| Specialist medical college | Project title | Project summary | Location | Funding amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australasian College of Dermatologists (ACD) | Towards a homegrown workforce. College-led consortium approach to co-designing & establishing transferable & sustainable accredited rural-centric specialist training with implementation of a proof-of-concept dermatology training model in Western NSW | This project will demonstrate and document, through a structured collaboration, co-design and implementation process, how to overcome generalisable barriers to rural-centric training to create pathways where training and transition to specialty practice can occur locally. | New South Wales | $610,869.00 |
| Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) | Piloting an integrated system of regional and rural accredited emergency medicine training networks to build a flexible and responsive rural emergency medicine workforce | This project will establish and pilot two accredited integrated emergency medicine (EM) training networks (iEMTN’s) that will increase education and training opportunities for regional/rural based specialist medical trainees. | Victoria and Western Australia | $999,500.00 |
| Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) | Developing flexible accreditation pathways for pain medicine training in rural settings | This project seeks to understand the barriers within the FPM accreditation standards impacting rural based pain medicine training and to identify flexible models of rural/regional training and accreditation pathways for consideration and pilot in several identified rural locations. | National
| $385,890.00 |
| College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) | Intensive care training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners - Improving health outcomes for First Nations people and supporting training of specialists in intensive care medicine | This project aims to develop and deliver training in intensive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners (ATSIHP) to improve health outcomes for First Nations’ people and support training of intensive care specialists in the domains of Indigenous health and cultural safety.
| Northern Territory | $1,015,846.92 |
| Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) | Create a synergistic approach to specialist medical college training site accreditation | This project will involve all colleges and aim to improve current accreditation practices and create efficiencies to reduce administrative and regulatory burden on accreditation processes, increase transparency and provide a technology solution for continuous improvement. | National | $1,116,188.44 |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) | Promoting Health Equity in Regional, Rural and Remote Communities, A Cross-College Consortium's Vision for Supervisor Excellence | This project will develop and deliver one innovative, rural focussed, Standardised Supervisor Training System (SSTS) aligned to the AMC accreditation standards for postgraduate medical training and across the Medical Colleges in the consortium. This will increase the number of non-GP specialist supervisors in non-metropolitan areas and increase the capacity to deliver specialist medical training in regional, rural, and remote areas. | National | $692,935.00 |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) | Health and Occupational Wellness program | This project will be the development and implementation of the Health and Occupational Wellness program for trainees and fellows, with a focus on those in rural and remote areas. The program will consist of eLearning modules, practical toolkits and frameworks, and the engagement of wellbeing advocates to support the broader rollout across hospitals in Australia. | National | $402,000.00 |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) | Rural Readiness Project - A three stage approach to rural readiness for psychiatry trainees | This project will enhance professional, clinical, and social orientation required to practice in rural regional and remote areas of Australia for psychiatry trainees. With a focus on establishing and expanding skills imperative for trainees to engage in safe rural practice, the project will provide the opportunity for trainees to network with fellow trainees early in their career to build connections to peers, regions and communities that will sustain their Fellowship journey. | National | $930,000.00 |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) | Growing The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trainees Project | This project seeks funding for two dedicated resources – an Indigenous Medical Educationalist (IME) and an Indigenous Trainee Liaison Officer (ITLO). Both roles will be instrumental in fostering culturally safe and positive training experience and providing support to Indigenous trainees throughout their training journey. | National | $696,292.00 |
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