The program structure is dependent on pathway.

In general, the ACRRM program consists of:

Core Generalist Training (CGT) for 3 years:

• 6 months of primary care
• 3 months of ‘secondary care’ ie inpatient / hospital care
• 3 months of emergency
• 12 months of rural/remote practice
• 10 weeks each of paediatrics, anaesthetics, obstetrics

Advanced Specialist Training (AST) for 1 year in one of the following clinical areas:

• ATSI health, Academic Practice, Adult Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine, Mental Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Palliative Care, Population Health, Remote Medicine, Surgery (24 month training)

RACGP trainees undergo:

• 12 months hospital training time.
• 24 months in an accredited general practice training post under an accredited supervisor
  3 x 6 month terms in general practice
• 6 months in approved extended skills training
  12 months in advanced rural skills training to specialise in rural general practice (FARGP)

For further information, refer to the RACGP Pathway to Fellowship website.

In Victoria, the government has intiated the Victorian Rural Generalist Program to enable future Rural Generalists to start their junior medical career and complete their specalist training in rural and remote regions. VRGP can be accessed as early as internship with pathways to enter in later years. Here is a brief outline of the program:-

• Internship – Rural Generalist Year 1
  • Interns are offered a unique opportunity to rotate in large regional centres and smaller, community-based practices whilst meeting the requirements to complete medical internship.
• PGY 2 – Rural Generalist Year 2
  • Further opportunity to live in regional Victoria and rotate in larger hospitals and general practises.
• PGY 3 to 5 – GP and Rural Generalist Training

• VRGP Website
• RACGP conferences