About our program

In 2027, Austin Health will have 65 PGY1 (internship) positions available, including position’s dedicated to  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates.

At Austin Health, our PGY1 program is developed to provide you with well-structured and highly supportive teaching, training and clinical experiences that will enable you to consolidate and develop both your clinical knowledge and technical skills.  

Key to the continued success of our program is the support and care we provide to our PGY1s throughout the year and in the early but vital introduction period to working in the public health and hospital system.

Austin Health provides a comprehensive five-day orientation and ongoing education program for all our PGY1s and has well supported peer and mentor programs in place to support the transition from medical student to PGY1.

We also have in place a unique role for our PGY1s; the PGY1 support officer. This well thought of position provides "real-time" support to our PGY1s in their first week of after-hours and weekend work from a colleague who has just completed their PGY1 year and so will have an understanding of the tasks that an PGY1 is required to do as well as the likely questions and anxieties a new intern may have.

Austin Health is committed to environmentally sustainable healthcare and working toward net zero emissions by 2040. Interns can get involved in practical improvement and research projects and can attend workshops to upskill in Sustainable Quality Improvement that reduce waste and emissions while supporting excellent patient care, in both hospital and community settings.

How to apply

Check your eligibility

Before you apply for a PGY1 prevocational internship at Austin Health, please make sure you meet the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) eligibility criteria. You can check your eligibility on the PMCV Match website:

Check your PMCV eligibility

Application guide

Important dates

Learning opportunities

Under the new National Framework for Prevocational Doctors, your internship must include experiences in:

• undifferentiated patients (e.g emergency department)
• chronic or complex care (e.g. general medicine, aged care)
• acute or critical medicine (many speciality areas)
• procedural or perioperative care (e.g. surgical, perioperative medicine)

PGY1 prevocational intern rotations

Rotations 

At Austin Health we offer rotations in:

• General medicine
• General surgery
• Emergency medicine

Speciality rotations

Speciality rotations offered include:

• Aged care
• Endocrinolgy/Rheumatology
• Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant Unit
• Neurology/Stroke
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
• Spinal medicine
• Cardiothoracic
• ENT
• Orthopaedics
• Vascular
• Urology

Affiliated hospitals

• Echuca Regional Health
• Mildura Base Public Hospital