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How to get into internship/residency in Australia? Tips and tricks for Malaysians' doctors! Part 2 of 2

Picture 1: Evening running after work Thank you for the overwhelming support in the first part of my article. So the question now is that? How can you apply for work in Aussie as a doctor? What are some of the tips and tricks to tackle this? In order to arrive to this step, you must first be qualified to apply for a job as a doctor in Australia. This means that you need to be eligible to be registered with AHPRA. Please refer to the flowchart in my first article to learn more about this ( click here ). Once you are eligible to apply for a job, next you need to know these: Each of the states in Australia would have their own recruitment campaign that will usually be made known online between May to July each year. You would need to create an individual account for each of the health system, e.g. Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory, etc in order to lodge your application with their state department of health. At this point of time, you must know which hospital in that state that you...
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Syameer is an active advocate for equality and diversity in healthcare with research interests in medical education and neuropsychiatry. He is a full-time medical doctor with Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Formerly, he was a full-time researcher with his alma-mater, Monash University. Through his involvement with Malaysian Medics International, he has published a number of policy papers on addressing various issues surrounding the medical training in Malaysia.

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