Who we are, why this exists, and how the information is put together.
About us
We're a small group of Australian junior doctors. We initially made this website for the tens of medical students we've met who were genuinely lost when it came to choosing a medical specialty - and not aware of half the options out there or the publicly-listed data on each specialty. Getting feedback that it could help more than just the students in our teams, we decided to publish it and make it available to all.
This is a personal project, not a business or official resource, while we do use official sources (anchors listed below). We're not affiliated with any college and nobody pays us for this site, nor do we make money off it. We built this from a broad network of colleagues across specialties, and some AI assistance putting the website together.
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If something here is wrong, out of date, or missing the thing you wish it said, we want to know. Feedback goes directly and only to us; it is never published anywhere on the site.
How the information is put together
Every claim sits in one of three layers, and pages label which layer a claim comes from:
“Verified”, checked in July 2026 against official/current sources: college selection pages and regulations (RACS/GSA, RANZCOG, RANZCO, ACD, RANZCP, ANZCA, ACEM, RANZCR, RACGP), Medical Board/Ahpra announcements (expedited pathway), Department of Health program pages (AGPT, single-employer trials), ATO taxation statistics 2022–23, the 2025 Medical Training Survey, and government workforce reports.
“Indicative”, careful estimates where no official public figure exists: most applicant-to-place ratios (few colleges publish them), income ranges (built from ATO occupation averages, state awards/enterprise agreements and market data), demographic percentages, and exam pass rates.
“The unofficial view”, deliberately labelled community knowledge about how selection works in practice. Treat it as experienced seniors' advice: usually right, occasionally stale, never a substitute for current regulations.
Key verified anchors used across the site
RACS 2023 selection outcomes: overall success 31.5%; cardiothoracic 11.5% to urology 50%; 43% of the intake women. General surgery 121 appointed for 2025; plastics 19 for 2026; cardiothoracic 9 for 2025.
RANZCOG: ≥3 applicants per place; referee reports and institutional ranking removed from selection from 2026; PGY2-certificate requirement withdrawn for 2027.
RANZCO: two-stage selection with 7-point capped CV (2.5 threshold) and asynchronous video interviews; PGY2 + 18 months broad experience eligibility.
ACD: under 60 places vs several hundred applicants; four-application lifetime cap; 114.5 training positions (82% public).
ANZCA: two years' general hospital experience required pre-training; scheme-based selection (QARTS, SANTRATS etc.).
RANZCP: 24 months general experience required from 2025; state-based selection; 2026 accreditation-standard changes; IOCA removed March 2026.
AGPT: 1,500 funded places growing past 2,000 by 2028; $30k incentives + 20 weeks parental leave from 2026; 2026-intake applications closed 8 April 2025; single-employer trials in five states to 2028.
Expedited SIMG pathway list as of early 2026: GP, anaesthesia, psychiatry, O&G, general paediatrics, general medicine, radiology under assessment; dermatology/EM/general surgery/ENT flagged next.
ATO 2022–23 average taxable incomes: surgeons $472,475; anaesthetists $447,193; internal medicine $342,457; psychiatrists $286,146; other medical practitioners $259,802.
Workforce signals: projected FACEM oversupply ~1,000 by 2030 (AFHW-EM); CICM >1,400 trainees vs >1,600 fellows; MTS 2025 n=18,276 with 83% recommending their training.
This is an independent educational guide, unaffiliated with any college, government body or employer. It is general information, not personal careers, financial, legal or migration advice. Figures marked indicative are estimates and may be wrong in particulars; verified figures may have changed since review. Decisions that shape a decade of your life deserve primary sources and human mentors; use this site to ask better questions of both.
