The Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (CPMEC) has prepared a discussion paper on the structure and content of the internship - the year of supervised clinical training completed by graduates of an Australian Medical Council-accredited medical school. The issues covered in the discussion paper include the fast-tracking of the internship, the role of emergency medicine and general practice terms in the intern year, and the implications of the increasing numbers of medical graduates on the quality of the training experience during the internship.

The AMA Council of Doctors-in-Training has written to CPMEC and given broad support to the discussion paper’s recommendations as they align with the AMA’s position on the duration of the intern year, its core terms and the role of placements in community settings.