One national RANZCOG round a year (applications mid-March to mid-April, interviews June, offers late July).
Typical start years; people vary by a year or two. Diamonds are exams. Stage list and sources in the pathway tab.
Genuinely competitive but not orthopaedics/plastics/derm territory. Ratings are the encoder's 1–5 call from college numbers and r/ausjdocs; applicant-to-place ratios double-count people who apply in several states. Evidence rows are in getting selected.
The College ranks you and allocates you to an Integrated Training Program, but you still have to win the job yourself — an offer with no employment is void. The rules are mid-overhaul: the 2027 intake was scored CV 35 / mini-MSF 20 / interview 45; the 2028 intake needs PGY3 plus 12 months of AUS/NZ O&G and an MMI; the 2029 intake drops the CV for a situational judgement test and makes the Prevocational Pathway compulsory. Roughly the top third to half of Australian applicants get on.
I’m in the position you don’t want to be in. I gave it my all, lived away from family, worked hard on my CV and interview, got told I did very well etc. but didn’t get on. It was my final try. Not sure what to do now. This is not a good place to be in.
Kind of nice for kids to know they don't need to bother with CV anymore. I'm predicting the number of useless audits to fall off a cliff
You’re highly unlikely get onto the training program right after PGY-2. Entry is highly competitive. Unless you’re an Olympian with a PhD in PPH and you deliver babies in Africa in your spare time? If not, you will most likely need to do a few SRMO/unaccredited reg years first.
Multi-source feedback is a more even playing field - not just nepotism but also brown-nosers. The introvert who works hard and is actually nice to midwives etc. will get a better run than before.
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"Mandatory" is the college's word. Amber "community" rows are what the sub says panels actually want.
'Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unaccredited Registrar' — the Canberra PD says unaccredited positions 'are service roles that would suit a junior registrar seeking additional experience, or overseas-trained doctors.' ACT is an ITP1 Phase 1 option.
Two NSW grades: SRMO and Unaccredited Registrar. NSW runs a separate, earlier O&G registrar round (Senior Reg/Provisional Fellow) in May before the Main Round in July; the Main Round covers 'Trainee, Basic Trainee, unaccredited positions, Career Medical Officer, Senior Resident Medical Officer'. ~9 ITPs (Sydney, Newcastle, Liverpool, Nepean, Northern Sydney, St George, Western Sydney, plus Dubbo and Orange rural). PVOGS publishes a per-hospital SRMO/unaccredited handbook (2024).
'Accredited registrar … unaccredited (service) registrar positions', plus RMO terms of 3 or 6 months in O&G. Royal Darwin Hospital is an RITP site.
PHO, SHO, JHO and 'non-accredited registrar' via the single RMO & Registrar campaign. Queensland Health states 'SHO positions are suitable for house officers interested in pursuing a career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or General Practice.' Three ITPs (Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville).
'Non-Accredited O&G Registrar' via the SA MET centralised PGY2+ EOI.
Statewide campaign; TAS is an ITP1 Phase 1 preferencing option.
'Obstetrics & Gynaecology HMO' (PGY2/3), 'O&G Registrar', 'Unaccredited Registrar'. PGY2 via the PMCV match; PGY3+ and unaccredited registrars direct to health services. PMCV closes in August, four months after RANZCOG closes in April. Royal Women's publishes a clean ladder (HMO PGY2/3 → senior registrar → ITP L1/2/4); Monash has a dedicated HMO3/4+ stream. RITP sites: Bendigo, Western VIC.
'Service Medical Registrar (SMR)'. KEMH advertises 'Registrar – Service – Obstetrics & Gynaecology' (MP Yr 1-7 $128,760–$175,802, 6–12 months, rotating through KEMH, Osborne Park, Bunbury and Kalgoorlie). A separate WA O&G service registrar round opens in September, after the centralised RMO/SMR round.
Dates drift a week or two each year; the calendar has confirmed vs expected windows.
The rubric is not published, or the selection is unscored.
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"Cost to get on" is a name-based pick of the one-off fees paid before or at selection. The college schedule is a lifetime-of-training list at each item's own year, not one bill; community amounts overlap it and are never summed. Courses, travel and repeat sittings are the part the sub complains about.
