Don’t miss out! 2025 ACRRM Fellowship applications close on Monday 13 January
If you want to begin your Rural Generalist training mid-year, there is still time to apply!
Our AMC-accredited program is supported by a selection process designed to ensure suitability for rural general practice and remains at a competitively priced $700 application fee.
There has never been a better time to apply - Commonwealth-funded positions are available if you meet the eligibility criteria, as well as many state-based incentives to live and work rurally.
Don’t miss your chance for an exciting and dynamic specialty of rural generalism.
We are excited to be heading to Boorloo for RMA25!
With industry leading speakers, insightful sessions, and plenty of networking opportunities, this is an event you won’t want to miss. Register below for updates and early bird pricing – more details coming soon!
Doctors wanted for Antarctic stations - applications close next week
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is looking for four medical practitioners keen to spend a year working at one of Australia’s four Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations.
A reminder that applications for the 2026-2027 season close next week on Wednesday 15 January, 11:30 PM AEDT.
If you missed the Antarctic Medicine Information Session we hosted with the AAD last year, the recording is now available to watch using the link below. The session provided an engaging glimpse into the unique challenges and rewards of practicing medicine in Antarctica, highlighted by a live cross to Dr Kate Kloza currently stationed in Antarctica.
In partnership with the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), ACRRM is proud to sponsor the Stop it Before it Starts! Art Competition, a national initiative promoting conversations around the prevention of family and domestic violence.
With ACRRM’s sponsorship, VPA has expanded its reach, engaging new audiences through social media, exhibitions, and events. The competition has seen significant growth, with over 24 entries received across its first two rounds, and a judging panel that includes ACRRM’s Dr Sarah Chalmers alongside prominent artists and advocates.
This initiative underscores the urgent need for violence prevention, with Australia nearing 100 women killed by violence in 2024. By funding key resources and outreach efforts, ACRRM is helping VPA foster critical conversations and inspire change through art.
Round 3 of the competition closes on Valentine’s Day 2025, with submissions spanning various artistic mediums, including poetry. For more information, visit the VPA website or follow their journey on Instagram.
Has your patient served in the defence forces? The Veterans' Health Check can help you to help them stay well
Former members of the Australian Defence Force are most at risk of mental and physical health issues in the early years after they move into civilian life. That’s why the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) fully funds the Veterans’ Health Check program, which provides a comprehensive health assessment once a year for five years, once they’ve transitioned from the military.
DVA has created resources to make it easy for busy GPs to undertake this annual assessment and seek payment for their time. The DVA funded Veterans’ Health Check helps GPs to support transitioning Australian Defence Force members on their paths to health and wellbeing.
The Strategy will focus on practical efforts to support the attraction, retention, and development of maternity clinicians, including midwives, obstetricians, general practitioners and relevant allied health professionals. The Strategy will not be addressing industrial matters or models of care.
For the purposes of the Strategy, the term ‘Maternity’ refers to the period from conception until six weeks after birth. Please consider this definition when providing feedback.
The information shared in this survey will be for the purpose of developing the Strategy. All information will be kept confidential with de-identified analysis of themes and outcomes shared with experts to inform development.
In addition to general information for licence holders regarding medical condition reporting, the website includes information for health professionals regarding roles and responsibilities; assessing fitness to drive; talking to patients about driving and notifications regarding medical conditions.
2025 face-to-face courses now available!
Enrol in our face-to-face courses in a town near you.
Enhance your expertise, explore new best-practice techniques, and earn valuable CPD hours in a supportive, interactive environment with ACRRM.
Offered throughout the year in locations across Australia, our face-to-face courses help you maintain and advance your skills with practical, immersive training.
Set your year up for success. Now is the perfect time to secure your spot.
Not an ACRRM member? Join today to access exclusive discounts on our face-to-face courses and take advantage of all the benefits ACRRM membership offers.
Kickstart 2025 with Exclusive Member-Benefit Online Courses
Set yourself up for success in 2025 with ACRRM’s purpose-built Online Learning platform. Designed to support your professional growth, our platform lets you maintain and extend your skills anytime, anywhere.
ACRRM members can access to a rich catalogue of free, self-directed courses, all mapped to the Rural Generalist Curriculum. From foundational skills to advanced techniques, our courses are crafted to help you deliver the best care to your rural and remote communities.
Keep your eyes peeled this year for our "Course of the Month" spotlight, featuring tailored learning opportunities that align with your professional goals and the evolving needs of rural and remote healthcare.
