Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Ageing medical workforce in Australia - where will the medical educators come from? | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Ageing medical workforce in Australia - where will the medical educators come from Deborah J Schofield Susan L Fletcher and Emily J Callander Open Access Address Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health School of Public Health Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Syndey Australia Email Deborah J Schofield - Susan L Fletcher - susanlf@ Emily J Corresponding author Published 5 November 2009 Received 7 August 2009 Accepted 5 November 2009 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 82 doi 1478-4491-7-82 p This article is available from http content 7 1 82 2009 Schofield et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background As the general practitioner and specialist medical workforce ages there is likely to be a large number of retirees in the near future. However few Australian studies have specifically examined medical practitioner retirement and projected retirement patterns and the subsequent impact this may have on training future health care professionals. Methods Extracts from the Australian Medicare database and Medical Labour Force Surveys are used to examine trends in attrition of general medical practitioners and specialists over the age of 45 years from the workforce and to predict their rate of retirement to 2025. Results The general medical practitioner workforce has aged significantly p . Between the years 2000 and 2025 it was projected that 43 of the year 2000 general practitioner workforce and 56 of the specialist workforce would have retired. Conclusion The ageing of the baby boomer and
