Five of those 16 studied at UTAS' Launceston campus during their undergraduate studies, including Arjun Subramaniam.

Mr Subramaniam moved from Malaysia to study medicine at UTAS and said he chose to study in Tasmania because of its reputation.

"I was thinking Australia and I heard Tasmania was a really nice place and it was when I got here, it was really good, everybody was nice," he said.

"I was in Hobart for the first three years and then I heard Launceston had a really good program as well.

"So we had to choose our clinical schools in third year and I picked Launceston, I don't regret the decision, it was a really good decision."

The interns will remain at the LGH for one year of training, including on the job training and seminars at the Northern Integrated Care Service, before they each make a decision to specialise and enter into a medical college for further study.

Mr Subramaniam said the idea of studying medicine and becoming a doctor stemmed from his interest in human biology.

"The LGH staff are really great, it's a great learning environment," he said.

"It's been really good, especially as a Launceston graduate you know the staff from being in the clinical school so the transition to knowing them as a student to now working under them is really good.

"Because they know you, you know the system and so you fit in really well."

After his year interning at the LGH he said he would likely have to go to the mainland for his specialisation training.

"I'm keen on ophthalmology, eye stuff, and also procedural medicine...so things like cardiology, gastroenterology or parts of medicine which requires procedures," Mr Subramaniam said.

"Normally for speciality programs the college decides where you go, except for programs where you apply for a certain area and work there."