DoctorConnect
DoctorConnect provides information to international medical graduates and their employers. It aims to help international medical graduates understand the steps required to work as a doctor in Australia, where they can work and restrictions on billing patients under Medicare.
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Learn how to work as a doctor in Australia
Discover what you need to do before you can get a job, where you can work and what services you can charge for. -
Search the Health Workforce Locator
Find out what areas of Australia need more doctors by searching the Health Workforce Locator. -
Get help with finding a job
Learn how to find, secure and start a job as a doctor in Australia. -
Learn about Medicare and billing restrictions
Find out how Australia’s health system works, what Medicare is and what restrictions there are on billing patients.
The annual update of the Distribution Priority Areas (DPA) and the Districts of Workforce Shortage (DWS) for specialists will be available on 1 July 2020
To ensure distribution of medical workforce to locations where they are needed most, the DPA (for GPs) and DWS (for specialists) systems facilitate placing restricted medical practitioners into communities of greatest need across Australia.
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Health Workforce Locator
Use our workforce locator map to check the geographical classification of any location in Australia. The map can tell you if a location is classified as city, rural or remote. It identifies areas that need more doctors.