About FATES
The FATES program is an annual grant opportunity for non-GP specialist medical colleges. The current program runs over 4 years from 2021 to 2025.
FATES will fund grant proposals from specialist medical colleges that develop training approaches for specialist medical trainees, for activities that focus on:
- increasing focus and support for rural training
- rebalancing specialist supply and distribution through medical training
- supporting the growth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specialist medical trainees and service delivery
- supporting specialists transitioning to work in rural and remote practice.
FATES complements the Specialist Training Program and supports the implementation of the National Medical Workforce Strategy.
Goals
The FATES program aims to:
- promote a positive medical education culture and support quality specialist medical training in regional, rural, and remote Australia
- reduce barriers and improve incentives for entering regional, rural, and remote medical practice
- improve the distribution and supply of specialist medical training in areas of undersupply, particularly in priority areas
- attract and support First Nations trainees to grow the First Nations workforce towards population parity.
Activities
FATES will fund activities that improve the quality and coverage of specialist training.
These activities aim to:
- develop training models that work across multiple locations to better reach rural and remote areas
- develop training that better distributes the workforce and matches worker skills with community needs
- develop supervision models that increase the capacity of training systems, such as virtual or blended supervision
- encourage generalist specialist skill sets
- promote a positive culture of rural medical education
- improve trainee or supervisor wellbeing by reducing isolation and increasing connection with peers and mentors
- upskill supervisors to improve training quality
- support specialists to work in rural or remote areas
- attract, recruit and retain First Nations specialists.
See the projects we fund through FATES.
Apply for funding
The 13 specialist medical colleges participating in the Specialist Training Program can apply for FATES funding.
Find out how to apply for funding.
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