Training posts are accredited health services in which the registrar trains, under supervision, to meet the ACRRM training program requirements. ACRRM training posts are in primary, secondary, emergency and retrieval services. A training post may be a single health service or several health services.

 

Health services meeting the following criteria are eligible to apply to be a Core Generalist Training post:

  • General practices, generalist hospitals and Aboriginal Medical Services in a regional, rural, or remote location (MM2-7)
  • Retrieval services providing primary care clinics in remote locations.

Health services eligible to apply for Advanced Specialised Training programs are dependent on the discipline. See the AST Handbooks for further information.

Health services must demonstrate, they:

  • have doctors accredited or able to be accredited as a supervisor.
  • they are a quality health service and
  • are ready to train

Training posts that demonstrate meeting the standards through desk top review are awarded provisional accreditation. Provisionally accredited posts can train a registrar.

Holding accreditation does not guarantee a registrar. Training placements are dependent on a several factors including number of registrars seeking placement, registrar training requirements and preferences plus workforce considerations.

Full accreditation is awarded once a registrar has been training in the post for up to a year and the post has demonstrated being a quality training post. Training posts are reviewed for ongoing accreditation every three years.

Download Supervisor and Training Post Standards

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Practice support officers

We're putting our footprint in the regions to directly support members. We now have Regional teams comprising of Regional Directors of Training, Training Network Coordinators and Training Officers based in each State/Territory around Australia.