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Scored by the Obstetrics and gynaecology rules — whether or not the title names the specialty — highest first, closing soonest next.
No unit has three authors behind it yet.
Faded bars are expected, not confirmed. Only 7 dated offer reports mention Obstetrics and gynaecology, too few for a chart. Full detail on the calendar.
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Verbatim, one caution beside one encouragement per topic where both exist, the rest folded. Every quote links to the comment.
Sounds like a lot of people who have been CV grinding very hard are going to have wasted a lot of time.
Kind of nice for kids to know they don't need to bother with CV anymore. I'm predicting the number of useless audits to fall off a cliff
The PVP has always been a point of frustration. Can’t even do it without having done the CWH or diploma (or whatever it’s called now) so it’s just a total cash grab from the college although I guess it appropriately sets you up for the future years of cash grabbing with their annual fees
Multi-source feedback is a more even playing field - not just nepotism but also brown-nosers. The introvert who works hard and is actually nice to midwives etc. will get a better run than before.
Unfortunately I second this. Almost everyone who applies gets an interview nowadays. The points don’t really matter that much. I don’t think 3 points makes a huge difference. Once you’re at interview stage, the interview is the thing that matters the most. The people who tend to get on the program are the ones who…
My sister-in-law is an O&G trainee and for simplicity I'll just copy and paste what she texted me in response to me sending her a screenshot of this: "I got on with no higher degree, one poster, no publications and no awards. But I did spend two years rural and that counts for points. Tell him/her that most hospitals…
In an ideal and fair world, every point would matter. Back when I was applying (late 2010s), not everyone would get an interview, so you’d be trying to bolster your points as much as possible to qualify for an interview. Nowadays anecdotally absolutely everyone I know who has applied gets an interview. And once you…
I think mostly positive changes, except the compulsory PVP which is an obvious money spinner. I think the move away from crappy research, fake altruism and narcissistic leadership is a good thing. Removing the institutional ranking is great because it’s been known to be weaponised against applicants who didn’t do…
PGY 11 here. IMG. Dedicated most of my career to getting into O&G and am now going to start GP regging come February. I've been (/I am) there. The bitterness is real. I've felt it.
1 - O&G 2- enjoyed it as a student then kind of fell into it, got offered an SHO job after an intern rotation, got offered a PHO job, threw my hat in the ring and got on the program 3- I love it, it’s the best speciality imo, it’s a mix of surgery, medicine, pal care, psychiatry, and you develop great longitudinal…
Hi! Recent CWH obtainee here - I would suggest talking to some current SHOs at the health service you will be at as at mine, 6 months was barely enough time to adequately complete CWH logbook requirements. The PTP is much more involved and you will also be competing with accredited regs for logbook requirements and…
This book is great: Medical Interviews - A Comprehensive Guide to CT, ST and Registrar Interview Skills (Third Edition)by [Olivier Picard](https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-au/collections/author-books-by-olivier-picard). I was lucky to work in a place where a trainee helped us prep. There are only so many types of…
I'm not interested in going down the O&G path but I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to see such a positive outlook from a consultant. Reddit can be quite negative at times (can be justified, but hard to tell from the med student level). Thanks, and congratulations on your newly-gained consultancy!
Found a lot of the registrars quite stressed and busy - a lot of very confident, 'Type A' personality types. Found the dynamic between midwives and doctors cordial with some underlying hostility. As an introverted male medical student I actually got used to it by the end of my rotation. However looking back the…
Sorry to read your situation. Of note, a borderline score this intake will qualify you for an additional application opportunity next year, if you so choose. The system is certainly hard and it is a very competitive system, I know many competent, if not excellent, doctors who have failed to secure O&G, Surgical, or…
MMI over panel interview is huge. I’m also a fan of removing the institutional ranking in favour of multi-source feedback. And removing the ridiculous altruism/leadership criteria. Not sure about the SJT + mandatory PVP replacing the CV though.
It sucks and what sucks more is you have to go to work next week doing the same grind and seeing the successful applicants get congratulated and be happy. It is what it is, OP. You are allowed to be angry/upset and allowed time to let it brew over. Give it a few weeks before focusing on how to better your…
If it is anything like my O&G experience as a medical student, bring lots of snacks and a battery bank because all I did was sit in the corridor or lunch room and wonder why everyone hated my Y chromosome.
