Internship Guide 2020

OVERVIEW
Graduates of Australian or New Zealand medical
schools who have completed an internship in
Australia or New Zealand are eligible to apply for
General Registration through the Medical Board of
Australia.
The Board grants Provisional Registration to
Australian or New Zealand medical school graduates
to undertake the intern year in Victoria. PA2 students
graduating from Victorian medical schools, whether
domestic or international, have priority over any
other Australian graduates.
The Intern Candidate’s Guide in Victoria issued
by the Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria
(PMCV) aims to provide new graduates with some
basic information as they commence the next stage
of their journey towards becoming fully qualified
doctors. This can be downloaded from the PMCV
website.
APPLYING TO VICTORIA
The application process for Victoria is through the
PMCV website. Application includes submission of
a Candidate Priority List, which is the list of hospitals
applicants would like to be accepted into, in order of
preference.
There are 23 allocation preferences. In addition
to this, there is a separate application process
for the hospitals applicants have chosen on their
priority list. PMCV has a standardised CV format.
Applicants may also be required to submit a cover
letter, academic results, sit a situational judgement
test and list clinical and non-clinical references.
For more information on the Candidate Priority List,
visit the ‘Computer Matching’ section on the PMCV
website.
PRIORITY GROUPS
Based on the Victorian Department of Health and
Human Service’s approved eligibility criteria, allocation
of candidates to intern positions took place in the
following order:
Priority Group 1:
• Permanent resident Australian trained graduates
(Victorian clinical school)
Priority Group 2:
• Temporary resident Australian trained graduates
(Victorian clinical school)
Special consideration
Priority Group 3:
• Permanent resident Australian trained graduates
(Interstate clinical school)
• Temporary resident Australian trained graduates
(Interstate clinical school)
• New Zealand Medical School Graduates (Permanent
resident or New Zealand citizen)
• Graduates of university campuses accredited by the
Australian Medical Council outside of Australia and
• New Zealand (e.g. Monash Malaysia and Ochsner
graduates)
CONTACT DETAILS
Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV)
Suite 801, Level 8, 533 Little Lonsdale Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Phone: (03) 9670 1066
Email: computermatching@pmcv.com.au
APPLICATION SUPPORT
The Medical Student Council of Victoria (MSCV)
represents, connects and supports all applicants in the
Victorian match. For more information sign-up to the
MSCV Intern Match Support mailing list or contact us
at internmatch@mscv.org.au
KEY DATES
4th May, 2020: Applications for intern positions
open
5th June, 2020: Applications for intern positions
close
8th June to 29th June, 2020: Health services
selection process
13th July, 2020: Round 1 offers made, for Priority
Group 1
TBA: Round 2 and 3 offers made for Priority Groups
2 and 3
20th Nov 2020: close date for intern recruitment
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