About the Fellowship placement process
Through a robust Fellowship training and education program, ACRRM is committed to providing the right doctors in the right places with the right skills to ensure rural and remote communities have access to high-quality healthcare.
The ACRRM placement process occurs every six months. Supporting this, the College provides registrars with quality training placements in regional, rural and remote communities throughout Australia. Registrars can choose to embark on a range of placements to meet their training requirements or undertake long-term training placements to establish themselves in their community.
The opportunities are plentiful, and in every placement, ACRRM will ensure registrars are supported by their Regional Training Network of supervisors, registrar liaison officers, training network coordinators and training program advisors.
Training posts can also be confident they have access to registrars committed to working in rural and remote locations and can rely on ACRRM to assist with their accreditation requirements.
ACRRM and the RACGP are collaborating on a bi-college placement process to ensure minimal disruption to registrars and all training posts accredited by both Colleges.
If you wish to discuss your placement, please contact the placement team or continue reaching out to your regional team for support.
Find a training post
Semester 2026.2 Placement Process Dates
| Activity | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Training Capacity Collection
Training Post to update their 2026.2 training capacity. | Tuesday, 3 March 2026 | Friday, 20 March 2026 |
| Placement Questionnaire
Registrars inform ACRRM of their plans for 2026.2 training placement/s or request to enter placement preferencing to find a placement for 2026.2. | Tuesday, 3 March 2026 | Friday, 20 March 2026 |
| Capacity Release
Approved training capacity released to training posts. | Friday 10 April 2026 | |
| Preferencing - Hiatus Period
Commencement of registrar preferences process. Registrars can now view training capacity and submitted 2026.2 placement preferences. Nominated training posts to commence the interview process. No offers can be made during this period | Monday, 20 April 2026 | Friday, 24 April 2026 |
| Preferencing – Offers Open
Training Posts can commence making offers to registrars. Applications and interviews continue | Tuesday, 25 April 2026 | Monday, 1 June 2026 |
| Medicare Due Date
Medicare due date is the cut-off date in which ACRRM can guarantee a provider number application will be ready for use on the first day of the placement. If the deadline is missed, there’s no guarantee that the provider number will be processed and available in time, which could delay placement start | Monday, 1 June 2026 | |
| Training Start Date QLD | Monday, 20 July 2026 | |
| Training Start Date NSW/NT/SA/VIC/WA/TAS | Monday, 3 August 2026 | |
Semester 2027.1 Placement Process Dates
| Activity | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity Collection
Training Post submit their 2027 training capacity. | Thursday, 20 August 2026 | Wednesday, 2 September 2026 |
| Placement Questionnaire
Registrars inform ACRRM of their plans for 2027 training placement/s or request to enter placement preferencing to find a placement for 2027. | Thursday, 20 August 2026 | Wednesday, 2 September 2026 |
| Capacity Release
Approved training capacity released to training posts. | Friday, 25 September 2026 | |
| Preferencing - Hiatus Period
Commencement of registrar preferences process. Registrars can now view training capacity and submitted 2027 placement preferences. Nominated training posts to commence the interview process. No offers can be made during this period | Tuesday, 6 October 2026 | Tuesday, 13 October 2026 |
| Preferencing – Offers Open
Training Posts can commence making offers to registrars. Applications and interviews continue | Wednesday, 14 October 2026 | Monday, 30 November 2026 |
| Medicare Due Date
Medicare due date is the cut-off date in which ACRRM can guarantee a provider number application will be ready for use on the first day of the placement. If the deadline is missed, there’s no guarantee that the provider number will be processed and available in time, which could delay placement start | Monday, 30 November 2026 | |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 19/01/2026 | 19/07/2026 | QLD |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 20/07/2026 | 17/01/2027 | QLD |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | NSW |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | NSW |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | ACT |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | ACT |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | VIC |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | VIC |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | TAS |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | TAS |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | SA |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | SA |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | NT |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | NT |
| Start Date | End Date | State | |
| 2026 - Semester 1 | 02/02/2026 | 02/08/2026 | WA |
| 2026 - Semester 2 | 03/08/2026 | 31/01/2027 | WA |
How to use MyACRRM for Placement Management
Registrars can manage their placements directly through MyACRRM. Below, you'll find explainer videos on how to log in to the dashboard, update a placement profile, and complete the placement questionnaire.
How to log in, use your dashboard and complete tasks
How to complete the placement questionnaire
How to update your registrar placement profile
FAQs
Yes, as an ACRRM registrar you will be able to preference a training post.
You can search here for an ACRRM CGT accredited training post.
You can search here for an ACRRM AST accredited training post.
The ACRRM Fellowship Program is designed to train Rural Generalists. There may be times particularly for Advanced Specialised Training posts where a semi-urban placement is more suitable to provide the necessary scope of training required. Training must however be MM2-7. Applications for training in MM1 will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
Yes, ACRRM training allows registrars to move between regions providing there is training capacity.
No, where areas of need are identified in communities, a registrar may be encouraged to undertake these placements and be supported through additional incentives and payment mechanisms.
ACRRM has a Memorandum of Understanding with the ADF which focuses on supporting registrar progression to Fellowship.