Appendix 1: Glossary Advanced trainee: A medical practitioner undertaking a period of defined and structured education and training in a particular speciality that, when complete, will be eligible to for fellowship of that specialist medical college. A medical practitioner undertaking a period of basic training prior to Basic trainee: commencing an advanced training program. Clinicians: Doctors who spend most of their total weekly working hours engaged in clinical practice (that is time in diagnosis and/or treatment of patients including recommending preventative action). Comparison Scenario: A scenario current trends are assumed to continue into the future. This is compared with a range of alternative scenarios. Fellow: A trainee, who has been granted fellowship of a specialist medical college through completion of a college training program or by other mechanism. Gross domestic product (GDP): GDP equals final consumption plus gross capital formation plus net exports. Final consumption of households includes goods and services used by households or the community to satisfy their individual needs. It includes final consumption expenditure of households, general government and non-profit institutions serving households. Generalist: Refers to the primary care general practice workforce, the rural generalist workforce (a subset of the general practice workforce) and generalist specialists, specifically general physicians, general surgeons and general pathologists. Headcount: The initial headcount in the model is based on actual Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009 Labour Force Survey numbers, grouped according to the relevant medical specialty or nursing area of practice being modelled. Individuals in roles are out of scope. Each individual record contains a specialty/area of practice, gender, age and hours worked data item. Hospital non-specialist: A medical practitioner mainly employed in a salaried position in a hospital who does not have a recognised specialist qualification, and who is not in training to gain a recognised specialist qualification. The category includes interns, resident medical officers, career medical officers and other salaried hospital practitioners. or An intern year marks the transition from student to medical Intern Intern year: practitioner. The mandatory intern year involves at least 48 weeks of supervised clinical experience which must be completed satisfactorily to allow full registration. International medical students (IMS): Private or sponsored students in an Australian medical school who are not Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. In the modelling contained within this report, 70 percent of international students are assumed to remain in Australia following completion of their medical degree.
Appendix 1: Glossary Advanced trainee: A medical practitioner undertaking a period of defined and structured education and training in a particular speciality that, when complete, will be eligible to for fellowship of that specialist medical college. Basic trainee: A medical practitioner undertaking a period of basic training prior to commencing an advanced training program. Clinicians: Doctors who spend most of their total weekly working hours engaged in clinical practice (that is time in diagnosis and/or treatment of patients including recommending preventative action). Comparison Scenario: A scenario current trends are assumed to continue into the future. This is compared with a range of alternative scenarios. Fellow: A trainee, who has been granted fellowship of a specialist medical college through completion of a college training program or by other mechanism. Gross domestic product (GDP): GDP equals final consumption plus gross capital formation plus net exports. Final consumption of households includes goods and services used by households or the community to satisfy their individual needs. It includes final consumption expenditure of households, general government and non-profit institutions serving households. Generalist: Refers to the primary care general practice workforce, the rural generalist workforce (a subset of the general practice workforce) and generalist specialists, specifically general physicians, general surgeons and general pathologists. Headcount: The initial headcount in the model is based on actual Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009 Labour Force Survey numbers, grouped according to the relevant medical specialty or nursing area of practice being modelled. Individuals in roles are out of scope. Each individual record contains a specialty/area of practice, gender, age and hours worked data item. Hospital non-specialist: A medical practitioner mainly employed in a salaried position in a hospital who does not have a recognised specialist qualification, and who is not in training to gain a recognised specialist qualification. The category includes interns, resident medical officers, career medical officers and other salaried hospital practitioners. Intern or Intern year: An intern year marks the transition from student to medical practitioner. The mandatory intern year involves at least 48 weeks of supervised clinical experience which must be completed satisfactorily to allow full registration. International medical students (IMS): Private or sponsored students in an Australian medical school who are not Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. In the modelling contained within this report, 70 percent of international students are assumed to remain in Australia following completion of their medical degree.
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