Bonded Medical Program

The Bonded Medical Program helps address the shortage of medical professionals in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. It provides a Commonwealth Supported Place in a medical course in exchange for participants working in those areas after they graduate.

Bonded Return of Service System (BRoSS) outage BRoSS will be unavailable on Thursday 7 August 2025 from 8:00pm to 11:30 pm due to site maintenance.

About the program

Learn about how the Bonded Medical Program works.

Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme

Information for the participants of the now closed scheme.

Bonded Medical Places Scheme

Information for the participants of the now closed scheme.

Bonded Return of Service System (BRoSS) – User guides and manuals

Our video guides and user manual helps participants access and use the BRoSS system. Find step by step instructions, common issues, and useful information.

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Latest resources

BRoSS Participant User Guide

This user guide supports users of the Bonded Return of Service System (BRoSS), through every stage of the Program.

Bonded medical schemes – Example statutory declaration

This document shows an example of a completed Commonwealth statutory declaration form. Participants in our bonded medical schemes can use this example to help them fill in a statutory declaration about their return of service obligations.
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How to update your personal details – BRoSS video guide

This a short user instructional video for the participants of the Bonded Medical Program. This video shows the doctors how to use elements of the Bonded Return of Service System (BRoSS) for them to action Return of Service Obligations.
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