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

Table 3 Work situation in 2010 for Fiji School of Medicine specialist graduates (1997 to 2009 intake cohorts)

Training status	Total	Retained in home country public sectors		Retained in the Pacific outside of home country public sectors		Permanent migration to a developed country
Training status	Total	Public sectors^a in home country	Developed country (temporary)	Private practice in home country	Pacific outside of home country	Developed country (long term)
All Fiji graduates	113	63 (55.8%)	4 (3.5%)	9 (8.0%)	4 (3.5%)	33 (29.2%)
Fiji Master’s graduates	25	18 (72.0%)	3 (12.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.0%)
Fiji Diploma-only graduates^b	58	16 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (13.8%)	4 (6.9%)	30 (51.7%)
Fiji current Master’s students^c	30	29 (96.7%)	1 (3.3%)	0	0	0
All regional graduates	94	58 (61.7%)	5 (5.3%)	1 (1.1%)	22 (23.4%)	8 (8.5%)
Regional Master’s graduates	25	14 (56.0%)	3 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (24.0%)	2 (8.0%)
Regional Diploma-only graduates^b	51	41 (80.4%)	2 (3.9%)	1 (2.0%)	1 (2.0%)	6 (11.7%)
Regional current Master’s students^d	18	3 (16.7%)^d	0	0	15 (83.3%) – training in Fiji	0

^aFor Fiji, this includes the Ministry of Health, the Fiji School of Medicine or a regional / international public health agency.
^bExcluding current Master students, deferred students or students awaiting Master’s enrollment following the awarding of a Postgraduate Diploma.
^cIncluding four Postgraduate Diploma graduates awaiting Master’s enrollment.
^dIncluding two Postgraduate Diploma graduates awaiting Master’s enrollment, and one deferred Master enrollee.

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