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New research has found the vast majority of doctors trained at Otago and Auckland Medical Schools were working in New Zealand eight years after graduating.
The report out of Auckland and Otago Universties also found that general practice was the most popular specialty.
The National report on doctors eight years after graduating from New Zealand medical schools in 2011 to 2015 shows about 90 per cent of respondents were working in New Zealand.
Nearly 36 per cent of them are training or registered in general practice, including those with multiple specialisations.
The data comes out of the Medical Schools Outcomes Database and Longitudinal Tracking Project, which has been running in New Zealand since 2005.
Kathryn speaks to Professor Warwick Bagg, Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