O&Gs have the longest training and also one of the worst lifestyle's as a consultant unless you do gyne only. imo fertility is the way to go but idk how exclusive it is to get into that club
All my friends in O&G both hopefuls and trainees seem broken spirited so often. What are the regular challenges which are hardest to work through? And what issues do people outside of the specialty not understand - which if we did, we could be better friends?
RANZCOG have made big changes to training applications this year, from next year you will have to be minimum PGY3 to apply. Realistically it’s rare to see anyone get on prior to PGY4.
Firstly I need to assume I have a uterus and secondly, could become pregnant (im a male). Thirdly, it depenss on the pregnancy itself. Is it my first pregnancy and I had a 36 week scan with a suspected macrosomic baby of >4kg? Elective caesar please. Or is it my 2nd baby and I’m in spont labour with a previous vaginal…
The RANZCOG CV scoring specifically acknowledges points being allocated for National representation - which includes sport. When people are looking to maximise chances of being successful one needs to consider all aspects of the CV scoring. ​ Plenty of tears shed today, I am only providing my opinions to…
Once you are a boss, you can really tailor your career, the way you want it. The only rate-limiting step is the demand/competition that is around you - that is to say, if you can get enough work or a public job with your skillset. If you're thinking rural, you're more likely to be hands-on as a boss as your juniors…
This is normal and has been the entire time I've worked in O/G - this is exactly what I did before I got onto training and also exactly what everyone else did before they got onto training - 12 months at least as a HMO and then an unaccredited year as a reg (or multiple HMO years in O/G before entering training). I…
A GP/RG with extended skills in Obstetrics (GP/RG-O) not equivalent in skill or experience to a Obstetrician/Gynaecologist (ObGyn). Doing a 1-2 year advanced associate diploma course in women’s health does not compare to a 6 year fellowship. A key to working safely and surviving as a GP/RG is to know your comfortable…
I applied to GP training for PGY3 and did extended skills in O&G, whilst applying to get onto O&G training. GP was my ‘Plan B’ in case I didn’t get on, but this way at least some of the time counted for something. I started O&G training program in PGY4 but kept being a GP reg doing extended skills with the…
The CV is mostly useless - pretty much everyone ends up with the same points, the ones they can change ie experience in o&g, research points, going out rural for a year if they can manage it. There’s not much, so everyone maxes out on the same things which puts everyone back at the same starting point. Maybe the SJT…
RANZCOG have a very specific guide about how points are allocated on their website. It can change from year to year. The altruism and leadership stuff is difficult. For altruism there is criteria for the different "sources". Like for volunteering it needs to be at least 20 sessions over a year. Scholarship and…
How would this work when unaccredited time is required as part of the CV scoring for specialty training? Like for o&g, you need minimum 24 months o&g experience to achieve maximum points. You’ll get some points for being a GP too but you’ll still need the experience points to be able to max your CV as others can…
I didn’t bother with the PVP and got on anyway, and about 30% of the registrars I know got on without it, it just depends on how solid the rest of your CV is plus your referees and interview. I believe in a year or two however it will be compulsory.
There’s not much more to it that what’s published on the RANZCOG website. Learn the CV criteria, work out where you _can_ get points and maximise what you can. The last section is worth something like 11 points but unless you are an Olympian (Hi Jana) and a Rhodes scholar I doubt anyone will get more than a scrap or…
Personally for me, 2 attempts, but I left my first attempt very late (did not apply as a 1st year registrar). I hate the system. For my first go I felt that my ranking wasn’t going to be excellent regardless of how long i waitied, but my interview was the decider for me there. I had pretty much maxed out my CV by that…
As long as you already have the 3 compulsory courses done by Feb (FSEP, something like ALSO, a neonatal resus course) the PVP itself can be done within a week. Just trawling through online modules. IMO worth the points if you can afford it financially and have already done the courses required
You need the PVP and all O&G time points - i wouldn’t apply without these. I highly highly recommend all research points. Can be any publication (as far as im aware) BUT must be first author, must be in a medline or pubmed journal and must be published within a certain time frame of your application and cant be used to…
**RE: "If i start an internship and SRMO role in NSW would this likely mean my metro training once on the program would be in Sydney (is it state based). I would be keen to do metro time in Gold Coast Brisbane if possible, but would this mean I should intern/SRMO in qld?"** Typically yes. I would say that >90% of…
It’s centralised - no one ever finds out how many points in total. If you see the CV guidelines online you can see that for things like research, O&G time, diplomas etc, its all very objective. But for the altruism and leadership its all very very subjective and no one finds out. My advice is, if you havent capped…
Connections shminecctions….. Get the points you can within your means. Building connections makes no sense if you don’t have points on paper to be good enough to get an interview. Then if you don’t interview well enough to gain enough points then what’s the whole point of sacrificing things that the college clearly…
I think you’ve just got to work on that ranking. Talk to your head of training and ask them candidly what you need to work on to get a good ranking. Work on getting to know the consultants that are the backbones of the departments. I would expect second time around that you’d get a better ranking anyway.
