GP is no longer the safety school. For the 2027 intake RACGP filled every place in the main round and cancelled the second round; the community read of the distribution matrix is ~2,962 applicants for ~1,639 spots.
Typical start years; people vary by a year or two. Diamonds are exams. Stage list and sources in the pathway tab.
Shifted hard from undersubscribed to genuinely competitive. Ratings are the encoder's 1–5 call from college numbers and r/ausjdocs; applicant-to-place ratios double-count people who apply in several states. Evidence rows are in getting selected.
RACGP selects on a single Casper situational judgement test and a nine-tier priority framework (no CV, no referees, no interview); ACRRM selects on five 250-word essays (40%) and a six-station MMI (60%). You can apply as an intern. The hospital time that matters is the 52 weeks post-internship before your first GP term, and RPLE can let a PGY3 skip straight to GPT1. State rural generalist rounds run months earlier than the general campaigns.
We have started the era of unaccredit GP registrar's, yet we continue to import overseas doctors on the expedited pathway and refuse to train local graduates. Make it make sense
Take the history. Oh well will you look at that... an urgent message that I have to answer. Excuse me... Read up on stuff in another room / ask your supervisor. Come back. I did this many times as a registrar.
The 2 written exams, Key Feature Problem (KFP) and Applied Knowledge Test (AKT), each cost $2,555 and the 1 practical exam, Clinical Competency Exam (CEE), costs $4,990 (increasing to $5,225 later this year). So a total of $10,100 to sit the exams
I did 320k taxable as a second year GP reg with about 10 hours of overtime. And 210k taxable as a first year GP reg 38 hours a week only (but we essentially worked about 30 hours a week due to mandatory teaching). No overtime.
All 128 curated quotes by topic, trajectories and threads.
racgp.org.au for the facts and summary, read 12 Sept 2026 · rating and pathway encoded by hand from the same sources · quotes are verbatim r/ausjdocs comments, community view not policy
Number = distinct authors who said it; dashed chips are single reports (under three authors). Hover or long-press a chip for the why.
Stages: racgp.org.au, medirecruit.com · terms: r/ausjdocs term-strategy collection, counted by distinct author, community view not policy
"Mandatory" is the college's word. Amber "community" rows are what the sub says panels actually want.
Priority preference attributes weighting not published — direct users to the AGPT Program Guide.
Commercial prep sites claim ACRRM also uses Casper; ACRRM's own page describes suitability assessment + MMI only. Don't assert Casper for ACRRM.
FSP 2027.1 structure was flagged as changing at retrieval.
RACGP AGPT main intake March-April annually (2027 intake opened 3 Mar 2026, closed 14 Apr 2026); a July second round was advertised but did not run. Intakes commence February (semester 1) and mid-year (semester 2). ACRRM: four intakes a year (2027 Sem 2 Intake 2 opened 4 Aug 2026, closes 26 Oct 2026). Single Employer Model: 315 salaried posts in every state bar WA, $6.4m to 2027-28, trials time-limited to 31 Dec 2028.
2028 AGPT dates not yet published — expect ~early March to mid-April 2027.
HETI Rural Generalist Training Program: Foundations (entry at start) or lateral entry (PGY2+). 'Rural Generalist Trainee (General Practice)' is an early round in the JMO campaign (May), two months before the main PGY2+ round. AST (12-month) applications open late September via the NSW Health Career portal. APCPP: 10-week rural primary care rotation for PGY1-5. RGSEP single-employer LHDs: Far West, Hunter New England, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Mid North Coast, Murrumbidgee, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Western NSW.
NT RG Pathway: med school or PGY2+. Top End 24-month streamed pathway contracts for RG trainees (8 ACRRM + 4 RACGP lines in 2026); Top End and Central Australia RMO/HMO campaigns.
Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway (QRGP): intern RG stream then RMO/PHO. RG intern applications open two months before the general intern campaign; the rural/AST campaign opens in April ahead of the main RMO/registrar campaign (1-29 June). Deepest AST network in the country (Cairns & Hinterland, Townsville, Mackay, Central QLD, Wide Bay, Darling Downs, North West, Central West, South West). SEM registrars on $130,000+.
AST campaign 'opens April' — exact day not published in the evidence; date shown is the first of the month.
RGPSA: PGY2+, either college. SEM trial runs to 2028 with 60 registrars at a time. Recruitment via the SA MET centralised PGY2+ EOI (Rural Generalist program preference).
Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway: prevocational entry; THS North West rural medical generalist pathway; SEM pilot running.
