Procedural Training > Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Doctors enrolling in the Program are targeted from the following groups:

a) Registrars enrolled in vocational General Practice Training

The Program is flexible and available to all GP Registrars. It allows registrars different points of entry to enable them to access procedural skills training at any time during their overall general practice training.

Currently, GP Registrars are required to complete 12 months of hospital training (PGY2 or above) and 2 years of general practice - the 2 years in general practice can include 6 months of special skills training. The Program can be incorporated into parts of the hospital training, extended skills training or the ARSP training requirement enabling maximum vertical integration.

As part of the overall coordination of the Program, RTPs are able to integrate training with terms where the skills obtained can be utilised and further developed.

b) Rural General Practitioners

This program is available to all rural GPs wanting to acquire or maintain procedural skills. GPs who wish to undertake procedural training are likely to have established practices and therefore training is flexible to allow them to work part time in their practice. Training should be appropriate to the service needs of the community in which they intend to practice.

c) Metropolitan based Registrars / vocationally registered GPs proposing to take up rural practice

Recruiting doctors from this group to the Program will assist in addressing rural General Practice workforce shortages.

d) Conditionally registered Overseas Trained Doctors currently working in Area of Need Positions

This program is available to permanent resident overseas trained doctors who are currently working in an Area of Need position in NSW and have the support of their employer.

Those doctors who have previous experience in procedural medicine may particularly benefit from locally relevant training available through the Program.

To ensure that applications for training match the service needs of the community; a letter of support from the employer will be required to ensure eligibility for the Program. The Area of Need position will then need to be modified to incorporate the proposed training, and an application will need to be made to the NSW Medical Board to approve an extension of conditional registration to include the training position.

Permanent resident overseas trained doctors who have their FRACGP and are designated by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency “to work specifically as a specialist in general practice” may also be considered for entry into the program.