abso-smurfly. I remember being aghast at the suggestion that those with the highest marks should be sent to the least popular hospitals, as those who did worse in exams needed the closer supervision of big city hospitals. (And actually in Victoria it wasn't just the city hospitals that were popular: Geelong was one of the top choices). And it does provide an incentive to the hospitals to provide better training environments. (The was something I hadn't thought much about until choosing, but there's a big difference between hospitals in the way they treat/exploit their trainees).

All of which is ages away! Anyway, I'm sure the Orange experience will be awesome (getting to do critical care will be great too. We got A+E but never into ICU).