UK vs Australia · Training speed
How fast could you become a consultant?
The fastest theoretically possible path from medical school graduation to consultant, in both countries — every exam and every competitive application marked. Then the honest "in reality" note, because nobody actually runs the perfect race.
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📝 = exam 🎯 = competitive application. Bars start at PGY1 (first year after graduation). Fastest path assumes every exam passed first time and every application successful.
The full story: entry rules, how applications actually work, and whether you can switch systems — read the full training comparison for this specialty.
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