OP, I really do hope you get in. But if you dont, FUCK IT. Seriously you have put enough blood, sweat and tears into this specialty and if they don't want you. FUCK THEM. Go somewhere where you are more appreciated. You don't have to do GP. You can just do CMO / Surgical assisting while you figure out what you can do…
I would say male O&G doctors are looked upon very favourably by patients - especially compared to male midwives or nurses. Occasionally there’ll be a cultural or religious request for a female doctor (especially in clinic) but it’s also well explained particularly for public obstetrics that there’s one doctor on at…
RANZCOG definitely seems to do the best at using accreditation to enforce standards. Though the stories of what trainees experience also seem extreme.
It would have to get REALLY bad before they pull accreditations. For ex hospital i was you worked at least 1 overnight oc during weekday and 3 people rotated the weekends, so at least 1 weekend a mo. You get called it constantly and had to show up at work, do surgeries very sleep deorived. All boss except 1 were…
Hey - fair question. I really think the pivotal moment of “is this for me” is in med school. I have a really positive experience in med school, with a reg that supported me and midwives that were fine. As a male you need to be REALLY mindful of this - don’t barge in, always ask for consent, always understand consent…
From my observations over many years and many hospitals, they seem to like overly confident white girls. They may not be the best doctors, but they know when to buy a coffee for the consultant or when to publically announce how hard they are working. These girls are always, always favoured over others.
This is tough to answer- see my response elsewhere RE: toxic culture. I think like any specialty, there is going to be characteristics that come in common with people who are interested in it. I assume you are referring to the highly strung, confident individuals. Or the bitchiness. Firstly, there is a dominance of…
Unfortunately the public healthcare system in Australia would grind to a halt if it didn’t have the indentured servants known as unaccredited registrars to hold the phones, do all the unwanted night shifts and carry out the scut work. There simply are not enough consultants to supervise trainees.
I feel that 90% of O&G consultants are nice and normal, but it’s the 10% rotten eggs who are legitimate assholes/bullies who make us look bad…
Honestly what is it about O&G consultants. Literally through everyone I've heard, by far the most difficult bosses people complain about are invariably O&G. Why are assholes drawn to it? Or does O&G make people angry?
I mean this is very welcome, but I feel bad for all the people who missed out over the past fete years with the unfair nepotistic system, and have already used their max 3 attempts. Now it will be evidence based but people’s careers have been ruined throughout the time it was gatekept.
I had a very similar experience as a student. It’s a real shame and has impacted the care I can provide now as a jmo
RANZCOG training selection is rigged. All that matters is someone on the interview post your interview advocates for you. Souce: multipile bosses who sit on the interview board.
None. You cannot practice independently with that.
Hi there! I'm in my first year as a consultant in O&G after finishing training mid-2023 - hopefully I can offer a more positive outlook (which I also struggled to find as I went through training). **RE: Plan** First, the most heartening part of your thoughtful plan is that you have an end-goal in sight (i.e.…
Keep in mind that private obstetric units are shutting down left, right and centre across the country. I suspect by the time you’d be a fellow they’d only be left in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
My wife is a 3rd year consultant. The whole way through her training, I thought life would be easier/better as a consultant. However, as it turns out, it's busier and more stressful than ever. Thankfully, she loves it and is super passionate about providing the best care possible - but it's tough seeing her work so…
We’re getting to the stage now where on training applications it’s no longer enough to play a sport - you need to have represented the state or country or have won a medal in it. Woe betide the current generation of medical students who just want to be good at their job.
