Life Fellowship

Life Fellowship is the highest and most prestigious award of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. It is reserved for Fellows who have rendered outstanding and meritorious service to the College or to those who have made a contribution of international significance to Rural and Remote Medicine. Life Fellowship is limited to ten Fellows at any one time, and no more than two Fellows may be admitted in any one financial year (1 July to 30 June).

Recipients will have ongoing membership subscriptions to the College waived and maintain full voting rights.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

Honorary Fellowship

Honorary Fellowships may be awarded to medical practitioners, or in very special or unusual circumstances, non-medical persons who have provided a significant contribution to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and/or the discipline of Rural and Remote Medicine and/or services to the field of education, research or general service to the health of rural communities. It is limited to 20 persons at any one time, and no more than two people may be admitted in any one year (1 July to 30 June).

Recipients who are not members of the College will received honorary membership status without voting rights. Recipients who are already members will have ongoing membership subscriptions waived and maintain full voting rights.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

Honorary Membership

Honorary Membership recognises exceptional and/or significant service to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and/or rural and remote medicine. Honorary Membership may be awarded to persons who do not have a registrable medical qualification.

Recipients of this award will receive honorary membership status of the College. They will not pay subscription fees but will not hold voting rights.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

The Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award

The Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award recognises members or Fellows who have provided outstanding advocacy and medical service to their community to ensure the maintenance of the highest quality of generalist skills, including (or especially) procedural practice. This award is offered in honour of the late Dr Peter Graham, AO, who passed away in 2008, aged 80. Peter provided dedicated service as a doctor to Cohuna, in rural Victoria, for nearly 50 years.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

RDAA / ACRRM Rural Registrar of the Year

If you know a rural registrar who deserves to be recognised for their dedication to their community or to the advancement of rural health, nominate her or him for the the Rural Registrar of the Year award. The award carries a plaque, citation, and $2,000 - and of course, national recognition of peers and senior practitioners.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

Distinguished Service Awards

Distinguished Service Awards recognise those Fellows, Members or non-medical persons who have provided a specific and/or significant and/or long-standing contribution to Rural and Remote Medicine and/or general service to the rural community.

Nominations will open later in 2013.

ACRRM President's Rural Student Prize

The ACRRM President's Prize is awarded to one Rural Student Club Member attending the annual National Undergraduate Rural Health Conference.

The prize covers cost of flights/travel to and from, and accommodation in, a remote area placement of the student's choice. The placement would be at a time suitable to the student, and be taken in a practice available in, or close to an area the student might choose to go. Once the recipient has indicated their choice of area, ACRRM will make all the arrangements.

Previous recipients of this prize have had an exciting, hugely informative and a rewarding time in places such as Christmas Island, Bamaga and Thursday Island. They were given the opportunity to experience remote practice first hand, and from all reports, an experience that they feel will benefit them throughout their careers.