CareerDoctorIf you are working as an International Medical Graduate in Australia you may have some limits on your (scope of) practice imposed as part of your registration by the Medical Board.
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From a Medical Board perspective, observerships do not count as clinical practice towards recent of practice.
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Requirements for medical practitioners with non-practising registration or medical practitioners who are not registered and wish to return to practice (includes international medical graduates).
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Employers are of course obliged to take the Medical Board recency of practice standards into account when considering applicants for job positions.
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Certainly, from a Medical Board perspective, observerships do not count as clinical practice towards the recency of practice requirement.
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The recency of practice standard affects all medical practitioners seeking registration or re-registration in Australia, including locally trained doctors.
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The Medical Board indicates that it considers clinical practice in overseas countries as meeting the standard of recency of practice.
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However, it is my experience, particularly when it comes to trainee positions and international medical graduates that employers are unlikely to see large gaps in clinical practice favourably.
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What is Recency of Practice? Implications for Doctors.
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