Medical students to miss out on internships as doctor shortage looms

By Harriet Alexander
Updated October 20 2014 - 10:08am, first published October 2 2014 - 9:37am
Wasted skills: Trained medical students will miss out on internships in Australia, despite the country facing a shortage of doctors.
Wasted skills: Trained medical students will miss out on internships in Australia, despite the country facing a shortage of doctors.

Hundreds of medical students will miss out on internships next year despite a doctor shortage that is predicted to occur within 12 years, a government audit has shown.