Overview of GP training

All GP Registrars currently enrolled in Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) can work towards Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice (previously known as FRACGP Grad Dip Rural), Fellowship of the Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine (FACRRM), or a combination of these qualifications. 

Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)

The AGPT program via this route is normally a 3 year program consisting of:

• 1 year of post-intern hospital training*
• 1 year of supervised GP terms
• 1 year of further GP experience

GP Registrars who wish to work towards the optional Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice (conferred by the RACGP), as well as the FRACGP, complete an extra year in an Advanced Rural Skills Post/s.

In their last year of GP experience, GP Registrars sit the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) examination.

Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)

The AGPT program via this route is normally a 4 year program consisting of:

• 1 year of core clinical hospital training*
• 2 years primary rural and remote training
  
• 1 year of advanced specialised training
  

* Please Note:

• Once accepted into the AGPT program, GP Registrars may apply to have previous hospital experience credited towards their training which may reduce the training time requirement by up to 12 months. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning.

Upon successful completion of all training and assessment requirements (including examinations) of the route/s in which they have enrolled, GP Registrars will qualify for the Fellowship of the College/s in which they have enrolled and will become eligible for Recognition as a General Practitioner.

Access a diagrammatic representation of how GP Registrars can proceed towards Recognition as a General Practitioner via the AGPT.

Read more about rural and remote medicine training

The decision of which endpoint an individual GP Registrar works towards depends on many factors.  GP Registrars are encouraged to visit the websites of the relevant colleges (as a general rule, information on Vocational Training can be found under the Education menu items on the websites):

• Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Another useful resource is the CSQTC Information Sheet on GP Registrar Choice of Endpoint of Training.