Training for Rural and Remote Procedural GPs Program

Training for Rural and Remote Procedural General Practitioners Program

The Training for Rural and Remote Procedural General Practitioners Program (TRRPGPP) provides financial assistance for procedural GPs in rural and remote areas to access relevant activities in order to assist them in maintaining or updating their skills.

The objective of the program is to support GPs in rural and remote areas to access a grant to attend relevant training, upskilling and skills maintenance activities. The program has two components:

1. A grant for the cost of up to 10 days training, including the cost of locum relief to a maximum of $20,000 per GP per financial year for procedural GPs practising in surgery, anaesthetics and/or obstetrics in rural and remote metropolitan areas (RRMA 2-7).
   
   GPs practising in RRMA 2 locations are subject to additional eligibility criteria.
   
   
2. A grant for the cost of up to 3 days training, to a maximum of $6,000 per GP per financial year for GPs practising emergency medicine in rural and remote areas (RRMA 3-7) to attend approved skills maintenance and upskilling activities.

GPs providing services in rural and remote areas but residing primarily in urban areas (eg locums, RFDS doctors) may be eligible for the program.

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Medicare Australia are jointly administering the program.

Under this arrangement ACRRM and RACGP assess the eligibility of GPs and training activities and Medicare Australia makes grant payments to the eligible procedural GPs.

A review of the program was conducted in April 2008 by the Allen Consulting Group.

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