Choose the Northern Territory as your preferred GP training location
After receiving your Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) selection score you will have the option to change your Regional Training Provider Preference via http://www.gpet.com.au/
Reasons why you should consider working in the Northern Territory
- Experience rural generalist medicine
NTGPE offer highly supported, flexible and challenging vocational training opportunities for those passionate about comprehensive primary care. Our placements support rural and remote training and provide excellent opportunities for training in Aboriginal health. - Great exam results
With national awards won by our GP Registrars in 2012 and 2013. NTGPE Registrars are supported by a network of experienced GP Supervisors providing practice based teaching, mentoring and professional development. - Choose from a variety of training locations
Registrars have the ability to choose from a variety of locations, ranging from urban mainstream general practices to remote Aboriginal community clinics and regional hospitals. - Enjoy the Territory lifestyle
Living and working in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community
Doctors can make a really positive contribution living and working in a remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community. Living and working in a community will offer unique challenges, diversity, adventure, the opportunity to experience a new culture as well as great opportunities for personal growth.
Every Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community in the Northern Territory is different and you can find out more about clinics and communities on NTGPE’s Placement Guide website registar.ntgpe.org
Living and working in Darwin
Darwin boasts a relaxed tropical lifestyle, magnificent sunsets and a cosmopolitan population (with more than 60 nationalities and some 76 ethnic groups and just over one quarter of the Northern Territory population identify themselves as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).
This young and vital city is as close to Singapore and Manila as it is to Sydney and Melbourne and is increasingly making its mark as a major gateway for Asia. The estimated resident population of Darwin and nearby Palmerston is 150,000.It’s also ayoung town and the median age is just 31 years.
Keeping active and enjoying the outdoors is a way of life in the Top End, with 110 different sporting and physical activities available. Art and cultural activities are an important aspect of Darwin’s unique lifestyle, and there are many opportunities to be involved in performing and visual arts, crafts, festivals, dance and music. And just outside of Darwin is the spectacular National Parks of Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge).
Living and working in Alice Springs
Alice Springs is rich in history, culture, and opportunity and its desert landscape is beautiful. The town, which population is just under 28,000, is nestled at the foothills of the MacDonnell ranges. The population is made up of many ethnic groups, the largest being European and Aboriginal, and its suburbs are relatively compact.
Except blue skies most days and to meet people that enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle with many employees riding their bicycles or walking to work. After work, Alice Springs offers both entertainment and leisure opportunities similar to those found in most cities, yet with a lifestyle that is relaxed and peaceful if you wish to take it easy.
Living in the Alice offers ample opportunity to take in the unique sights of Central Australia and participate in an easy going lifestyle, and of course Uluru is only a day trip away.