Scaling up specialist training in developing countries: lessons learned from the first 12 years of regional postgraduate training in Fiji – a case study

Table 1 Highest qualification ^a of enrollees in postgraduate specialist training at the Fiji School of Medicine, 1997 to 2009

Country or territory of residence	Population [[1,][48]]	Diploma-only graduates^b	Master’s students^c	Master’s graduates	Total enrollees
American Samoa	65,000[49]	3	0	2	5
Cook Islands	20,000	4	0	1	5
East Timor	1,134,000	1	1	0	2
Federated States of Micronesia	111,000	6	1	3	10
Kiribati	98,000	9	0	1	10
Marshall Islands	62,000	2	0	0	2
Niue	<1,0000	0	1	0	1
Palau	20,000	2	0	2	4
Samoa	179,000	9	3	0	12
Solomon Islands	523,000	3	4	7	14
Tonga	104,000	3	3	6	12
Tuvalu	10,000	5	1	0	6
Vanuatu	240,000	4	4	3	11
Total enrollment – other than Fiji		51	18	25	94
Fiji	849,000	58	30	25	113
Total Enrollment		109	48	50	207

^aas of September 2010.
^benrollees who left training with a Postgraduate Diploma as their highest qualification. Several of these obtained Postgraduate Diplomas at institutions other than the Fiji School of Medicine and subsequently enrolled in Master’s training but did not complete a Master’s qualification.
^cincluding Master’s students who have deferred studies (1) and Postgraduate Diploma graduates awaiting Master’s enrollment (6).

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