Course of the month for January 2025: Effective Communication Skills
Start the year strong and earn 11 Educational activity CPD Points with this invaluable course focused on improving your communication skills for better clinical outcomes.
Why this course matters: Doctors conduct over 200,000 consultations during their professional lives, making effective communication critical to patient outcomes. This course offers essential insights to enhance your interactions with patients and colleagues alike.
What you’ll learn:
Reflect on and refine your communication approach as a doctor.
Gain strategies to understand and incorporate patient perspectives into your practice.
Explore how mindfulness and compassion enhance doctor-patient interactions.
Apply the Cambridge-Calgary Framework to improve communication.
Leverage motivational interviewing and stages of change for impactful patient conversations.
Learn techniques for managing telephone and digital communications effectively.
Not an ACRRM Member? Join today to unlock exclusive benefits, including discounted rates and access to our extensive catalogue of free courses. Stay connected with us for more exciting updates and resources to support your professional development throughout the year.
ACRRM Dermatology Webinar: Skin surgery without sutures
Thursday 27 March 2025 at 7:00pm AEST Presented by: Dr Jim Muir and Dr Dan Kennedy
Transform your approach to skin surgery! Learn advanced techniques such as curettage and shave procedures that provide efficient, cost-effective, and minimally invasive solutions for a variety of skin conditions.
Discover how these simple, same-day procedures can deliver excellent cosmetic and clinical results while reducing the time, costs, and complexities of traditional excisional surgery.
This webinar is exclusively for Tele-Derm members. Not a member? No worries! The Tele-Derm service is free for all ACRRM members and for non-members working in MMM3 to MMM7 areas. Join now.
ACRRM seeks College representative to the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership
The College has been invited to nominate a representative to the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, which is the national peak body representing culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in healthcare.
The current focus of the Partnership is the pursuit of goals defined in the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030, and the upcoming workplan will deliver consultation papers on CALD community prioritised access challenges in healthcare and improving the quality of national health information for these communities; continue to provide community-informed policy advice to the Commonwealth and develop practical clinical guidelines and health- specific standards for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare settings.
This is an interesting voluntary role which involves quarterly virtual meetings of approx. 1-1.5 hr duration. There is minimal out-of-session work although some meeting preparation may be involved. The ACRRM Policy Team can provide policy information and support as required.
If you are interested in representing the College in this role, please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Wednesday, 22 January, including a short outline of any relevant interests or experience.
Consultations with General Practitioners for dementia risk reduction programs – your experience is valued
Researchers at The University of NSW are conducting a research study aimed to explore general practitioners’ views about the enablers and barriers for referring patients to an online dementia risk reduction program (CogCoach-Health), and their views of patients’ enablers and barriers to uptake that program.
Your feedback will help understand these factors and facilitate the design of CogCoach-Health and its implementation for wider uptake and reach after the research has finished. CogCoach-Health is aimed to becoming a useful and time saving evidence-based dementia risk reduction resource for general practitioners.
GPs who choose to participate will be invited to be interviewed to gather relevant information. The interviews will be conducted by a clinician on the research team and will be audio recorded to assist with accurate data transcribing and analysis.
Participants will be compensated for their time ($150) in the form of an electronically sent Mastercard supplied by Zenith.
A full description of all research activities, including any risks, harms, or discomforts that you may experience while participating in this research can be found here.
For more information contact Chief Investigator Prof Kaarin Anstey on k.anstey@unsw.edu.au.
EOI: Advisory Group - early detection and intervention of cardiovascular disease in the primary care setting
The College has been invited to nominate a QLD Fellow to the Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) for a statewide collaborative project that aims to increase early detection and intervention of cardiovascular disease in the primary care setting using contemporary digital health capabilities.
The project is called "PHASES with Primary Sense" and has been jointly funded through the Queensland-Commonwealth Partnership.
The role of the CAG is to focus on the clinical aspects of the project, ensuring the intervention approach and ongoing management of cardiovascular disease within a primary care setting meets community needs and improves patient care. The CAG meets monthly for approximately 1 hr via MS Teams, with the project currently funded to June 2026. There is also some out-of-session work in preparation for meetings and document review.
This is a voluntary position.
Fellows who are working as GPs in a busy practice in a rural or remote area, or have relevant experience, are particularly welcome to nominate.
If you are interested, please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Monday 20 February, attaching a current CV or an outline of any relevant interest or experience.
ACRRM acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the custodians of the lands and waters where our members and staff work and live across Australia. We pay respect to their elders, lores, customs and Dreaming. We recognise these lands and waters have always been a place of teaching, learning, and healing.
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