ACRRM Fellowship requires 3 years of Core Generalist Training (CGT) which includes:

• 12 months in a Primary Care setting — this is your bread-and-butter rural general practice experience.
• 3 months in Emergency Care — where you’ll sharpen your acute care skills and gain confidence in managing critical cases.
• 3 months in Secondary Care — this usually means hospital-based work supporting inpatient care.
• 12 months in Rural and Remote Practice in areas classified MMM 4-7 — this is true rural generalism, where you’ll take on broader responsibilities in a lower resourced environment and serve communities with limited access to specialist care.

In addition to your core training, you’ll need clinical experience and demonstrated skills in key areas like anaesthetics, paediatrics, and obstetrics. These are essential in rural settings where you might be the only doctor available for urgent procedures or maternal and child health.

Advanced Specialised Training (AST) is a 12-month full-time training component which allows you to deepen your skills in a specific area of rural and remote practice. You can choose from the following disciplines: 

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Academic Practice
• Adult Internal Medicine
• Anaesthetics
• Emergency Medicine
• Mental Health
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Paediatrics
• Palliative Care
• Population Health
• Remote Medicine
• Surgery (24 months)

AST is where you can tailor your training to match your interests and the needs of the communities you want to serve.