Victorian Rural Generalist Program: RG1 (intern) via the PMCV Victorian Rural Preferential Allocation in the Intern Match; RG2 lateral entry via the PMCV PGY2 (HMO) Match; flexible entry PGY2/RG Advanced. EOI accepted any time. Regions: Gippsland, Grampians, Loddon Mallee, Hume.
RG Pathway WA: rolling online application + CV; prevocational stream exists. WACHS RMO contracts at Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie. WA is the only state not in the Single Employer Model.
Dates drift a week or two each year; the calendar has confirmed vs expected windows.
RACGP: no CV, no referees, no interview scored at any stage. 'You're not required to provide referees or details of your employment history (unless requested)'. ACRRM: written suitability assessment 40% (5 essay questions, min 250 words each) + MMI 60% (6 stations, 2 min read + 8 min respond, behaviourally anchored rating scales). No CV, no higher-degree criterion. Casper SJT: 11 scenarios, 22 questions, 65-85 min, remote-proctored, $190, once per calendar year, no exemption…
Requirements and rubric: racgp.org.au, acrrm.org.au, curriculum.acrrm.org.au +1 · state mechanics: racgp.org.au, health.nsw.gov.au, ruralgeneralist.nt.gov.au +5 · community rows from r/ausjdocs
Dots are sittings the college has dated; "approx." means only a month was published.
Hollow dots are hearsay — the poster was not citing a figure. A bar spans the components or years quoted; hover for the exact words.
"Cost to get on" is a name-based pick of the one-off fees paid before or at selection. The college schedule is a lifetime-of-training list at each item's own year, not one bill; community amounts overlap it and are never summed. Courses, travel and repeat sittings are the part the sub complains about.
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Exams and fees: racgp.org.au, curriculum.acrrm.org.au, acrrm.org.au +1 · claims, prep and costs quoted: r/ausjdocs exams-and-costs collection, community view not policy · paid prep products need three independent non-suspect authors and a free alternative to appear
Scored by the General practice and rural generalism rules — whether or not the title names the specialty — highest first, closing soonest next.
"Has anyone heard back?" reports on r/ausjdocs, 2024–2026 folded onto one calendar year; dashed line is the official date for the 2027 intake where published.
25 dated reports, weekly bins
7 dated reports, weekly bins
4 dated reports, weekly bins
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Verbatim, one caution beside one encouragement per topic where both exist, the rest folded. Every quote links to the comment.
I think you'll find the answer is multifactorial. I suspect part of it is at least the influx of IMG's moving through the accreditation pathways and onto GP training which for a multitude of reasons is the logical end point for their Australian medical career. Even if they were a specialist prior. Anecdotally I have…
It could be for three reasons. First, it's really oversubscribed. Second, people applied but never followed through with their applications. Third, it's oversubscribed in the metro training areas, but there are many spots left in regional or rural areas. There are two intakes a year. If you think about it, if it were…
It seems from this thread that the Casper result was likely the major criteria they looked at in the applications. Is anyone else highly disturbed that a future GP career in Aus may now be solely determined by a Canadian mega corp who employs 'human raters' to mark 40-70 questions per hour?
PGY-1, bottom quartile casper result. Got my first choice preference but my first choice was rural so that probably explains it.
Q3 on Casper, preferenced an undersubscribed region, but did't get an offer. I truly don't understand how this works.
Offered metro WA with fourth quartile - accepting!!
It was certainly the only criteria they selected applicants by.
IMG with rural exemption. Q4, first preference in Western and North Sydney, general pathway.
Yes they do normally. Got this email “as the 2027 Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program main application intake has seen strong demand from high-quality candidates and all training places are expected to be filled, we won’t be holding a second intake for the 2027 RACGP AGPT Program”
I just got my results and got quartile 4. I did not prepare for the test at all other than use the practice exam they provide on the actual website literally 2 hours before the actual test oops!
Same. Q4 on Casper, no offer. Although I am IMG so maybe that’s why.
Q3 got my 2nd preference vic metro /rural southwest. Im a FGAM so only eligible for the rural stream
Literally just got a text from RACGP to check my email - no email yet. I looked on my racgp account and saw that I got an offer there! Rural NWQLD ; haven't yet received my Casper results. Best of luck everyone!
RACGP changed my offer location from my 5th preference on Wednesday to my 1st pref after checking today on Sunday to accept it, so would be worth double checking your offer. No email or text to say theyve changed it. If wasn't for a screenshot I took on the day, I'd have been gaslit!
