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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has awarded its 2025 National Medical Student of the Year to Eiryn Twidale, from Kingaroy in Queensland’s South Burnett region.

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As a health professional working in rural or remote parts of Australia, you know all too well the challenges patients and carers can face as they navigate life with coronary heart disease. From attending medical appointments to accessing medicines and heart-healthy food, adjusting to a ‘new normal’ can be difficult.

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ACRRM is deeply saddened by the passing of Emeritus Professor John Murtagh AO, whose lifetime of service transformed the landscape of general practice and strengthened the foundations of rural and remote medicine in Australia.

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On the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is celebrating the women who keep rural and remote communities thriving — and the Rural Generalists who deliver the care that helps make it possible.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The future of healthcare across the nation’s rural, remote and First Nations communities has taken a positive leap forward today with recognition of Rural Generalist Medicine announced as a new specialty field in Australia.

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Today is a milestone day for Rural Generalists (RGs) across the nation, with their profession now formally recognised as a distinct and vital component of Australia’s healthcare system.

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ACRRM, RACGP, and Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ), have undertaken a landmark analysis, offering the first integrated national view of how medical schools are shaping the future GP workforce – particularly for regional, rural, and remote communities.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) pays tribute to the life of Dr Richard Tan, OAM. A long-standing friend of the College, Dr Tan made a lasting contribution to the community of Biloela and to the Rural Generalist profession.

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Rural Generalists are continuing to benefit from ACRRM’s new Paediatric Emergencies for Rural Generalists course—a program designed specifically to prepare doctors for the unique realities of managing critically ill children in rural and remote practice.

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New figures from the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) reveal healthcare spending on rural, remote, and First Nations people has fallen further behind, with the shortfall growing by $110 per person.

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Nearly 200 Rural Generalist Supervisors — the doctors who guide, mentor, and inspire the next generation of rural, remote and First Nations doctors — have travelled from Australia’s farthest-flung corners to the heart of Sydney this week.

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Looking for a rewarding rural GP or VMO role? Ochre Health are actively seeking expressions of interest from Rural Generalists and ACRRM Registrars across Tasmania—including Smithton, St Marys, Scottsdale, Queenstown, and the remote Flinders and King Islands.

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