Queensland Medical Education & Training (QMET)

General Medicine Advanced Training Scholarships (GMATS)

Competition for sub-specialty placements between advanced general physician trainees and other sub-specialty trainees in Queensland has had a significant impact on the State's capacity to produce general physicians.

Funding for six full-time equivalent (FTE) Advanced General Physician posts is available each year for 2nd and 3rd year Trainees in supernumerary placements. A successful scholarship recipient will be supported for up to 2 years to complete their second and third year of advanced training. The implementation of this initiative is in direct response to the joint Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) Physicians' Action Plan.

In summary, features of the scholarships include:

Scholarships will only be provided to second and third year Advanced General Physician Trainees in order to ensure trainees are committed to becoming a General Physician;
Funding will be available to support the supernumerary placement to enable trainees to access to individually tailored placements;
Training will be designed around the General Physician professional development needs of the individual in accordance with the requirements of the Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) in General Medicine;
Trainees will be eligible for participation/attendance at major conferences their 2nd and 3rd Advanced Training years from $5,000 per annum professional development funds;
In their final year of training GMATS scholarship holders may be offered a Senior Advanced Trainee in General Medicine post to assist them in transitioning to their role as a consultant and be paid according to the award. In this role they would be supervised directly by consultants, and have responsibility for the supervision of other registrars;
Trainees will be required to include a minimum six (6) month term secondment to a rural/regional facility during the 2nd and 3rd years in their training plan, i.e. 6/24, however this will be assessed on a case by case basis.
Workloads will be manageable and recognise both the educational and service value of the rotation;
Individual training plans will incorporate the need for ongoing professional development;
Trainees will be guaranteed access to some time to work on a research or other important project approved by QMET.

Regional secondments must be undertaken in Queensland and retrospective recognition of secondments will not be permitted. Given this requirement, scholarship recipients, unlike other trainees, will have guaranteed access to a maximum of $5 000 in approved professional development expenses per annum in their 2nd and 3rd years. This will support their attendance at major professional development activities.

For more information email Physician_Training@health.qld.gov.au

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Last Updated: 14 February 2012
Last Reviewed: 14 February 2012

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