People who sat on 27th only got their Casper results yesterday at 10pm.. I reckon you’ll hear from RACGP earlier than Casper if you sat it at a later date
Yes I scored in third quartile 50-75% and had metroeast victoria was my first preference! They have emailed to inform that I couldn’t secure any offer! A colleague who is a domestic local graduate who had 3rd quartile and same region preference she got it ! I am a permanent resident though so not sure whats happend
Just reading the comments and thought to share my opinion- lots of slamming on IMGs... If we are talking solely AGPT pathway via CASPER then IMGs are at a disadvantage. The exam is built on what the average Canadian person will do, and that is not disimiliar to the average aussie considering there are shared western…
No email, no text. But yes offer on AGPT website. There'll be those keen on data collection, so for me Location: Vic Rural North West Preference: 1st Priority Preference Group: 3 'Rural origin, rural pathway' Casper: 2ndQ (50-74%) Good luck everyone! Remember the Casper's a tie-breaker, priority group comes…
Might be more insightful for anyone confused to refer to the priority preferencing group document, hopefully the link works. [Priority Preferencing Framework - Comes before CASPER result](https://www.racgp.org.au/getmedia/af063f64-9333-4884-b971-7ea197e1b436/ID-8714-2027-AGPT-Changes-Priority-table-B-FA.pdf.aspx) eg:…
They are significantly oversubscribed in two/three subregions and so have requested that some additional funded placements are given - and are waiting for DoH to make a determination. If yes, more placements in general pathway for those regions might be released if no, then second preference offers for those registrars…
Hey there, again I am sorry that you’re in this position and can feel your disappointment. I have no doubt you are a competent doctor and deserve every opportunity to train here as a GP if you so wish. I’m simply trying to help you figure out a possible reason why you did not get an offer. If you feel strongly that…
I’ve got my results! Only 2 days post receiving my GP offer so learning I am Q4 is really redundant lmao
Offered Murrambidgee/ACT with fourth quartile. Won't be accepting, taking ACRRM instead.
I’m skeptical that they’ve allocated training regions in this way. I was Q3 and didn’t get my first preference (Central, Eastern and Southwest Sydney) but did get my second preference (Nepean, Western and Northern Sydney) despite my second preference also being oversubscribed. Seems unlikely that I would have got a…
Offers are out, got a text to check email but that's slow to come in. But the outcome should be there if you log into the portal.
You’ve probably misunderstood the preferencing system. If you didn’t get your first preference then you won’t be considered for any of your other preferences unless they are first undersubscribed by people who have placed that location as their first preference, even if your Casper result is higher than theirs. Eg if…
There are too many unknowns here. You understandably think highly of your friend, but there may be many things you don't know. Unless you were on the college interviewing panel, you do not know why he was rejected. Unless you've done an audit of his clinical work, been his patient, worked alongside him, been on the…
I obtained my fellowship last year. This is going to be verbal diarrhoea so bare with me. I am probably working a little bit too much currently but I can always step down any time I want to 3-4 days a week. I'm just settling into a new practice because I left a previous one due to a combination of work place and…
The 2 written exams, Key Feature Problem (KFP) and Applied Knowledge Test (AKT), each cost $2,555 and the 1 practical exam, Clinical Competency Exam (CEE), costs $4,990 (increasing to $5,225 later this year). So a total of $10,100 to sit the exams
I'm an examiner for CCE The rubric in the CCE is heavily focused on communication, ethics and safety. The CCE recognises that you won't be able to know the diagnosis and management of every condition (no GP does), but long as you can 1. Recognise when someone is seriously unwell and take initial steps in…
Lack of experience with Indigenous patients is nowhere near an excluding factor for ACRRM, most of the Regs have minimal experience before starting. If your friends can't pass the RACGP's CCE, then the chances of passing ACRRM's StAMPS exam is slim to none. I've studied for them both and StAMPS is significantly more…
StAMPS is tough, but not ridiculous. I think it’s a relatively fair exam and covers a broad range of RG, and it doesn’t have ridiculous marking criteria like the old RACGP KFP. I also think that ACRRM does a fantastic job of preparing people to sit it with the mandatory pre StAMPS course.
I am a RACGP-RG trainee and went through this conundrum a few years ago. For perspective, I work in a fairly busy MMM5 practice who provides the only doctors (including obstetrics and anaesthetics) for 3 hospitals. The consultants are all RGs, a mix of RACGP and ACRRM and we have trainees from both colleges. I have no…
I essentially finished RACGP training in the fastest time possible. Work full time, do your exams as soon as you can (usually at the end of your 2nd GP term). I do recommend GP Academy courses for both the AKT/KFP as well as CCE exams. They have a lot of good content and if you're consistent with it and learn the…
There are a large number of doctors who cannot fathom that some doctors will never meet the standard for independent practice and that everyone should eventually be able to scrape through a training program. The ACEM/ACCRM/GP roundabout is proof of this. Fail out of one and move onto the next. Can get about 10-12 years…
Check out flexible funds page on ACRRM you will get up to $3000 dollars for relocation (one time payment only during training).
