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Irish medical students to look for work abroad
Irish medical students to look for work abroad
| Published: | 28 Jun at 9 AM |
The majority of Irish medical students graduating in 2012 want to stay to work in their homeland but believe they are more likely to find employment overseas, revealed a survey.
The study, conducted by Senator Colm Burke, Fine Gael’s health in the Seanad spokesman, showed that the high number of medical graduates moving abroad is likely to continue, with almost two-thirds of medical students in their final year (65 per cent) not intending on working in Ireland one year after graduating.
The survey was conducted in all third-level medical training facilities in Ireland and received 178 responses from final-year students, just below one-third of all graduates in their last year. It discovered that 44.5 per cent hoped to be working in their homeland in four years time and 63.4 per cent wanted to be in Ireland in 10 years. It also found that 15.2 per cent are prepared to work in Ireland’s General Practitioner Training Scheme.
When questioned on their favourite part of their degree courses, 90 per cent said the hospital work, but opinions varied over the point of contact that was the most helpful, with 39 per cent saying registrars. Only 35 per cent of respondents said they planned to stay in an Irish hospital post-internship, while 38 per cent said they would work in a facility outside Ireland and Britain.
The study, conducted by Senator Colm Burke, Fine Gael’s health in the Seanad spokesman, showed that the high number of medical graduates moving abroad is likely to continue, with almost two-thirds of medical students in their final year (65 per cent) not intending on working in Ireland one year after graduating.
The survey was conducted in all third-level medical training facilities in Ireland and received 178 responses from final-year students, just below one-third of all graduates in their last year. It discovered that 44.5 per cent hoped to be working in their homeland in four years time and 63.4 per cent wanted to be in Ireland in 10 years. It also found that 15.2 per cent are prepared to work in Ireland’s General Practitioner Training Scheme.
When questioned on their favourite part of their degree courses, 90 per cent said the hospital work, but opinions varied over the point of contact that was the most helpful, with 39 per cent saying registrars. Only 35 per cent of respondents said they planned to stay in an Irish hospital post-internship, while 38 per cent said they would work in a facility outside Ireland and Britain.
