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.
Milestone | Dates |
Academic Post Applications Open | 1 May 2024 |
Academic Post Applications Close | 2 Aug 2024 |
Application outcomes provided to Academic Post applicants | Sep 2024 |
Academic Post Commence | Jan / Feb 2025 |
Academic Post Conclude | Jan / Feb 2026 |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2020 | How can rural general practitioners be advocates for change? | Sylvia Lim | University of Notre Dame |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2021 | Application of the ECHO Model as a learning tool for Primary Care education in rural and remote Victoria | Lauren Cussen | The University of Melbourne |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2022 | Exploring rural generalist clinical reasoning | Daniel Pelligrini | The University of Adelaide |
Design, Delivery and Evaluation of a Novel Cultural Safety Program for Flinders NT Medical Program | Elise O'Connor | Charles Darwin University | |
Regimes of Rustication: the rural dispersal of humanitarian migrants in Australia | Lachlan Campbell | Australian National University | |
Pharmaceutical treatment of type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a comparison between urban and rural locations in Australia | Natalie Pink | University of Adelaide |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2023 | Planning and preparedness for disasters in primary health care: qualitative experience of NSW general practices affected by the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires | Elisabeth McLinton | Australian National University |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2024 | A generative approach to population-based obesity research: Can local knowledge create global gains? | Kellie West | Monash University |
Critical Care Readiness in Rural Emergency Departments in Western NSW | Jackson Blythe | Charles Sturt University |
Year | Project | Registrar | University |
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2025 | The Impact of Public Outreach Orthopaedic Services in South West Queensland | Shireen Kumar | The University of Queensland |