What keeps IMGs in rural areas after their 10-year moratorium? Some overseas-trained GPs move to major cities after their mandatory rural work, but others stay on and put down roots. What makes people stay?
IMGs, workforce shortages and the 10-year moratorium: Is there need for change? Medical recruiters say District of Workforce Shortage rules are flawed and the 10-year moratorium is ‘discriminatory’, and rural health experts acknowledge the effectiveness of what was ‘never intended to be a long-term solution’.