(RACGP fellowship gown 2011, worn in self-created fashion)
The RACGP is now urgently calling for the government to cut General
Practitioners from the skilled migration list in March 2018. An oversupply of
doctors in Australia is expected to occur by 2025 and 2030.
This reminds me of the time when I passed the Taiwanese medical
licence in 2009. Right after passing that exam, the government changed the rule
so that non-Taiwan trained doctors had to work for a year in Taiwan before they
can sit the licencing exam. Being a slow reader of Chinese medical
terminologies, I didn’t know how I managed to pass the Taiwanese medical
licencing exam, but passing the exam subsequently allowed me to sit the
Taiwanese Family Medicine fellowship exam.
There are so many unpredictable things in the world. Indecisiveness
(being too hesitant/one step slower) can often lead to missed opportunities.
Two days ago somebody just said to me, “getting into UNSW medicine
is harder than walking on the sky these days.”
I really give thanks to God for all the opportunities He has given
me in life.
Missing an opportunity isn’t the end of the world though. There are
multiple ways to get from point A to point B (the place of God’s calling for
your life), and God will get you there so long as you grab hold of God tightly.
The most tragic thing is when one doesn’t learn from their past mistakes.
Sometimes, missing an opportunity isn’t even a mistake, because God
might have something better and more suitable prepared. For example, one of our
Morling College lecturers who used to work as a doctor wanted to become a
missionary in India. In the end, it didn’t go through. Alternatively, he ended
up excelling in the field of theological education, and his classes are always
extremely popular. This reminds me, some people are meant to be sent out onto
the front line, while others are meant to help prepare the next generation of
leaders. If we lose the next generation, we lose the next battle.
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