foreigners practicing medicine in nz

[uruviel]

hi. how easy is it for a foreign-trained foreign doctor to practice medicine in nz and posisbly be granted a nz citizenship? i'm a singaporean who will be studying medicine in cambridge. however, i dislike my country and therefore will probably not return to work there, and the nhs in the uk is quite shoddy, so i'll probably rule that out also. after doing a little research, i'm beginning to belive that nz's a great place to live in, but i also need to know whether it would be a feasible place to practice medicine in considering my circumstances. help of any kind, be it in links to websites, advice, etc, will be greatly appreciated!
p.s. about the right of abode, would it apply to me as a commonwealth citizen?

[JERI]

This might help:

http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/membership/overseas.php

[gradmed]

good idea, go to New Zealand, in fact go anywhere from the UK, with those sort of attitudes you'll be a success anywhere.

[NorthernLight]

The NHS here in Britain can't be that bad if you're prepared to be trained by it . . .

(anything else I might say has been deleted by my internal moderator)

[Dr Noodle]

http://www.twoweeksonatrolley.blogspot.com/

Check out Dr Thunder's blogs. I think he went to med school in Ireland and did some training here and in the UK and now he's out in NZ and loving it

[kizdxb]

ur even on the new zealand forum lol

[Dr Noodle]

Hey gimme a break! I read the thread as it came up on the 'today's posts' page, saw what the person was asking and thought that blog I had been reading might be of some help.

[-Petrie-]

lol kizdxb, do you have a problem with Dr. Noodle? He's a helpful guy, isn't that the point in these forums? To get advice etc?

[-Petrie-]

and uruviel, if the NHS is so 'shoddy', why are you choosing to be trained by it?

[very senior medic]

Why on earth are you doing medicine? And why come to the UK if you have such a low opinion of it? Try the USA