About the Fellowship placement process
Through a robust Fellowship training and education program, ACRRM is committed to providing the right doctors in the right places with the right skills to ensure rural and remote communities have access to high-quality healthcare.
The ACRRM placement process occurs every six months. Supporting this, the College provides registrars with quality training placements in regional, rural and remote communities throughout Australia. Registrars can choose to embark on a range of placements to meet their training requirements or undertake long-term training placements to establish themselves in their community.
The opportunities are plentiful, and in every placement, ACRRM will ensure registrars are supported by their regional team of supervisors, registrar liaison officers, training network coordinators and training program advisors.
Training posts can also be confident they have access to registrars committed to working in rural and remote locations and can rely on ACRRM to assist with their accreditation requirements.
ACRRM and the RACGP are collaborating on a bi-college placement process to ensure minimal disruption to registrars and all training posts accredited by both Colleges.
If you wish to discuss your placement, please contact the placement team or continue reaching out to your Regional Team for support.
Find a training post
Semester 2025.1 Key Dates
| Dates | Period | Activities |
| Monday 9 – Monday 30 September | 3 Weeks | Training Post Capacity Collection |
| Monday 16 – Monday 30 September | 2 Weeks | Registrar Placement Questionnaire |
| Monday 8 – Thursday 17 October | 10 Days | National Bi-College Collaboration |
| Friday 18 October | 1 Day | Training Post Capacity Release |
| Monday 21 – Sunday 27 October | 1 Week | Placement Preferencing/Interviews Commence Offer Hiatus Period |
| Monday 28 October - Friday 29 November | Open/Onwards | Training Posts can commence offers Practices/Registrars continue placement preferencing/interviews Placement Confirmation/Medicare processing opens |
| Friday 29 November | Deadline | Medicare Deadline |
| Monday 13 January 2025 | - | First Training Start Date |
How to use MyACRRM for Placement Management
Registrars can manage their placements directly through MyACRRM. Below, you'll find explainer videos on how to log in to the dashboard, update a placement profile, and complete the placement questionnaire.
How to log in, use your dashboard and complete tasks
How to complete the placement questionnaire
How to update your registrar placement profile
FAQs
Yes, as an ACRRM registrar you will be able to preference a training post.
You can search here for an ACRRM CGT accredited training post.
You can search here for an ACRRM AST accredited training post.
The ACRRM Fellowship Program is designed to train Rural Generalists. There may be times particularly for Advanced Specialised Training posts where a semi-urban placement is more suitable to provide the necessary scope of training required. Training must however be MM2-7. Applications for training in MM1 will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
Yes, ACRRM training allows registrars to move between regions providing there is training capacity.
No, where areas of need are identified in communities, a registrar may be encouraged to undertake these placements and be supported through additional incentives and payment mechanisms.
ACRRM has a Memorandum of Understanding with the ADF which focuses on supporting registrar progression to Fellowship.