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  • Approved Private Emergency Department (APED) Program

    Through the APED Program, advanced specialist trainees doing their emergency medicine training can work under supervision in a private hospital for 12 months and access relevant Medicare items. This helps increase the number of emergency medicine specialists in Australia.
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program

    The AGPT Program is a way to become a general practitioner (GP) in Australia. Registrars who complete the program can work unsupervised as a GP anywhere in the country. We fund 1,500 training places every year. Australia’s GP colleges deliver this program for us.
  • 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.
  • John Flynn Prevocational Doctor Program 

    The John Flynn Prevocational Doctor Program (JFPDP) delivers primary care rotations for prevocational junior doctors. These rotations provide exposure to rural primary care to encourage junior doctors to choose a career in general practice.
  • Junior Doctor Training Program

    The Junior Doctor Training Program (JDTP) supports education and supervision for junior doctors in rural primary health care settings and private hospitals. This helps provide a continued supply of doctors to deliver health services across Australia. It is part of our Stronger Rural Health Strategy.
  • Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme

    The Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme has closed to new applicants. Existing participants can either continue with this scheme or opt in to the more flexible Bonded Medical Program.
  • Murray–Darling Medical Schools Network

    The Murray–Darling Medical Schools Network establishes 5 rurally based university medical school programs in New South Wales and Victoria. Medical students can stay rural while they study medicine. This is part of the Stronger Rural Health Strategy initiative.
  • Palliative care curriculum for undergraduates (PCC4U)

    The PCC4U program promotes the inclusion of palliative care education as part of all medical, nursing, and allied health undergraduate and entry to practice training, as well as their ongoing professional development.
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP)

    This program helps non-vocationally registered doctors gain valuable general practice experience in Distribution Priority Areas before they join a College-led general practitioner (GP) training pathway.
  • Primary health care careers

    Find out more about working in primary health care and why it offers a diverse and fulfilling career. Join the team!
  • Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program

    The RHMT program offers health students the opportunity to train in rural and remote communities via a network of training facilities. It aims to improve the recruitment and retention of medical, nursing, dental and allied health professionals in rural and remote Australia.
  • Specialist Training Program

    The Specialist Training Program supports training positions in regional, rural and remote areas, and in private facilities. This helps to improve the skills and distribution of the specialist workforce by giving participants experience of a broader range of healthcare settings.
  • Streamlining General Practice Training

    This initiative simplifies training pathways and helps doctors to gain fellowship of one of Australia’s 2 general practice colleges. It distributes training places to ensure a continued supply of skilled doctors in rural and remote areas. It is part of the Stronger Rural Health Strategy.