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Table 2 Proportions of medical graduates working in various regionsa in 2017 when 1–9 years post-graduation and (1) region of medical school training (years 3 and 4 of the course) (n = 2 451) and (2) region of secondary schooling (n = 1 388)

From: Rural training pathways: the return rate of doctors to work in the same region as their basic medical training

Work regiona: 2017

(1) Medical school training locationa

(2) Secondary school locationb

Region where working 2017 (n)

Same rural training & work region %

Different rural training & work region %

Metropolitan training only %

Region where working 2017 (n)

Same rural secondary school & work region %

Different rural secondary school & work region %

Metropolitan secondary school %

Loddon Mallee or Gippsland (rural regions)

154

90 (58%)

15 (10%)

49 (32%)

94

28 (30%)

28 (30%)

38 (40%)

Other rural region

203

0 (0%)

79 (39%)

124 (61%)

76

14 (18%)

27 (36%)

35 (46%)

Metropolitan

2094

n/a

551 (26%)

1 543 (74%)

1 218

n/a

247 (20%)

971 (80%)

  1. n/a not applicable
  2. aWork regions are shown in Fig. 1; ‘Metropolitan’ additionally includes metropolitan locations outside of Victoria; ‘Other rural’ includes all non-Victorian rural locations
  3. bMSOD (schooling) data were not available for 2004 and 2005 commencement cohorts (15%) and international students (13%). Overall, MSOD was missing for 43% of our cohort (see Table 1)