Rural Pathway

In 2009, there were 965 trainees completing training through the rural pathway. New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory had the largest number (265), followed by Victoria with 253 trainees (Table 4.13).

Table 4.13: General practice rural pathway trainees by state/territory, 2009.

	NSW/ACT	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	Aust
Number	265	253	204	84	80	38	46	965
Proportion (%)	27.5	26.2	21.1	8.7	8.3	3.9	4.8	100.0

Source: GPET

Subspecialty Training

Pathology Subspecialties

In 2009, there were 361 advanced trainees undertaking training with the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA) (Table 4.14). Almost half of these (49.0% or 177) were within the subspecialty of anatomical pathology.

Table 4.14: Advanced pathology training positions by subspecialty, 2009

Subspecialty	Positions	Proportion (%)
Anatomical pathology	177	49.0
Chemical pathology	15	4.2
Forensic pathology	5	1.4
General pathology	3	0.8
Genetics	3	0.8
Haematology	94	26.0
Immunology	23	6.4
Microbiology	39	10.8
Oral pathology	2	0.6
Total	361	100.0

Source: RCPA

Physician Subspecialties

In 2009, there were 1,824 advanced physician trainees undertaking training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (Table 4.15). Of these, 873 or 47.9% were female. Amongst the subspecialties, paediatrics had the largest number of advanced trainees (571), followed by cardiology (160).

Table 4.15: Advanced physician trainees: Total and females by subspecialty, 2009^(a)(b)

Subspecialty	Trainees	Proportion (%)	Females
Cardiology	160	8.8	36
Clinical genetics	3	0.2	2
Clinical pharmacology	11	0.6	3
Endocrinology	92	5.0	56
Gastroenterology	104	5.7	28
General medicine	138	7.6	50
Geriatric medicine	115	6.3	65
Haematology	94	5.2	42
Immunology and allergy	27	1.5	16
Infectious diseases	91	5.0	45
Intensive care	15	0.8	4
Medical oncology	101	5.5	53
Nephrology	62	3.4	28
Neurology	61	3.3	20
Nuclear medicine	20	1.1	7
Paediatrics(c)	571	31.3	352
Palliative medicine	35	1.9	25
Respiratory and sleep medicine	92	5.0	24
Rheumatology	32	1.8	17
Total	1,824	100.0	873

^(a) Data includes trainees within the joint RACP and RCPA program.
^(b) Includes trainees undertaking advanced training in more than one subspecialty, therefore the total number is greater than the figure previously provided.
^(c) Paediatric medicine includes general paediatrics and the paediartic component of other subspecialty.

Source: RACP

Paediatric Subspecialties

In 2009, there were 571 advanced paediatric and child health trainees with the RACP's Paediatric and Child Health Division (Table 4.16). Of these, 352 or 61.6% were female. Amongst the subspecialties, half (293 or 51.3%) were training in general paediatrics.

Table 4.16: Advanced paediatric and child health trainees: Total and females by subspecialty, 2009^(a)(b)

Subspecialty	Trainees	Proportion(%)	Females
Cardiology	16	2.8	5
Clinical genetics	17	3.0	14
Clinical pharmacology	2	0.4	1
Community child health	35	6.1	33
Emergency medicine	32	5.6	19
Endocrinology	23	4.0	15
Gastroenterology	13	2.3	3
General paediatrics	293	51.3	190
Haematology	9	1.6	4
Immunology and allergy	12	2.1	6
Infectious diseases	13	2.3	8
Intensive care	4	0.7	2
Medical oncology	11	1.9	5
Neonatal/perinatal medicine	53	9.3	29
Nephrology	2	0.4	8
Neurology	16	2.8	0
Nuclear medicine	2	0.4	19
Palliative medicine	1	0.2	1
Respiratory and sleep medicine	14	2.5	7
Rheumatology	3	0.5	0
Total	571	100.0	352

^(a) Data includes trainees within the joint RACP and RCPA program.
^(b) Includes trainees undertaking advanced training in more than one subspecialty, therefore the total number is greater than the total number of trainees.

Source: RACP