"I'm hoping there's no plane crashes, or affairs being carried out in medical supply closets," the good-natured intern quipped.

"I enjoyed watching Grey's with my family, but I'd rather my internship be rather less dramatic, so I can focus on building my confidence and skills."

One of 49 JMOs starting their internship at Wollongong Hospital this week, Ms Grey admits to a less than ideal experience during a previous placement at a Sydney hospital.

She picked Wollongong to undertake her two-year internship after completing her Doctor of Medicine at Sydney University, as she wanted to get away from the "toxic culture" she'd witnessed.

"A lot of graduates are concerned about the workplace culture in some hospitals," she said.

"We want to make sure we're going to a hospital where there's a supportive culture, where you get paid for overtime and so on."

Those concerns are shared by the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District's director of medical workforce Dr Justine Harris, who's in charge of the new recruits.

"The district has a JMO well-being manager who started last year who has regular meetings with interns to talk about their concerns and what we can do to help," Dr Harris said.

"We focus on safe rostering, and on providing education and training to both our JMOs and our senior medical staff around the prevention of bullying and harassment.

"This year we will also be setting up an unacceptable workplace behaviour working group to get JMO's input, and make sure we're doing enough to support them."

The interns will undertake a two-week orientation to get an overview of the district's health services and hospitals.

The program will include clinical skills workshops, information sessions, hospital tours and shadowing an existing employee.

"In the first 12 months graduates - many from the University of Wollongong - have the opportunity to get some general experience across emergency, medical and surgical wards," Dr Harris said.

"If they have a specific interest, they can take that pathway in the second year as a resident medical officer."

Dr Grey for instance is thinking about specialising in obstetrics/ gynaecology. "I'm interested in women's health and sexual health - it's an area that can be served better," she said.

There's a total of 67 interns starting across the district in 2020. Wollongong, as the main training hospital, gets the lion's share; Bulli and Shellharbour hospitals get three each; Milton Ulladulla and Port Kembla get two apiece, and seven are bound for the Shoalhaven. One intern is on maternity leave.