Health practitioners

Medical specialists

Information on training opportunities, support initiatives and legislation affecting medical specialists.

Training
Support and incentives
Medicare
Useful links

Training

• Expanded Specialist Training Program
• Outer Metropolitan Specialist Trainee Program
• Specialist Training Program

Support and incentives

• HECS Reimbursement Scheme
• More Doctors for Outer Metropolitan Areas Relocation Incentive Grant
• Rural Advanced Specialist Trainee Support
• Rural Health Support, Education and Training program
• Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme
• Support Scheme for Rural Specialists

Medicare

• Medicare provider number eligibility
• Districts of Workforce Shortage
• International Medical Recruitment Strategy (overseas trained doctors)
• Review of the Medicare provider number legislation

Useful links

• DoctorConnect - 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.

Page last reviewed: 27 February 2009