Exploring the ACRRM college pathway

The ACRRM AGPT Fellowship pathway offers rural pathway training opportunities including rural generalist training.

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About ACRRM

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine is committed to delivering sustainable, high-quality health services to rural and remote communities.

How to apply

Applications to the ACRRM AGPT fellowship pathway can be made as early as intern year.

2022 final ACRRM AGPT intake applications open from 9-30 August 2021 and can be made from the ACRRM website.

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Duration and structure

The ACRRM AGPT fellowship pathway is four years in duration. Training is undertaken in a combination of hospital and general practice community settings.

Rural pathways are available under the ACRRM AGPT pathway.

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Training locations

NSW and ACT offers a diverse range of training locations and experiences. There are three training regions to choose from, which are divided into subregions led by regional medical education teams. Registrars are allocated to a subregion based on their preference and score at the time of offer into the program, and undertake their GP term training within their subregion.

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Recognition of prior learning

Under the ACRRM fellowship pathway, training time may be able to be reduced by up to 24 months.

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Mandatory hospital terms

During the ACRRM training program registrars are required to complete specific hospital rotations.

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Part-time training

Part-time training options are available under the ACRRM fellowship pathway.

Please see the Full-time and Part-time FAQs for more information.

Assessments

During training, registrars participate in a range of formative assessments to monitor and provide feedback about their performance.

This includes:

Procedural Logbook (online)
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) ($1,600)
Case Based Discussion (CBD) ($2,000)
Structured assessment using multiple patient scenarios (StAMPS) ($3,200)
Advanced Specialised Training curricula assessments specific to your chosen AST (Cost $3200 TBC).

See the ACRRM website for detailed and the most up-to-date information.

Fees

Initial ACRRM AGPT application fee: $700

AGPT program fees: $0 - The AGPT program is funded by the Australian Government

Annual RACGP membership fee - GP registrars: $430 approx

Fellowship exams: $7,000 approx (excluding advanced skills training assessments incluing projects)

Please visit the ACRRM website for the most up-to-date information.

Dr Rachel James

Rural GP Registrar | Western NSW

When I first started med school, I have to admit it wasn't first on my list becoming a rural GP. But I did go to med school because I wanted to have a meaningful career. It became obvious as time went that the way to do that was to do rural practice because there are just so few GPs out in the country, and it just felt that that’s where the need was.

Dr Ed Lee

Fellowed GP | Western NSW

I really enjoy the scope of work, no way in Sydney a GP would deliver babies – as an obstetrics GP I deliver babies. I’m able to provide antenatal care, I deliver the baby, provide neonatal care and go onto to provide paediatric care. There is great continuity, that you could only get being a rural specialist GP.