College Fellows

For the first time the total number of fellows of each college has been included in the report.

In 2008, there were 38,294 fellows of medical colleges (Table 4.37). Of these, 11,514 or 30.1% were female.

A number of colleges have significantly increased their training and consequently the number of fellows joining in recent years.

Table 4.37: Fellows: Total and numbers and proportions of females and new fellows by medical specialty, 2008

Medical specialty	Fellows	Females	Proportion females (%)	New fellows 2008	Proportion new fellows 2008 of total fellows (%)
Adult medicine(a)	6,436	1,590	24.7	303	4.7
Anaesthesia	3,448	729	21.1	234	6.8
Pain medicine	187	33	17.6	11	5.9
Dermatology	354	139	39.3	11	3.1
Emergency medicine	1,009	274	27.2	95	9.4
General practice
- RACGP	9,956	4,420	44.4	819	8.2
- ACRRM(b)	1,392	405	29.1	22	1.6
Intensive care	642	96	15.0	62	9.7
Medical administration	436	106	24.5	10	2.3
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	1,330	428	32.2	66	5.0
Occupational and Environmental medicine	265	47	17.7	11	4.2
Ophthalmology	767	128	16.7	14	1.8
Paediatrics(a)	1,923	804	41.8	114	5.9
Pathology	1,416	489	34.5	68	4.8
Psychiatry	2,588	883	34.1	147	5.7
Public health medicine	454	167	36.8	13	2.9
Radiation oncology	249	86	34.5	11	4.4
Radiodiagnosis	1,284	291	22.7	54	4.2
Rehabilitation medicine	317	120	37.9	21	6.6
Surgery	3,841	279	7.3	171	4.5
Total	38,294	11,514	30.1	2,257	5.9

^(a) Includes fellows based in New Zealand.
^(b) ACRRM was first accredited in February 2007.

Source: Medical colleges

The distribution of fellows across states and territories mirrors the distribution of the population as a whole, with the exception of the Northern Territory, which has only around half the number of fellows in comparison to its population (0.5% and 1.0% respectively) (Table 4.38).

Table 4.38: Fellows by medical specialty and state/territory, 2008

Medical specialty	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
Adult medicine	1,773	1,499	814	456	418	109	30	116	5,215
Anaesthesia	1,107	847	671	(a)346	319	95	..	54	3,439
Pain medicine	65	33	35	23	24	6	0	1	187
Dermatology	141	86	60	28	30	5	0	4	354
Emergency medicine	270	301	214	62	111	26	9	16	1,009
General practice
- RACGP	(b)2,973	2,487	2,247	(a)959	938	292	..	..	9,896
- ACRRM	(b)417	231	325	190	126	33	28	24	1,374
Intensive care	176	125	113	53	44	10	3	12	536
Medical administration	119	80	94	23	32	6	4	17	375
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	426	349	267	111	109	32	14	22	1,330
Occupational and Environmental medicine	91	64	34	21	34	8	0	13	265
Ophthalmology	292	192	132	59	64	13	3	12	767
Paediatrics	522	371	266	121	163	22	25	22	1,512
Pathology	516	306	245	121	153	34	5	36	1,416
Psychiatry	822	745	447	254	222	46	10	42	2,588
Public health medicine	150	87	75	32	44	13	24	29	454
Radiation oncology	85	71	46	18	15	6	0	8	249
Radiodiagnosis	411	349	220	111	140	28	3	22	1,284
Rehabilitation medicine	161	86	27	22	8	6	2	5	317
Surgery	1,303	1,002	701	340	333	79	19	64	3,841
Total(c)	11,820	9,311	7,033	3,350	3,327	869	179	519	36,408
Proportion of total (%)	32.5	25.6	19.3	9.2	9.1	2.4	0.5	1.4	100.0
Population proportion(%)(d)	32.5	24.8	20.1	7.4	10.2	2.3	1.0	1.6	100.0

(a) Combines SA and NT fellows.
(b) Combines NSW and ACT fellows.
(c) Total number differs to total in Table 4.37 as fellows residing overseas are not included.
(d) Population data from ABS, Australian Demographic Statistics, 2009 (Cat. no. 3101.0), Canberra

Source: Medical colleges

The distibution of female fellows in Australia follows a similar pattern to the distribution of all fellows (Table 4.39).

Table 4.39: Female fellows by medical specialty and state/territory, 2008

Medical specialty	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT	Aust
Adult medicine	438	417	194	92	91	26	9	34	1,301
Anaesthesia	227	174	166	(a)58	66	17	9	12	729
Pain medicine	11	7	5	5	4	1	0	0	33
Dermatology	57	34	20	16	7	3	0	2	139
Emergency medicine	78	91	49	20	23	6	3	4	274
General practice
- RACGP	(b)1,369	1,099	974	(a)422	407	142	..	..	4,413
- ACRRM	(b)112	66	106	47	33	10	14	9	397
Intensive care	24	15	11	5	4	0	2	4	65
Medical administration	35	21	18	6	4	1	3	4	92
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	110	130	81	40	39	11	8	9	428
Occupational and Environmental medicine	21	13	4	3	4	2	0	0	47
Ophthalmology	53	40	13	8	8	3	1	2	128
Paediatrics	212	160	106	42	80	5	16	10	631
Pathology	190	99	77	43	51	14	0	16	490
Psychiatry	274	238	151	97	85	17	4	17	883
Public health medicine	56	29	30	11	17	4	10	10	167
Radiation oncology	30	24	18	4	5	2	0	3	86
Radio diagnosis	86	82	43	38	36	4	0	2	291
Rehabilitation medicine	63	35	9	7	3	3	0	0	120
Surgery	88	87	46	25	23	7	0	3	279
Total(c)	3,534	2,861	2,121	989	990	278	79	141	10,993

(a) Combines NSW and ACT fellows.
(b) Combines SA and NT fellows.
(c) Total number differs to total in Table 4.37 as fellows residing overseas are not included.

Source: Medical colleges