What’s new in 2024
We’ve tweaked the 2024 MTS questions to get more granular data about culture. There’s more detail about different kinds of harassment. We’re checking in with interns about their medical school education. And we’re asking specialist trainees about College fees. All updates have been inspired by your feedback!
Check out the 2024 MTS questions in the ‘Resources’ section of the website.
Your feedback is having an impact
The time you spend doing the MTS is helping improve medical training! Read how MTS results are being used to drive change.
Doing the MTS is worth your time, because your data is making a difference.
Create your own report
It’s your data – use it! You can dig into MTS data and create your own report! Want to compare training culture across workplaces? Or line up feedback about training across Australia or between colleges? Click here for a quick video on how to create your own report and use the interactive data dashboard.
SURVEY FAQs
How do I access the survey results?
The results for previous Medical Training Surveys (MTS) are available in the Results section of the website. The results can be accessed in a variety of formats:
- National and static reports – these can be downloaded - click on the ‘Report and results’ tab do you mean static reports - National and by cohort, state and territory, specialist medial college
- High-level snapshot – you compare state/territory responses with the national response under the ‘Dashboard’ tab
- Create your own report – you can create your own tailored report by using the advanced filters and/or comparison tool - by click on the ‘Create your own report’ tab. You can view your tailored report onscreen or have it emailed to you as a PDF document.
How do I create my own report?
You can create your own report using the ‘advanced filters’ and/or comparison tool in the Create your own report section of this website.
Use the ‘advanced filters’ and/or comparison tool in the data dashboard to select the fields you want, hit ‘apply’ and the specific results you’ve requested will be displayed (providing confidentiality thresholds have been met). You can download the results or have a PDF report emailed to you by submitting your email when you are ready to generate your report. It will take no longer than 1 business day to receive your report.
When does the MTS start?
The 2024 MTS will open in August.
NEWS
2024 Medical Training Survey now open - keeping track of training
The Medical Training Survey (MTS) is open now - giving trainees the chance to help improve medical training.
Now in its sixth year, the MTS is generating invaluable, longitudinal data that is being applied to improve medical training.
Each year, the Board reviews MTS questions, balancing the value of a consistent, longitudinal dataset with updates to questions that ensure the MTS tracks current and emerging issues in medical training.
MTS results are collated, published online and publicly accessible.
Past MTS results exposing fault lines in the culture of medicine are now being used across the health sector to drive improvements in medical training.
In 2024, a new question separates out sexual harassment from other forms of harassment – meeting stakeholder requests for more detail to help health services, educators and training providers address and eliminate this behaviour from medical workplaces over time.
More than half Australia's doctors in training annually do the MTS, making it the...
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Fresh lens exposes variations in experience of medical training across genders
Australia’s doctors in training report differences in their experience of medical training based on their gender, according to results of the 2023 Medical Training Survey.
The Medical Training Survey data shows variations in doctors’ access to research, the quality of orientation and payment for overtime between trainees, according to gender.
While serious concerns about the culture of medicine were raised by doctors in training of all genders, non-binary trainees reported the least-safe workplace.
Results of the 2023 Medical Training Survey were published in December 2023. Today, the Medical Board of Australia published a further breakdown of the 2023 MTS results, detailing experiences by gender of medical trainees.
Five years of MTS data are published in searchable form on the Medical Training Survey website, enabling comparisons across specialties, jurisdictions and gender.
Of the more than 23,000 doctors in training who participated in the 2023 Medical Training Survey, 18,000 participants answered the question about their gender. Of...
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Rich insights from five years of Medical Training Survey results
Five years data from the Medical Training Survey (MTS) are generating rich insights, with important headline results from the 2023 survey of Australia’s doctors in training.
More than half (54.5 per cent) of Australia’s doctors in training did the 2023 MTS, an annual profession-wide longitudinal survey that tracks the quality of medical training.
Results this year are broadly consistent with previous years, with some small but statistically significant variations.
‘There is a lot going well in medical training and clear signs for optimism’, Dr Anne Tonkin AO, Chair of the Medical Board of Australia, which leads the MTS.
The 2023 MTS results show that the quality of supervision, orientation, education and training and patient safety training has improved. Trainees report that their workload and hours of work have reduced. Fewer trainees are considering leaving the profession. New questions this year about flexible training and work options set a new baseline for future analysis.
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2023 Medical Training Survey results now available!
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