On World Mental Health Day (10 October 2025), ACRRM is calling attention to the vital role of Rural Generalists in making mental health care accessible, trusted, and connected.
Innisfail doctor Sabiena van Es has been selected to attend a prestigious national leadership program for rural doctors, hosted by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
Dr Jessica Morgan, a Rural Generalist registrar from Geraldton, has been named the 2025 Western Australian Registrar of the Year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
Dr Erin Wright, a Rural Generalist registrar with a background in paediatrics, has been named the 2025 Victorian Registrar of the Year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
Dr David Owusu Sekyere, a Rural Generalist registrar based in southern Tasmania, has been named the 2025 Tasmanian Registrar of the Year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
Dr Carrie Davenport, a Rural Generalist registrar and medical educator based in Port Macquarie, has been named the 2025 New South Wales Registrar of the Year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
Dr Carolyn Belonogoff, a Rural Generalist registrar and provisional Senior Medical Officer at Babinda MPHS, has been named the 2025 Queensland Registrar of the Year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has announced the inaugural recipients of its Rural Generalist Medical Educator of the Year state awards, celebrating outstanding educators who are shaping the next generation of doctors working in rural, remote, and First Nations communities.
Outstanding doctors who embody the skill, dedication, and community spirit of Rural Generalist Medicine have been recognised with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2025 Rural Generalist of the Year state awards.
Exceptional medical students showing a clear pathway towards a career as a Rural Generalist have been recognised as the recipients of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2025 Medical Student of the Year state awards.
Across Australia, Rural Generalist registrars are making their mark in hospitals, clinics, and communities — and six of them have now been honoured with the 2025 Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Registrar of the Year state awards.
Roma will host a major celebration on 2–3 October as the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway (QRGP) marks 20 years since its beginnings.
Returning to the “spiritual home” of rural generalism in Queensland, this milestone event promises to be both a reunion and a forward-looking gathering.
We are delighted to confirm that Health Ministers have announced Rural Generalist Medicine as a new specialty! This is a defining moment—not only for the doctors who dedicate their careers to rural, remote, and First Nations communities, but for the communities who rely on them.
Redressing disadvantage will be a central focus of the national rural doctor conference, Rural Medicine Australia 2025 (RMA25), to be held in Perth this October.