For Applicants

Applications for the 2010 Intake Open May 2010 

RVTS is not currently accepting applications for entry into the program. Applications for the 2011 intake open in May 2010 (exact date still to be announced). Twenty-two places are available nationally for 2011, seven more than previously thanks to additional Federal Government funding.

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Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for entry into the program applicants must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident, with Australian or New Zealand qualifications or AMC certificate.

An applicant who meets one of the following criteria may also be considered at the discretion of RVTS and dependent on the availability of places:

• A temporary resident who has applied for permanent residence and has Australian or New Zealand qualifications or the AMC Certificate.
• An Australian or New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident who has conditional or specific registration (nomenclature varies between states) and who trained overseas.
• A temporary resident in an 'Area of Need' who has conditional or specific registration (nomenclature varies between states).

In addition, all applicants must:

• currently, or at the commencement of training, work and reside in a remote location and a single doctor town, or a remote location and in a town where the medical services would be substantially compromised by their departure to undertake training;
• have an expressed interest in a career in rural and remote medical practice; and
• continue to reside and work in a rural/remote community for the majority of their training (except for approved hospital training and advanced skills posts).

The following additional criteria will also be considered in assessing applicants:

• Evidence of community support such as from the local Division of General Practice for their continued practice in the community.
• Written evidence provided by the relevant Rural Workforce Agency that the proposed training practice is in a rural or remote ‘Area of Need'.

Remote/rural practice is rural practice in communities over 80 km or 1 hour by road from a centre with no less than a continuous specialist service in anaesthesia, obstetrics and surgery and a fully-functional operating theatre.

Doctors meeting the above criteria or who anticipate that they will by the commencement of the training year in February 2011 are encouraged to apply at the next intake. 

Selection is competitive and involves written application and interview against set criteria.