I'd recommend becoming a GP-Obstetrician. You can probably RPL a substantial portion to get a DipRANZCOG and that along with all your hospital terms can count towards your Rural Generalist training via the FRACGP-RG or FACRRM pathways. And even if you don't want to work as a Rural Generalist, as a General Practitioner…
Friends at Mercy, The Women’s, and Monash all were reasonably happy with career progression. Each had their disadvantages. From my brief work interactions with people working at The Women’s they seem to be very busy most of the time - but that may be because a neighbouring hospital is not great at handling Gynae…
Very employable. High demand rural. Lots of hospitals might even take you as a provisional SMO if you signed up with ACRRM in the meantime. Message me if you want a job.
RANZCOG is launching a new advanced training pathway - rural O&G specialist (FROGS). Might be something you’d be interested in. It’s obviously new so I don’t know what the experience of it is like, but I imagine being a rural O&G that you’d be getting quite a bit of obstetrics. Keep in mind, once you get FRANZCOG you…
PVOGS usually release an RMO guide each year which has all the 6 and 12 month RMO jobs in it.
Almost all reasonably sized birthing hospitals offer a 6 to 12 month SHO job, if they’re not on smart jobs or the RMO campaign, you can just email the director at the hospital and ask what they have available
I would strongly recommend getting a couple of general years under your belt BEFORE you try to get an O&G job.
From memory I think general SRMO interviews were one of the last ones to come out? Around 2-4 weeks after application deadlines iirc. Not sure about o&g though!
re general srmo, i know of one network that will wait for most reg job offers to come out before making interview offers. perhaps some other networks do the same.
https://ranzcog.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Fellowship-of-RANZCOG-FRANZCOG-Trainee-Selection-Process-Guidelines.pdf Page 11: _13 a. All unsuccessful applicants will be kept on a merit list in the event a position becomes available prior to the commencement of the second semester in the year immediately following…
I fast tracked it in a weekend before applications closed. They have cracked down on needing to complete it a week before, or maybe more. I had a number of unaccredited years under my belt, so your mileage may vary, but overall I found it useful but basic.
Whilst on occasion people are made informally aware of potential offers, it is more common that people just have to wait for the formal offer release date. NSW Health are reasonably strict with this. Sounds positive, but you’ll just have to wait for the formal offer release. Good luck!
You will hear back next week most likely, once all the training spots are set and hospitals know re unaccredited spots they need to fill.
South Eastern LHD and Ryde have released SRMO interview offers today.
On another note , as someone who has applied for an O and G service registrar role, I am still waiting to hear back if my application was successful. It's been 3 weeks and no response. How long did it take for you guys to find out if you got a gig?
Normally on the formal offer date itself or in the week following. Anecdotally I have been offered jobs where they’ve emailed after the interview to ask for more info to proceed with the selection process eg referees or WWCC etc. So I’d take that as a very good sign!
2nd round offers only occur as places become available. This would only happen if people reject their offer (unlikely) or defer for some reason, e.g. pregnancy. In my experience, most second round offers occur at random times over the ~6 months after initial offers. Can occur as late as the end of 1st semester.
