A typical conversation among medical students in Ireland involves at least one person asking, “So where are you going after you graduate?” Without any hesitation, the group starts weighing the pros and cons of working in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. As an international student from Canada studying medicine in Ireland, I began to wonder if any of my peers intended to stay in Ireland after graduation. As I entered my third year of medical school and into clinical placement, all those I talked to, from patients to consultants, had one clear message: you need to go abroad. One lecturer asked people in the lecture...
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