I'm GPT4. I got P4 on the AKT and KFP. Do NOT get Murtagh. Completely useless. I bought a copy and never opened it. Use Australian based guidelines, eTG, RCH, STI Handbook, and the more recent AJGP articles for guidance. Check these resources for every single patient. Really read them (like all the stuff you usually…
+1 this They all universally suck. Everyone thinks ICU is hard, but at least there is a syllabus now, all the past questions are released, and they try to be transparent with marking. Oh and you can "carry" your written mark which I heard not all colleges do? As for breadth of material I'm actually convinced the…
AHPRA registration is obviously compulsory, this year it was $995 p.a.
The exams are about 65% pass rate for the written, you need to study quite a bit to get through. Altogether the exams cost over $10,000 (assuming you only pay for them once if you pass the first time)
I think OP might have meant lowest pass rate. GP exam is hard, AKT KFP CCE pass rates all around 80-85%, after typically 3yrs training. ICU exam is hard, part 1 pass rate 45-55% part 2 pass rate 30-60%, after typically 8yrs training. At the recent ASM the college acknowledged that >50% of trainees do not complete…
You'll find that appealing an exam is associated with a $300 examination fee and and a $5000 appeal fee.
The fact that you passed AMC, AKT and KFP, which are by no means easy assessments, probably means you have reasonable clinical knowledge. CCE is a viva style exam that practically assesses if you can apply the knowledge competently to a range of scenarios commonly seen in GP land. Key issue to accept and address is…
RACGP. Three components. Offered twice a year. You can sit them after GPT2 (the second six month term). You can sit the last one only if you pass the first two. AKT. Multiple choice. High pass rate. Usually 70-80%. KFP. Short answer. Reasonable pass rate. Usually 60% CCE. Vivas spread over two weekends. High pass…
I am a fellow of both colleges, a supervisor for both colleges, and a medical educator for both colleges. Unless you wish to train in places that are not racgp accredited, go RACGP and then add the RG year if you wish. Both colleges are very similar in training expectations though the RACGP akt kfp were much more…
No practical difference. RACGP-RG takes longer but has more straightforward assessments. ACRRM is six months shorter but, as an example, the ED StAMPS pass rate was close to 30% at one stage. Both get you the same credentials in Queensland. Honestly, do the thing that gets you an F-something with the least stress…
RACGP Certificate of Primary Care Dermatology – $13,500
If you are doing ACRRM AST , I don't think you should think about going back to metro. Your clinical exposure and skill sets are made and trained for rural and remote community. There is very little room for RG to practice their AST in metro. I've heard my ACRRM/RG bosses that they need to fight for C-section and O&G…
As my ICU mentor once told me, medicine is a contact sport. It used to scare me, and sometimes still does, but you get used to the decision making, it's great fun, and you get amazing support from retrievals when you need it -- they all get it when you're calling from the middle of nowhere and need help. I really…
The thing with the whole A(R)ST system is other than obstetrics and anaesthetics (and surgery but as you said they’re like hens teeth unfortunately), most states haven’t really figured out how to use them. So they end up being solutions in search of problems. There are bucketloads of EM ASTs around and QLD pays them a…
I left surg for GP with the idea that if I hate GP, I can go back to surg regging after 2 years with RACGP letters (while I would’ve still been unaccredited if I stayed), but honestly cannot imagine going back to surg. There actually is life outside of work now
I think the hospital doctor years do very little to prepare one for GP (New GP Fellow, Graduated in 2019, had a career before medicine). For younger graduates, sure it helps them develop some maturity, but the workload as a junior doc is at odds with the work of a GP. Many RMO jobs are in highly sub-specialised…
I was an ED AT before defecting to GP. Never looked back, and it's been one of the best decisions of my life. You can only get one year maximum of RPLE for RACGP. This means that if you get a FACEM, best case scenario would be an extra two years of training.
On that note, well, there are predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors I have yet to touch on. On the other side of the coin, there is ongoing continual erosion of the protective factors.
I was a haematology registrar. I'm now doing rural generalist work. If I jumped straight into haem out of medical school I'd be rather useless here.
Presumably keep working as a GP registrar, rather than autonomously. Colleges maintain standards. Sadly sounds like this person can’t meet the standard. That doesn’t mean the standards should change.
I had 6 months of ED signed off to fill this requirement, it is completely fine.
I suspect this is either a language or competency issue (or both). Its likely the former given your friends seem to have difficulties with the vivas and interviews. Your friend should reach out to his supervisors and the college for feedback and discuss future career prospects.
