Dr Pamela Gebrehiwot at Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Advanced Skills Training
Advanced Skills Training (AST) –
Can be commenced from PGY3+ in a specialist discipline.
- ACRRM – Advanced Specialised Training
- RACGP – Additional Rural Skills Training
Requirement of ACRRM training and provides the opportunity to develop an advanced skill set to provide additional services to local communities.
Options: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, adult internal medicine, anaesthetics, child & adolescent health, emergency medicine, mental health, obstetrics & gynaecology, palliative care, surgery.
Skills Consolidation –
An additional period of training that allows the rural medical practitioner who has completed advanced skills training in a specialist area to consolidate those skills, maintain or update those skills. This training is optional.
RGPSA Rural Procedural Consolidation Term Grants
These grants, valued up to $40,000, support skills consolidation posts in rural health services and rural general practice for medical practitioners to consolidate their advanced/additional skills. Visit our RGPSA Rural Procedural Consolidation Term Grants page for further information.
Dr Philippa [Pip] Knowler at Port Lincoln Hospital & Health Service
Advanced rural skills training – RACGP
AGPT registrars seeking Rural Generalist (RG) Fellowship are required to undertake ARST. The unique characteristics of rural and remote Australia offer diversity in terms of complex health presentations, and GPs with ARST can provide holistic specialist medical services (such as emergency medicine, mental health, anaesthesia and obstetrics) to their communities.
Options include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, adult internal medicine, anaesthetics, child health, emergency medicine, mental health, obstetrics, palliative care, surgery and academic post.
Advanced specialised training – ACRRM
Deepen your knowledge and skills in a procedural or non-procedural discipline expanding your professional scope and and clinical privileging in hospitals, access to additional Medical Benefits Scheme item numbers as well as contributing to and expanding the pool of medical services in rural and remote communities. Having advanced skills is an essential component of being a Rural Generalist.
Different AST training options are available depending on the Training Pathway being undertaken and the needs of the local community. Other specialities may also be available. AST positions will be advertised through the SA MET application process. See key dates and links below.
Contact us to discuss your career goals so that rural AST/ARST positions can be developed to meet our rural trainees needs and for specific advice on advanced skill training in South Australia.
| Speciality area | College | Positions |
| Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Health | ACRRM RACGP |
CALHN |
| Academic Practice | ACRRM RACGP |
Contact us |
| Adult Internal Medicine | ACRRM RACGP |
Riverland Academy Clinical Excellence |
| Anaesthetics (DRGA) | ACRRM RACGP |
Limestone Coast Training Network Flinders and Upper North Training Network SALHN, CALHN and NALHN |
| Child Health | RACGP | Contact us |
| Emergency Medicine | ACRRM RACGP |
Riverland Academy Clinical Excellence Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN CALHN |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRANZCOG, Adv DRANZCOG) |
ACRRM RACGP |
Riverland Academy Clinical Excellence Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN Eyre and Far North Training Network Flinders and Upper North Training Network WCH, NALHN at LMH and SALHN at FMC |
| Mental Health | ACRRM RACGP |
Riverland Academy Clinical Excellence |
| Paediatrics | ACRRM | W&CH |
| Palliative Care | ACRRM RACGP |
NALHN at LMH |
| Population Health | ACRRM | Contact us |
| Remote Medicine | ACRRM | York and Northern LHN Contact Us |
| Surgery | ACRRM (2 years) RACGP |
NALHN at LMH |
The RGPSA is in the process of identifying and increasing the numbers and specialist areas of AST training positions available in rural and remote SA matched to communities local health needs.
Left to right: Dr Yee Min Kong, Dr Yee Ching 'Olivia' Ong
Eligibility criteria
AST posts are open to applicants from the following medical practitioners:
- Rural Generalist registrars on a recognised training pathway such as the:
- Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT)
- Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Independent pathway
- Fellowed General Practitioners (FRACGP) obtaining advanced Skills Training to sub-specialise as a Rural Generalist. FRACGP applicants are required to have enrolled in the Fellowship of Advanced Rural General Practice (FARGP) prior to commencement in the Advanced Skills Training position.
- Existing Rural Generalists (FACRRM or FARGP) who would like to undertake a second advanced skill to fill an identified community need. Please note that where positions are limited, priority may be given to trainees obtaining their first advanced skills Training post.
All applicants must declare if they are in receipt of other training or research grants which they may be simultaneously receiving during the Advanced Skills Training period.
How to apply
AST positions will be advertised on the SA Health Careers Website.
For more information about the applications process the RGCU can support you to plan your AST in line with your College requirements. Contact us to discuss your needs.
Key dates |
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| Advanced skills EOIs open | TBA June 2023 |
| Advanced skills EOIs close | TBA July 2023 |
| Referee close date | TBA July 2023 |
| Preference reorder option closes | TBA August 2023 |
| Offers commence | TBA September 2023 |
Relevant links |
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| SAMET PGY2+ and beyond | Link to external site |
| SA Health Careers | Link to external site |
| Advanced Skills Positions | Link to external site |
| GPEx | Link to external site |
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