Originally posted by tim60 Actually produces a problem. The number of student places available is heavily regulated by the doctors' trade union, AMA, and the numbers assume graduates will work 'normal' hours, but many women want to work short hours and/or broken career. The effect is that the doctors can think of a number at which to sell their services because there is buyer side competition, and they denude third world countries of doctors who want to migrate, and then, because they are very dependant on the existing doctors for registration they can bully them strongly. Had a friend who got a High Court case about that, and then a Senate inquiry.
I think the problem with women working part time or broken careers is less pronounced here, at least in high wage positions. The norm is for children to go to kindergarden from year one, and for mom and dad to share the maternal/paternal leave of the first year. And while we happily accept doctors from abroad, they will have to learn Norwegian first. That sort of makes it less attractive to come here than gonig to Manchester.
It will be interesting to see if the wages for doctors will take a dive, though, like for other "women's work".