The first step is to speak with your Training Team about your interest in a 12 month Advanced Skills placement.
If you are enrolled in either the Fellowship of ACRRM or the RACGP Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice (FARGP), you will need to undertake 12 months of Advanced Specialised Training (AST) or ARST. This can be done at any stage of your training.
Advanced Skills Posts have traditionally formed part of the AGPT program for GP Registrars seeking to prepare for particular aspects of rural practice. They provide education and training in areas where there is a recognised service provision deficit that is critical to the provision of medical health service to rural or remote communities. Advanced Skills Posts with a procedural focus must be based on the existing ARST or AST curricula of the relevant Colleges and can be in Obstetrics, Surgery, Anaesthetics or Emergency Medicine. Non-procedural Advanced Skills Posts may also be approved. Some examples are Paediatrics, Adult Internal Medicine, Aboriginal Health, Public Health, Mental Health, small town rural General Practice.
NB all posts must be accredited through NTGPE and the Relevant College (RACGP or ACRRM) before the term starts. This may take 2-3 months.
Advanced Skills Posts are approved by the College Censors and WILL NOT be retrospectively accredited.
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