Paeds is number 1, this is especially true if you’re not a parent and aren’t used to young kids (like <3-6 months). ED is very good also.
Pretty sure I've heard that two terms in a mixed adult/paeds ED meets the paediatric requirement for RACGP.
ED, Paeds, O&G, Gen med, Gen surg, cardiology, mental health and some more ED. Would also strongly recommend going to a regional area because you’ll get more hands on experience as a junior
I applied to GP training for PGY3 and did extended skills in O&G, whilst applying to get onto O&G training. GP was my ‘Plan B’ in case I didn’t get on, but this way at least some of the time counted for something. I started O&G training program in PGY4 but kept being a GP reg doing extended skills with the…
Regardless of the AST you end up picking, I think you need to get more experience in palliative care, just generally - the biggest opposition to VAD actually came from palliative care so much don't do VAD actually. If your intention is most AST that you might be able to practice metro, ED is probably the most viable…
I did get a part-time position at the clinic I interviewed at. It's 1.5 hours from me. I got straight-up rejected by all the other clinics.
We have started the era of unaccredit GP registrar's, yet we continue to import overseas doctors on the expedited pathway and refuse to train local graduates. Make it make sense
If I were you I would try to get into a training place as soon as possible as the competition ratios will[ likely continue to get worse.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ausjdocs/comments/1hrq4ac/what_a_fucking_joke/m52w3ye/) The increased applicants are mainly comming from the rapid rise in immigrant doctors. Back in 2019…
Yup. Was already the case last year. Bit worse this year.
And yet people look at you like you have two heads when you tell them hospital training nowadays is a dead end. That you'll get "bored" doing GP, as opposed to enslaving yourself to non-GP training programs and ending up jobless or running around multiple sites trying to scratch together fractional work. GP is one of…
Cross posting this from another post on the topic for visibility on the issue. If I were you I would try to get into a training place as soon as possible as the competition ratios will[ likely continue to get worse.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ausjdocs/comments/1hrq4ac/what_a_fucking_joke/m52w3ye/) The increased…
I suspect the govt will finally push for more places and accredit more practices. Previously we were undersubscribed and no new training practices have been accredited for more than 5 years. There is plenty of space in the system for more post-hospital GP registrars. My practice loses its reg mid-year and I can already…
You're government and the colleges have thrown juniors docs under the bus. The government has opened the flood gates on IMGs and new medical schools. The colleges have continued to restrict supply (since time immemorial). More slaves for unaccredited fodder and the cycle continues...
The expansion of eligibility of applicants is why you see even rural so heavily oversubscribed - even rural WA by 2:1 ffs!
AGPT and metro training spots are typically saturated. There may be potentially vacancies through the RGTS or RVTS pathways, but you’ll have to commit to going rural. Although, to be frankly honest, there’s benefits of spending more time in hospital to get more experience beyond PGY1. I worked in the hospital as a…
More hospital years just shifts the wave of applicants to the right a couple of years. Doesn’t change the underlying lack of training positions.
I just have a feeling that people are applying because the GP application opens earlier than any other training specialities. At the end of the year when all the selection for other specialities finishes, the actual pool will be smaller. We all know some burnt out unaccredited regs "just" apply to GP and they will…
If you look at the degree of oversubscription, it is clear that rural spots are way more oversubscribed than general spots. This has to be from IMGs or FGAMS applicants who must train rurally.
IMHO maybe local grads need to up their game and put up their hands to work in remote and rural setting? IMGs aren't simply choosing the CBD over locals. Most are bound by section 19AB and can only work in Distribution Priority Areas, often MMM4-7 communities that struggle to recruit Australian-trained doctors. I'm…
I mean 2400/1500 is 1.6. so statistically, you have to beat .6 of a person to get a place. To get into medicine, you have beaten much higher odds before. Naturally it's more nuanced in different regions (metro vs Rural etc) and I'm not bothered to look it up. But using the total numbers doesn't exactly make it sound…
Actually the real blowout appears to be in rural pathway applications. There’s about 2:1 applicants per rural pathway spot vs 1.3:1 applicants per general pathway spot. Since IMGs are restricted to the rural pathway I suspect there has been a significant increase in somewhat speculative IMG applications (especially…
I'm a female GPT3 reg, and despite getting through the AKT/KFP and even having recently completed the CCE, I have applied back to hospital and hoping to apply to BPT. I fell for the claims of GP = work life balance and cruisy patient conditions. This might be true for some patients/some clinics/some locations and you…
Oh I remember that feeling so well. Biggest hugs. Talk to your supervisor and your medical educators. GPT1s make more choices than BPT1s, because BPT (etc) have a boss and colleagues to run things by. The fatigue gets better The confidence will get better The time management will get better It gets better It…
That's a sticking point. You're working in an economically and socially disadvantaged area, and you realise how economic and social disadvantages are generated and perpetuated: underfunded schools, lack of access to fresh foods, barriers to healthcare, etc. You have two options: try to raise kids robust enough to…
Take the history. Oh well will you look at that... an urgent message that I have to answer. Excuse me... Read up on stuff in another room / ask your supervisor. Come back. I did this many times as a registrar.
