Table of contents
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- List of Tables and List of Figures
- Membership of the Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee
- Preface
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- Medical student characteristics
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Structure of the Report
- 2 The Impact of Doctor Characteristics on Workforce Structure
- Age
- Gender
- Home background
- Socio-economic status
- Country of birth
- Personal preferences
- 3 Characteristics of the Australian Medical Workforce
- Number of medical practitioners
- Age
- Gender
- Home background: rural
- Home background: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Country of birth
- Summary of the characteristics of the Australian medical workforce
- 4 Medical Student Characteristics: 1989 to 1997
- Course commencements and completions
- Admission status, 1997
- Age
- Gender
- Gender and country of birth
- Rural background
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background
- Socio-economic background
- Country of birth
- Summary of medical student characteristics and trends
- 5 University Medical School Policies and Strategies: 1997 and Beyond
- Admission policies and criteria - graduate entry medical schools
- Admission policies and criteria - undergraduate entry medical schools
- Expected policy changes - graduate entry medical schools
- Expected policy changes - undergraduate entry medical schools
- Strategies to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student participation in medical schools - graduate entry medical schools
- Strategies to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student participation in medical schools - undergraduate entry medical schools
- Strategies to improve rural student participation - graduate entry medical schools
- Strategies to improve rural student participation - undergraduate entry medical schools
- Summary of medical school policies and strategies: 1997 and beyond
- 6 The Likely Impact of Trends in Medical Student Characteristics on the Australian Medical Workforce
- Age and gender
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation
- Rural background student participation
- Country of birth
- Conclusions
- 7 References
- Appendix
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Statistical Profile of Australian Resident Undergraduate Medical Students