Special interest training
One of the great things about GP training is the ability to pursue a special interest during training. Many GPs subspecialise – in what area is pretty much up to you! The types of special interests that you can pursue as training time depends on your fellowship pathway.
Fellowship pathways
During training, registrars following the RACGP Fellowship pathway under a six month term called ‘Extended Skills’. This term can be undertaken in a variety of settings:
Hospital based setting (examples)
Obstetrics and gynaecology, geriatrics, accident & emergency, paediatrics, drug & alcohol, mental health, surgical terms, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, oncology, radiation oncology, dermatolology, palliative care, etc
Community GP based setting (examples)
Dermatology, aged care, women’s health, sexual health, drug health, clinical teaching, undergraduate medical education, men’s health, population health, multi-cultural health, refugee health, sports medicine, travel medicine, minor surgery, skin clinic, diabetes management, preventive health, Aboriginal health, etc.
Community Non-GP based setting (examples)
HIV medicine, drug health, skin clinics, military medicine, ships doctor, evacuation medicine, Antarctic medicine, alpine medicine, family planning, etc.
Advanced Rural Skills Posts (ARSPs)
Anaesthetics, obstetrics and gynaecology, emergency medicine, mental health.
Academic research
Advanced Specialised Training
This term can be undertaken in a variety of disciplines including: