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Training and exam preparation: What to expect as an ACRRM registrar
Oct 26, 2026What to expect from ACRRM Fellowship assessment, including miniCEX, MSF, the MCQ, CBD and StAMPS, with eligibility and preparation guidance for each. -
Building healthcare around community earns Dr Ewen McPhee ACRRM national award
Oct 24, 2026When people in Emerald need specialist, allied health or complex medical care, Associate Professor Ewen McPhee AM believes the first question should be how it can be provided locally. It has also earned A/Prof McPhee the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2026 Outstanding Contribution to Rural Practice Management Award. -
Dr Jane Greacen honoured by ACRRM for contribution to First Nations healthcare
Oct 24, 2026When Dr Jane Greacen established a medical practice in Bairnsdale, local Elders helped shape everything from the environment patients would enter to the way care would be provided. The result was Dr Jane’s Place – a mainstream general practice designed to be welcoming, culturally safe and respectful for First Nations patients. -
Rural research with real-world impact earns ACRRM national award
Oct 24, 2026Queensland Rural Generalist Associate Professor Brendan Carrigan has been named the recipient of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2026 Rural Health Research Award. -
“Success has a thousand parents.” - From Jackaroo to Rural Generalist: ACRRM RG recognised for distinguished service
Oct 24, 2026Western Australian Rural Generalist Dr Graeme Fitzclarence has been named a recipient of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding contribution to rural medicine, medical education and the training of future Rural Generalists. Dr Fitzclarence was formally presented with the award at the Rural Medicine Australia 2026 gala dinner, held in Tarndanya (Adelaide) last night (23 October). -
Four Rural Generalist leaders receive ACRRM Distinguished Service Awards
Oct 19, 2026Four Rural Generalists whose leadership, clinical service and commitment to medical education have strengthened healthcare across rural, remote and First Nations communities have received Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Distinguished Service Awards. -
Hunter based Rural Generalist receives ACRRM Distinguished Service Award
Oct 19, 2026NSW Rural Generalist Dr Merran Auland has been named a recipient of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Distinguished Service Award, recognising her influential work in medical regulation, assessment, education and mentorship. -
WA doctor named ACRRM National Registrar of the Year
Oct 19, 2026Dr Revathy Carnagarin has been named the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s (ACRRM) 2026 National Registrar of the Year. The award recognises Dr Carnagarin’s commitment to patient care, medical education, leadership, and building a stronger rural medical workforce across Western Australia’s Midwest. -
Architect of ‘training in place’ receives ACRRM Distinguished Service Award
Oct 19, 2026The doctor who helped transform how medical training is delivered in Australia’s most isolated communities has been named a recipient of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Distinguished Service Award. Dr Patrick Giddings has led the Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) since it began as a pilot in 1999, championing a model that enables doctors to undertake specialist General Practice and Rural Generalist training while continuing to live and work in the communities that need them. -
Tasmanian medical educator receives national ACRRM recognition
Oct 19, 2026Tasmanian medical educator Dr Christina Carroll is recognised for her outstanding commitment to Rural Generalist training and registrar support, receiving the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s Rural Generalist Medical Educator of the Year Award. -
Nhulunbuy doctor named ACRRM National Rural Generalist of the Year
Oct 19, 2026Caring for communities across North East Arnhem Land has earnt Nhulunbuy doctor Greer Weaver the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s (ACRRM) 2026 National Rural Generalist of the Year award. -
Decades of care earn Kapunda doctor an ACRRM national award
Oct 19, 2026Kapunda, SA Rural Generalist Dr Richard Van Dissel has been named a recipient of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Distinguished Service Award, recognising almost four decades of service to rural South Australian communities. Dr Van Dissel was formally presented with the award at the Rural Medicine Australia 2026 gala dinner, held in Tarndanya (Adelaide) last night (23 October). -
Future Rural Generalist recognised for creating opportunities in remote communities
Oct 19, 2026Medicine never seemed possible for Loni Schramm. Growing up in a small Tasmanian town as the first in her family to attend university, she imagined a career as a psychologist, not a doctor. But after moving to the Northern Territory almost eight years ago and working as a counsellor supporting some of the Territory's most vulnerable people, she realised she could make an even greater difference through Rural Generalist medicine. -
Victorian doctor named inaugural ACRRM Supervisor of the Year
Oct 19, 2026When doctors choose to stay in Maryborough, Victoria, Dr Adele Van Der Merwe often has something to do with it. The Rural Generalist Anaesthetist and Director of Anaesthetics and Perioperative Medicine at Maryborough District Health Service has been named the inaugural Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) National Supervisor of the Year. -
Loud scrubs with something important to say
Oct 19, 2026The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and social impact workwear brand TradeMutt have teamed up to create a limited-edition scrub top with a serious purpose: starting conversations about doctors’ mental health. -
Have your say on new ACRRM standards for virtual care in rural and remote communities
Oct 15, 2026The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is inviting public feedback on new draft standards designed to support safe, effective and high-quality virtual care across rural and remote Australia. -
No childcare, fewer doctors: ACRRM calls for action on rural early education
Oct 15, 2026Childcare shortages are forcing Rural Generalist doctors to reduce their working hours and putting opportunities to recruit and retain essential healthcare workers at risk, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) warns. -
$9.23 billion rural health gap demands action, not another alarm
Oct 15, 2026ACRRM is calling on federal, state and territory governments to commit to funded solutions to rural healthcare inequity, as new figures reveal the annual spending gap has widened to $9.23 billion. -
Rural women’s healthcare shouldn’t require a road trip
Oct 14, 2026This International Day of Rural Women, ACRRM is calling for healthcare that’s as accessible as the communities rural women help sustain. President Dr Rod Martin says Rural Generalists can provide a broad range of women’s health services locally, without the travel, cost and time away from work and family. -
Clinicians put rural medical skills to the test in Menindee’s first Flying Doctor Skills Day
Oct 14, 2026Doctors, registrars and medical students swapped the classroom for a working property near Menindee for the inaugural Menindee Flying Doctor Skills Day, a joint RFDSSE and ACRRM initiative building the skills and connections that support rural and remote careers.