Medical specialists
Information on training opportunities, support initiatives and legislation affecting medical specialists.
Training
Support and Incentives
- HECS Reimbursement Scheme
- More Doctors for Outer Metropolitan Areas Relocation Incentive Grant
- Rural Health Continuing Education Sub-program (RHCE)
- Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme (SOLS)
- Telehealth Support program
Medicare
- Medicare provider number eligibility
- Districts of Workforce Shortage (DWSs)
- International Medical Recruitment Strategy (overseas trained doctors)
- Review of the Medicare provider number legislation
Useful links
- DoctorConnect (external) - a starting point for overseas trained doctors who may be considering work in Australia and for employers seeking to recruit them.
- Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program - information for Australian doctors wanting to study in the USA on a J1 visa.
- Rural and Regional Health Australia (external) - Rural and Regional Health Australia provides a single source of information and advice to the public about needs, policies and access to health and aged care services in remote, rural and regional Australia, via a freecall 1800 number, website and an email contact function.