Respectfully, take a step back and reconsider this choice. Could you possibly just be a bit burnt out? You only need to go back a few posts to see someone who went into GP for the wrong reasons - ie it seemed like the easier pathway. GP comes with its own myriad of issues. Although you’ll have a more fixed schedule…
Very common feeling. It'll get better once you build up some experience. Ask your supervisor if you are not sure, they get paid 40k a year to look after you for a reason.
Shift work. Abusive patients. Burned out consultants. The feeling that the ship is always sinking. I hated coming to work most days. To be fair, some departments are good but is this what I really want to be doing when I'm 50? There are also not enough jobs for all registrars to become consultants. It's literally a…
GP, ED, and ICU are all on the spectrum of managing undifferentiated patients. The difference is acuity. If you're comfortable with uncertainty and are facile at probabilistic reasoning, you'll enjoy the work. If you're great at relationships, you'll truly thrive. That's what I find interesting, the combination of…
I'm a rural GP Reg in a town of 1200 people in SA. I do 1 in 3 weeks 24/7 on call for the hospital while doing walk-in clinic work in my downtime, and the other 2 weeks are normal GP work. I have a really supportive practice and supervisors I love. I understand my experience is not typical, but I'll answer your…
Recently fellowed GP here 1) for me the move to GP felt immediately better, but understandably nerve wracking. Was scary realising that I was the expert in some things and there wasn't always a specialist to help, then less scary when I realised how supportive my supervisors and colleagues were. There was always a…
Fellow GPT1, hang in there. I always have these tabs open: eTG, health pathways (amazing!!), orthobullets, STI guidelines Have to get over the mental hurdle of asking your supervisor for assistance, they are getting paid for this. Discuss with your supervisor how best to contact them (we use a system where I message…
John Doe, BSc, MA, MD, PhD. Aged 42. PYG9. General practice SRMO. 4 publications on general practice with special interest in the utility of human tears in increasing workplace productivity within an outpatient clinical setting. Salary of 97k (pre tax and no salary packaging). Has failed entry to the GP program for two…
My plan is to re-train as a rural GP and then a rural generalist with a side of anaesthetics. My main concern was the pay cut during training, and I was going to stay in Sydney for a couple more years to save money at what I'm currently doing - ICU CMO/ ICU locum reg. I'd be perfectly happy with making 150k during…
I work as a GP in two areas that are low socioeconomic status. Therefore private billing for me is limited to none. However, I'm a person who is very familiar with the medicare codes. And therefore, I utilize 965, 967 almost everyday. I'm pushing more for health assessments and HMRs as well - this is underdone by me.…
I’m an accountant in rural area (R3 classification) with a lot of similar clients working (probably 30+), we also see the books of city based docs. The taxable income in rural areas goes up… much quicker than in the city. One of our local on-call GP’s cleared $1 million taxable income in 2022 (not including income…
With GP you can always choose what you do, private or public practice, can do ED, Derm, Mental Healthcare Plan, OBGYN, or Anaesthetics. You can also be a VMO in a hospital, on call and cover wards in rural areas. You might be asled to work nights and be on call. You can also work in academics, population health to…
I’ve managed a group of general practices in rural areas and it wasn’t an unusual occurrence for a Fellowed GP to clear 500K per year, working 4/5 days per week. Knowing this and reading OP story makes me wonder why not more education providers offer programs for rural residents with no barriers of entry into Med. If…
Do at least PGY1/2 in hospital as usual. When you’re on ACRRM or RACGP-RG, you can then either do AST or go straight into community. The traditional pathway was to do AST first because you’re already based in a hospital so there’s some continuity. However I’d strongly recommend doing your first year of community-based…
1) Yes and Yes. The irony is that once you fellow, if you were determined never to work in "traditional" general practice ever again, you could do that quite easily. A few things I've tried as a locum: \- homeless outreach clinics \-urgent care clinic work (essentially more subacute ED work) \-fast track ED (as a…
The most important message for a new GP registrar: the NTCER is the minimum. Whenever you see NTCER, replace it with "minimum wage." Just like a lot of people don't accept minimum wage for other jobs, you shouldn't feel obligated to do so either. There's a massive shortage of GPs and GP registrars. Accepting minimum…
$142140 for second year reg in Tassie. They have some very limited GP reg spots at this salary as well through their single employer model pilot
Probably one of the only specialties left outside of anaesthetics and psych that have a reasonable chance of getting a job in metro centres. It's gotten to the point where although I love ED I can't recommend it to people to specialise in unless they are prepared to permanently move to a regional/rural centre. You…