Reg’s do 12.5hr shifts covering day and night. RMO shifts are staggered into three, morning from 8hr 0800-1600, afternoon from 1430-2230, night from 2200-0830 during weekdays, during weekends RMOs shifts are the same as the reg’s (12hr shift + handover). Overnight just reg and rmo as well, boss on call close by. Reg’s…
My sister in law is an O&G consultant (second year out) in Sydney. - Registrar hours: dependent on which hospital and what you’re rostered to. Birth suite can be horrendous (0700-1900 with unrostered overtime), theatre often runs very late to 1900-2000, clinic can often finish on time but very frequently overbooked…
Sexual health sounds like it might be a really good option for you - you can actually train in sexual health through college of physicians after multiple pathways without the trauma of BPT I burnt out in o&g the year I applied for the program, didn’t get an interview (which was crushing at the time but the best thing…
I can only speak from comparing a few close friends on the pathway and the experiences of other people (including my wife and I) on different pathways. - you can definitely do private work only in elective gynaecology post fellowship (many do) - obstetrics regs do a lot more nights compared to surg/anaes/med/psych…
Tertiary high risk centre. Metro, level 5. We do about 3,000 births a year on average. We have one reg and one rmo covering labour ward. We have in total 17 beds, but only 12 of those are labour rooms. Consultants will generally cover 24hr shift, overnight some bosses will sleep in depending on the seniority of the…
1) I’ve worked a few places with different staffing. Have had rosters that stick to base hours with minimal rostered OT because there are plenty of people and some that are just… chockas… 60+ weekly rostered hours. In my experience, for both resident and registrars birth suite usually runs a 13-14 hour day shift (8am…
1. Varies between hospitals and rotations. If you have a good one you’ll be rostered close to your contracted hours and encouraged not to do much overtime. If you are in a tricky one you’ll have significant rostered overtime and an unofficial expectation of unrostered overtime at times. Standardish would be 1-2 birth…
Reg/HMO both have 13.5/11.5 hour day/night split. Consultant onsite 0800-2100 weekdays and on call overnight and weekends. Nights run 7/7, day shifts are usually 1/2/3 long days a week depending on a number of factors. Either 1 weekend long day a fortnight (Sat or Sun) or 1 weekend a month (Sat + Sun) depending on the…
Regional centre delivering around 1500 a year Day reg works 0730-2030 (rare for long shifts to be back to back) Night reg works 2000-0830 (work 3-4 in a row) Often an extra day reg hanging around the ward/BS from 0730-1700. This person is well loved as the day reg is taking calls from ED/mfau/the region as well as…
Others have already given some great advice but thought I’d chip in with my 2c as someone who has had a similar experience. In short I was in a similar boat - working as an O&G SRMO then unaccredited reg, and also feeling the strain on my mental health. Whilst I am passionate about women’s health and there were so many…
I’m in the position you don’t want to be in. I gave it my all, lived away from family, worked hard on my CV and interview, got told I did very well etc. but didn’t get on. It was my final try. Not sure what to do now. This is not a good place to be in.
Sister in law is an O&G reg and she got on with her final attempt. Her first two attempts were solid so she was very anxious about the third. Many of her colleagues didn’t get on. Most are doing GP-obs and the rest are doing O&G CMO. Sadly, none of them are particularly happy, but their lifestyle is much better than…
This is a really good question and a difficult one to answer. It’s definitely something I would always ask other regs when I was trying to get on. There is a 3 attempt limit. I know a few people who never got on. Either did their 3 or got to 2 and gave up. This year they said approx 50% got on. Notably, there seems…
You’re highly unlikely get onto the training program right after PGY-2. Entry is highly competitive. Unless you’re an Olympian with a PhD in PPH and you deliver babies in Africa in your spare time? If not, you will most likely need to do a few SRMO/unaccredited reg years first.
Condolences for today's outcome. ​ Most first attempts are unsuccessful based on application stats I have seen. I have four friends who got on this year, only one was first attempt. I would recommend the AdvDRANZCOG if working as an Unaccredited Reg, if you want a backup plan and really keen on Obs - that way…
So couple of things, 1- you’re probably not going to get on PGY3, most people are doing an SRMO and two PHO years before getting on. It sucks , it doesn’t make for better doctors, but it is what it is 2- fellowships are all 3 years, but most people are doing unaccredited fellow years before starting, and you have to…
There were 88 spots nationally as per 2021-2022 annual report. 177 applicants. It’s just hard to know what they want. I, honestly, cannot think what more I could have done when I’m seeing people with much less on their CVs getting on. It’s also a lot about preferencing. One person who got on from my hospital…
PGY3 is almost unheard of now. The average is greater than PGY6+ as per QLD MediNav.
