Overview

Academic Posts can provide Commonwealth funding to AGPT and RGTS registrars to learn academic skills.

Registrars interested in incorporating academic work into their career are encouraged to apply for a Commonwealth-funded Academic Post. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to research and the academic environment with mentoring and guidance from your supervisor, university and ACRRM. A registrar in an Academic Post will work 0.5FTE in an academic institution and 0.5FTE in a clinical position in an accredited training post.

Registrars may choose to undertake Advanced Specialised Training in Academic Practice, Population Health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health or Remote Medicine. The topic of the research and the post where clinical work is undertaken will determine which AST is appropriate.

Consideration will also be given to an Academic Post being undertaken while in Core Generalist Training on a part-time basis.

Funding includes a salary equivalent to a university lecturer at 0.5 FTE, professional development funding, and research funding.

Key Dates

MilestoneDates
Academic Post Applications Open1 May 2024
Academic Post Applications Close2 Aug 2024
Application outcomes provided to Academic Post applicantsSep 2024
Academic Post CommenceJan / Feb 2025
Academic Post ConcludeJan / Feb 2026

Academic Posts

YearProjectRegistrarUniversity
2020How can rural general practitioners be advocates for change?Sylvia LimUniversity of Notre Dame
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2021Application of the ECHO Model as a learning tool for Primary Care education in rural and remote VictoriaLauren CussenThe University of Melbourne
YearProjectRegistrarUniversity
2022Exploring rural generalist clinical reasoningDaniel PelligriniThe University of Adelaide
Design, Delivery and Evaluation of a Novel Cultural Safety Program for Flinders NT Medical ProgramElise O'ConnorCharles Darwin University
Regimes of Rustication: the rural dispersal of humanitarian migrants in AustraliaLachlan CampbellAustralian National University
Pharmaceutical treatment of type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a comparison between urban and rural locations in AustraliaNatalie PinkUniversity of Adelaide
YearProjectRegistrarUniversity
2023Planning and preparedness for disasters in primary health care: qualitative experience of NSW general practices affected by the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfiresElisabeth McLintonAustralian National University
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2024A generative approach to population-based obesity research: Can local knowledge create global gains?Kellie WestMonash University
Critical Care Readiness in Rural Emergency Departments in Western NSWJackson BlytheCharles Sturt University
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2025The Impact of Public Outreach Orthopaedic Services in South West QueenslandShireen KumarThe University of Queensland