Sounds like you'll love being a GP. I've been doing it for 14 years and love the variety, the minor procedures, and the gratitude of my patients for just doing my job. My work is my happy place and I take 3 weeks off a year because that's all I need, and I'm itching to get back to work after a week off. I don't know if…
It's a lot of work to supervise a first term GPR as a GP. And the pay is terrible. I think like most things in GP, for a long time we just gave a bit extra, but the system treats us like we are salaried drs, when we are paid per consult. So it doesn't surprise me that there are less and less placements
I have an uncommon ARST, and I run a rural hospital. I recruit rural doctors, and I source locums too. Right now, the job prospects are ridiculously good. I get interesting and very well remunerated job offers about once a week, including before I fellowed. I make more and work better hours than my friend who is a…
I did it as a non-owner GP for a year but it wasn't really worth it, though it was mostly enjoyable. First years especially take more work and it's essentially a pay cut to take one on which is a shame.
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/regional/Pages/rgsep.aspx Check out the RG single employer pathway. The RGSEP team are awesome. Also recommend you contact RACGP-RG or ACRRM team for career planning advice. They'll be super helpful and can answer all your questions related to your personal circumstances.
I’m really sorry that you’re finding it hard to access the GP for financial reasons, none of us want the including the hard working GPs. What the public don’t understand is it’s the government rebate that the GPs get if they bulk bill you (so you don’t have to pay out of pocket) which is not enough. With the money from…
Much harder to locum as a RG without your fellowship. Earnings are impossible to estimate as it depends on your FTE, whether doing public or private, where you work and so on
> The strong result for GP training was enabled by close coordination between the RACGP and Department of Health and Aged Care and the flexibility of the Government’s training contract with the RACGP. Dr Higgins also praised the Government’s rapid support for College requests to enable more junior doctors to take up…
Im an RG reg and I do. You do hear of it in RG. But its not with a typical job, its by getting an SMO job during training. Outside of that, no state has base salaries for registrars anywhere near that, so youd have to be doing some insane overtime, or have a second job.
I did 320k taxable as a second year GP reg with about 10 hours of overtime. And 210k taxable as a first year GP reg 38 hours a week only (but we essentially worked about 30 hours a week due to mandatory teaching). No overtime.
There’s a huge difference between private and bulk billing. Fully private for working 28-30 patient contact hours per week on average doing procedures like IUDs and skin cancer medicine with 6-7 weeks off per year I was earning over $320k gross. I billed over $500 per hour at 35% overhead. There are plenty of older…
Rural GP reg + hospital. ED AST. $500k
GP. 280k
Text. Polite nudge. Don't assume the worst. Most consultants are stupidly busy. "Hi Dr X, Thank you so much for being my referee for Y. The application is due Z. I was just checking if there was anything I could do to help? I sent the form to your work email. Thanks again. I am so grateful"!
You’re still a good doctor. That consultant was probably an asshat and coward; pretending to smile and saying that they’ll be your referee and then backstabbing you. If you’re not going to give a good reference or have concerns about a student or trainee, then have the decency to tell the person directly that you…
I see it. It happens. Usually in the form of faint praise. And almost always because it's an honest assessment, not something Machiavellian. I just ask directly if they feel comfortable giving a strong reference in the first place. NB not a reference, but a strong reference.
I would recommend the AdvDRANZCOG if working as an Unaccredited Reg, if you want a backup plan and really keen on Obs - that way you can transition to being a GP Obs in regional/rural settings (note Gold Coast University Hospital recently had a GP Obs role at the main site).
My anecdotal advice is; do the ADF scheme if you’re happy to be a GP or rural generalist, but it’s not a good option if you’re wanting to keep your options open.
It sounds like you’re over valuing going to theatre as the only way to learn. There is a standard pathway through medicine that requires you to be a junior doctor. It’s not unreasonable work. If anything it’s better than it has ever been.
Dunno man I’m one of these IMGs. I’ve done urgent care training in NZ and GP training in the UK. I’m now working in a semi rural setting in a hard to recruit place. I recon I’m doing alright by the people who live here
I left my training program and I feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulders I’m PGY 3 this year, I had gone through all six years of medical school thinking I wanted to be a GP because it seemed like hospital work wasn’t for me, and I wanted some work life balance.