Simple question but depends on many factors. What state? You may have noticed that there’s a huge variation in awards. What role? Unaccredited and junior accredited registrars are often doing a lot of service provision, ie after hours work. So depending upon the state award, you’ll get evening/night/weekend loadings…
My mates that are O&G regs often out earn the rest of us in the friend group due to their nights and weekends rosters. Often are only matched as Gen Surg or Med Reg terms but that comes from overtime vs the base hours being rostered. Specialty Surg seem to often earn less in comparison for the same year level (again…
Have you looked at the vic EBA? Your base pay will be that based on reg level. Generally you’ll also do a fair amount of long shifts (most hospitals I’ve worked at it’s 14 hrs for a long shift birth suite or gynae reg) which attracts penalties, sat/sun shifts are usually always long shifts and attract penalties and…
Q1: Obs and Gynae Q2: Currently full-time locum at $11k per week. FTE at QLD hospital would be about $350k, plus $41k allowances, plus super, plus annual leave loading, public holidays, etc. which by my calculations works out similar to the locum rates.
Once you hit the highest registrar pay level, the amount I get from overtime in Victoria (2x $77 = $154 an hour) is more than I can get doing a locum. And at my usual job I get superannuation and sick leave benefits, but I don’t get any of that with locums. Also I don’t have to travel as far. With locums, in O&G…
The type that decided as a male medical student I shouldn't be present during a vaginal exam during a bread and butter clinic visit despite the woman being very happy for me to watch and me having only seen a handful of them and needing to upskill in that area. I'm sure this is not true everywhere but based on my own…
Yup its going the way of the UK. I was an anaesthetic reg in the UK. Did the equivalent of junior reg training and the primary and didn't apply for senior reg training. I saw everyone around me spending all their free time doing courses, conferences, audits, publications, masters, climbing Kilimanjaro, triathlons. I…
I’m not sure if the OP is talking about Mater though either, because I did an O&G term as an intern and we definitely had inpatients occasionally who were there for management of miscarriages/retained products of conception, and definitely offered D&C for them when it was indicated.
I did my intern year at Caboolture in 2018, their O&G team was great and very supportive, I loved that rotation.
- Clinical experience makes up 18 of the total 61 points All must be performed in Australia/New Zealand - Rurality is 15 of the 61 which for some are simply not available without significant detour in career (ie GP in rural setting so you need to complete GP training all for 5 points) - Professional courses make up 6…
Even in qld hospitals like SCUH and beaudesert, toowomba have rural generalists with O&G training sometimes working as O&G docs, not too far from the city at all
3 people, counts not rates; median 1.3 yr to getting on from the 2 whose start and outcome both fell inside the dump.
I left my training program and I feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulders I’m PGY 3 this year, I had gone through all six years of medical school thinking I wanted to be a GP because it seemed…comment ↗
I work in o&g, I got one of our med students to work up a 32 weeker with abdominal pain. So, they’re presenting the case to me and at the end I ask him what his top differentials were. He told me “e…comment ↗
Literally just in January as a pgy5. I was dead set on rural GP for the longest time, went into med school wanting to be a gp, changed my mind half way through pgy2 because of family stuff.comment ↗
Did a brief relieving term in O&G as a PGY2 and loved it. Left for six months to do Geris, but didn’t love it as much as I loved O&G. Some family stuff happened, which made it not feasible to move…comment ↗
If it helps, I’m a level 3 trainee and my 4th year regging (did one unaccredited year) and my base pay is $5580 gross fortnightly - but I’m on mat leave now so that’s just what I get.comment ↗
In the end, I sat my written exam at 35 weeks pregnant and passed thankfully.comment ↗
I moved to VIC for RANZCOG training and got zilch. Might depend on state and/or hospital. No harm in asking. Also sometimes you can submit stuff to covered via salary sacrifice reimbursement.comment ↗
I had to move rurally with my new baby at 6mo old to complete my rural term and was told that if I don’t do it at the time I’m “meant” to ie my third year, I’m then competing with other third years f…comment ↗
I hired Brooke this year. Don't have experience with other coaches but found her to be very helpful and felt my interview was stronger than previous years.comment ↗
Doing my final RANZCOG application this year and torn with the options, of whether or not to apply phase 1. I've been based in SE QLD for all my time so far and following last year's application, hav…comment ↗
PGY 11 here. IMG. Dedicated most of my career to getting into O&G and am now going to start GP regging come February. I've been (/I am) there. The bitterness is real. I've felt it.comment ↗
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