The 2023 Medical Training Survey is now open
You can access your survey link when you renew your registration… you’ll find the link in a pop-up message - look out for it!
Interns and International Medical Graduates, check your email inbox for your invitation to do the Medical Training Survey.
MTS results are driving change – check these case studies out!
Agencies across the health sector are using MTS results to shape medical training. Read how state/territory departments, specialist medical colleges, the Australian Medical Council and Australian Medical Association are using MTS results to drive change. Click here to read more…
What’s new in 2023
We’ve been listening to feedback and working closely with doctors in training to review and update the MTS questions. This year we will be asking a bit more about whether you have and can access flexible working arrangements. Check the ‘Resources’ section of the website for a copy of the 2023 survey questions.
Create your own report
Use 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 MTS data to create your own report! Compare MTS results across different specialist medical colleges, states/territories or from 2019, 2020 2021, and 2022. Click here to see a quick video on how to create your own report and use the interactive data dashboard.
SURVEY FAQs
What is the purpose of the Medical Training Survey?
Medical Training Survey results will provide a snapshot of medical training in Australia, through the eyes of doctors in training. Survey data is being used by employers, colleges, educators and others to strengthen medical training.
By getting anonymous feedback from doctors in training, the survey will deliver robust national data that will help identify strengths in medical training, as well as potential issues so these can be addressed.
Click here to read how Colleges, employers, AMA and Australian Medical Council are using the survey data to drive improvement in medical training.
How do I complete the survey online?
Doctors in training can do the survey on their phone, tablet or laptop in two ways:
- interns and international medical graduates just click on the survey link sent in the email invitation from Ahpra (search your inbox for Ahpra or email heading: Medical Training Survey)
- all other doctors in training can do the MTS when they renew their medical registration.
Just follow the prompts after renewing your registration and doing the workforce survey, which is different from the Medical Training Survey. The Medical Training Survey will appear after you pay your medical registration. If you can’t complete the survey when you renew, Ahpra will send you a unique survey link embedded in your confirmation of registration email.
Why do the MTS?
Your answers will help strengthen medical training in Australia.
Results will provide a snapshot of the quality and experience of medical training in Australia through the eyes of doctors in training.
The 2023 MTS results will build on data collected since 2019 and continue to create a comprehensive, national picture of the strengths and weaknesses of medical training across states, territories and medical specialties in Australia. Results will provide a baseline for ongoing improvements and identify current strengths.
Read how organisations are using results to drive improvement in medical training by clicking here.
When does the MTS start?
The 2023 MTS will open in August.
NEWS
2023 Medical Training Survey open now!
Keeping track of training
The Medical Training Survey (MTS) is open now - giving trainees the chance to pay it forward and help improve medical training.
MTS data from past years is being used across the health sector to drive improvements in medical training.
Most MTS questions are consistent year on year, because comparisons are important. We streamline the format and layout each year to make the MTS quicker and easier to do.
After three years, we are retiring questions about the pandemic and asking more about flexible working and training arrangements.
Evidence links flexible work and training with a boost to equal opportunity, increase in workforce diversity and high-quality patient care and medical training.
Given the serious challenges MTS results have exposed in the culture of medicine, we’re keen to generate data that can in future, be used to support positive cultural change.
The MTS is a longitudinal study that tracks the quality of medical training...
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Culture of medical training in the spotlight in 2022
The latest annual, national survey of Australia’s doctors in training reveals small but worrying signs of pressure on medical training.
Results of the 2022 Medical Training Survey (MTS) are broadly consistent with previous years, with some small but statistically significant variations in year-on-year results, including an increase in trainee workload, a dip in the quality of teaching, a drop in the number of trainees who would recommend their current training position or organisation and an increase in the number of trainees considering a future outside of medicine.
The MTS is a longitudinal survey, run by the Medical Board of Australia, that tracks feedback about the quality of medical training run in Australia. Stringent privacy controls make it safe and confidential for trainees to take part.
Each year, more than half Australia’s doctors in training share their insights in the MTS, with results signalling what’s going well in training and issues to...
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A huge response to the 2022 MTS
A big thank you to all that participated!
More than half Australia’s doctors in training did the 2022 Medical Training Survey (MTS) – that’s more than 23,000 voices sharing insights into medical training.
Result will be published in February 2023, accessible in static reports and through an online data-dashboard that enables comparisons across training sites and with past years’ results. Data from past years is already being used across the health sector to drive improvements in medical training.
The MTS is a longitudinal survey that tracks the quality of medical training. Stringent privacy controls make it safe and confidential for trainees to take part. It is run by the Medical Board of Australia.
A huge thanks to every doctor in training who made time to do the 2022 MTS, despite training commitments and work. The 56.6 per cent response rate has generated a robust national dataset that will continue to shape improvements to training....
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2022 Medical Training Survey results now available!
Find out how to create your own tailored report using the data dashboard.
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