Table 3 Priority list, preference matching and internship location of successfully matched applicants (2013–16) for Victorian internship
Victorian-trained domestic graduates (n = 2737) (Priority Group 1) | Victorian-trained international graduates (n = 262) (Priority Group 2) | Other graduates (n = 131) (Priority Group 3) | Total interns (n = 3130) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Computer matched (n = 2592) | Through discussion (n = 145) | Computer matched (n = 179) | Through discussion (n = 83) | Through discussion (n = 131) | Overall | |
Interns’ preference list for hospital/health service | ||||||
Total number of preferences: mean (SD) | 8.8 (2.9) | 8.6 (3.7) | 15.0 (4.9) | 14.3 (4.5) | 11.6 (6.6) | 9.4 (3.8) |
Total preferences for metropolitan locations: mean (SD) | 7.1 (2.2) | 6.7 (2.5) | 7.8 (2.2) | 7.4 (2.4) | 6.3 (3.3) | 7.1 (2.3) |
Total preferences for rural locations: mean (SD) | 1.7 (2.1) | 1.8 (2.3) | 7.2 (4.1) | 6.9 (4.2) | 5.3 (4.8) | 2.3 (3.0) |
Proportion of rural (MMM 2–5) location preferences as percentage of total preferences | ||||||
0% | 31.1% (807) | 32.4% (47) | 5.6% (10) | 4.8% (4) | 21.4% (28) | 28.6% (896) |
1–20% | 37.5% (971) | 33.8% (49) | 7.3% (13) | 9.6% (8) | 13.0% (17) | 33.8% (1058) |
21–50% | 25.4% (657) | 28.3% (41) | 44.7% (80) | 47.0% (39) | 24.4% (32) | 27.1% (849) |
51–100% | 6.1% (157) | 5.5% (8) | 42.5% (76) | 38.6% (32) | 41.2% (54) | 10.5% (327) |
Any rural (MMM 2–5) location in top five (5) preferences? | ||||||
Yes | 20.1% (522) | 20.0% (29) | 35.2% (63) | 32.5% (27) | 48.9% (64) | 22.5% (705) |
No | 79.9% (2070) | 80.0% (116) | 64.8% (116) | 67.5% (56) | 51.1% (67) | 77.5% (2425) |
Any smaller regional or rural town (MMM 3–5) location in top five (5) preferences? | ||||||
Yes | 8.2% (212) | 7.6% (11) | 22.9% (41) | 18.1% (15) | 32.1% (42) | 10.3% (321) |
No | 91.8% (2380) | 92.4% (134) | 77.1% (138) | 81.9% (68) | 67.9% (89) | 89.7% (2809) |
Candidate’s preference that was matched | ||||||
1st preference | 51.2% (1327) | 26.3% (47) | 43.9% (1374) | |||
2nd – 3rd preference | 25.0% (649) | 16.2% (29) | 21.7% (678) | |||
4th – 5th preference | 13.7% (355) | 15.6% (28) | 12.2% (383) | |||
6th or higher preference | 10.1% (261) | 41.9% (75) | 10.7% (336) | |||
Not applicable/ no information | – | 145 | – | 83 | 131 | 11.5% (359) |
Accepted internship location | ||||||
Metropolitan (MMM-1) | 86.3% (2236) | 30.3% (44) | 53.1% (95) | 47.0% (39) | 45.8% (60) | 79.0% (2474) |
Large regional (MMM-2) | 7.8% (203) | 19.3% (28) | 18.4% (33) | 14.5% (12) | 22.9% (30) | 9.8% (306) |
Smaller regional or rural towns (MMM −3-5)a | 5.9% (153) | 50.3% (73) | 28.5% (51) | 38.5% (32) | 31.3% (41) | 11.2% (350) |
aRCIT positions | 62 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 128 |