My dad is a pgy28 unaccredited rural generalist registrar who, despite, 3 PhDs, being the founder of the RFDS, recipient of a Nobel peace prize, academy award, an OAM and a purple heart is still yet to get tapped on the shoulder.
Several towns across South Australia will offer GPs up to $10,000 in a bid to attract more doctors to regional areas under a new pay deal. > >Mount Pleasant, Kapunda, Eudunda, Barmera, Meningie, Mannum, Renmark, Waikerie, Bordertown, Kingston, Millicent, Penola, Clare and Hawker are among the 32 towns that will…
This also comes with the lower income that ADF health careers pay, while they may be competitive, in the areas you’ll be serving a civvie GP will be getting paid a lot more since they’re rural.
Rural Generalist is not a protected term, although I believe ACRRM are pushing to have this changed. Currently you can be a FRACGP and work with a rural generalist scope, however the rural generalist qualifications are FACRRM or FRACGP-RG (used to be called FARGP). A PHO is an unaccredited reg. Pathway wise you can…
Hi all, I am currently in the ADF and have been offered a place on the Graduate Medical Scheme which is great because I'll keep my salary and benefits; however, I will have to give back 5 years after PGY2 and most likely can only pursue the GP/Rural Generalist pathway.
Move, tons of GP training roles in the country areas. They will organise your hospital year to get to speed and U can do tons of psych in GP
9 people, counts not rates; median 2.5 yr to getting on from the 3 whose start and outcome both fell inside the dump.
In PGY2 (currently): I will get 10wks ED, 10wks Ward Call, 10wks Cardiothoracics, 10wks OBGYN, 5wks Rural (Reg level). For PGY3 I was thinking of doing a crit care year (ICU, Anaesthetics, ED). I…comment ↗
Im currently a PGY 2 and on the RACGP pathway, and wanted to get an idea of what’s available. Would you reccomend starting out in private billing as a GPT 1 from the get go? Also any tips for getting…comment ↗
Currently a PGY2 and just started a 10 week rural term (400km from nearest base hospital). Being employed as a PHO (reg level), which includes ward work, ED work, and solo nights (SMO available via p…comment ↗
have transitioned to 0.5 FTE in a MedTech role working in AI integration. Pros: No annoying patients Working on big projects Creative problem solving (not just following a guideline) Complete port…comment ↗
I’m in private billing clinic (regional), 1 month into GPT1 and already on $3k a week at 0.75fte. So on track for ~150k this year already, doing part-time, with no weekends. Doing a side gig for anot…comment ↗
I was an ED AT before defecting to GP. Never looked back, and it's been one of the best decisions of my life. You can only get one year maximum of RPLE for RACGP. This means that if you get a FACE…comment ↗
I'm GPT4. I got P4 on the AKT and KFP. Do NOT get Murtagh. Completely useless. I bought a copy and never opened it. Use Australian based guidelines, eTG, RCH, STI Handbook, and the more recent AJGP…comment ↗
I'm a new fellow, and I've looked at contracts all over Australia. Nothing comes close to Queensland. Best pay in the country, and it has a very well-developed RG training pathway if you want to go d…comment ↗
I was the rural GP registrar who wrote about my remuneration. I'm now a fellow and cleared over 500K last financial year. The potential is high, but the good jobs are getting saturated and harder to…comment ↗
I used to be an ICU registrar, and I left because the consultant job market is abysmal, the work is fun but stressful, and the pay isn't that much better than comparable consultant jobs (including RG…comment ↗
I'm a GP Reg in a town of 1000 people. Sporting clubs are the lifeblood of all small towns and all social life is tied to it. Doesn't matter your skill level, people love that the new doc is having a…comment ↗
I applied in internship and have no regrets at all. My 2c You don't need to study for the entrance exam, if you did med school in Australia you'll be absolutely fine. I did my exam straight after a n…comment ↗
I am a RACGP-RG trainee and went through this conundrum a few years ago. For perspective, I work in a fairly busy MMM5 practice who provides the only doctors (including obstetrics and anaesthetics) f…comment ↗
Thanks to the awesome income of rural GP Reg (and the fact there's not much to spend my money on in a town of 1000 people and my rent here is free), I'm now PGY5 and will pay off my mortgage by the e…comment ↗
I'm a GP working 4 days a week in a skin cancer clinic and am doing flaps and grafts daily. I'm currently getting my Masters and have found the education invaluable, especially in dermoscopy.comment ↗
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