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The Training Pathway

 

Eligibility

Eligibility to apply for a quarantined Rural Generalist Pathway training position is subject to the following criteria. 

Applicants must:

• Hold Australian or New Zealand Citizenship or Australian Permanent Residency status;
• Have completed or are in the process of completing a Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery at an Australian university;
• Have received or eligible upon graduation for general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia;
• Intend to make application to Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) for a general practice training position with a Regional Training Provider by the end of postgraduate year one; and
• Hold priority one (P1) internship status.
  

 

 How to Apply

Application to join the Rural Generalist Pathway is primarily made by final year medical students via the Undergraduate entry process.  Application includes a written submission and interview followed by an exclusive balloting process to a quarantined Rural Generalist Intern training position.  The exclusive ballot process coordinated by the Roma Rural Generalist Pathway team is conducted prior to Queensland Health's general Intern recruitment campaign and ballot.

It is important to note that by accepting the offer of a Rural Generalist Pathway Intern training position and participating in the Rural Generalist Pathway Intern Ballot process, undergraduates forego the opportunity to take part in the General Intern Ballot.

Applications for Rural Generalist Intern positions in 2013 have now closed.

If you wish to listen to an information session pertaining to the Rural Generalist Pathway please click on the Rural Generalist Pathway Information Session link (file size 3.4MB) or click the download transcript link.



 Qualifications prescribed for Rural Generalist Medicine

 The Rural Generalist Pathway provides support for doctors to attain Rural Generalist status in Queensland. Qualifications in Rural Generalist Medicine comprise either:

• Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) including certified completion of advanced specialised training in one of (but not limited to) the nominated five key disciplines (ie. Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine, Indigenous Health, Obstetrics, Surgery), or

• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) plus Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice (FARGP) including certified completion of advanced specialised training in one of (but not limited to) the nominated five key disciplines (ie. Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine, Indigenous Health, Obstetrics, Surgery); and evidence that the abilities and skills in the ACRRM Curriculum Statements for Obstetrics and Women's Health have been obtained (except where the certified advanced specialised training skill is in Obstetrics and Women's Health).
  



 Training Endpoints

Queensland Health has prescribed the completion of certain requirements before recognition as a Rural Generalist is attained and the appropriate advanced credentialed pay scale awarded. Please click on the link to view information regarding training options towards a Rural Generalist Medicine training endpoint.



Rural Generalist Pathway Career Progression 

Please click on the link to view the training pathway to a career in Rural Generalist Medicine.

 

Prevocational Rural Generalist Training Hospitals 

Prevocational Rural Generalist Pathway Training Hospitals include Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Redcliffe, Caboolture, Logan and Nambour.