Students / trainees
Bonded Medical Places (BMP) Scheme
The BMP Scheme offers students a greater chance of entry into medical school by providing funding to universities for more than 600 additional commencing Commonwealth supported medical school places each year. These extra places are intended to provide more doctors for areas experiencing doctor shortages.
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If you are a New Zealand citizen, you will require an Australian Permanent Resident Visa to be eligible for a BMP Scheme place. Special Category Visas are not considered permanent resident visas for the purposes of the scheme. For further information regarding your residency status, please phone 1800 987 104 (freecall)
Please take note:
The Scaling initiative was announced in the 2009-10 Budget as part of the Rural Health Workforce Strategy. It will provide a non-cash incentive for doctors from the Bonded Medical Places (BMP) Scheme with a return of service obligation to work in more remote communities. In essence, the more remote an area the shorter the return of service obligation will be for students. The precise details of the new arrangements and how they will be applied to the Bonded Medical Places Scheme are currently being finalised and will be announced in the near future. The website will be updated once all details are finalised.
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