Programs & Campaigns
Programs
Implementing Rural Selection – A Guide for Medical Colleges
Attached is our newly released guide, Implementing Rural Selection: A Guide for Medical Colleges, developed in partnership with the National Rural Health Commissioner. This guidance supports the systematic inclusion of rural origin and rural experience in trainee selection processes across all specialist medical Colleges.
We know that doctors with rural backgrounds or rural training experience are significantly more likely to return to and remain in rural practice. By embedding these factors into selection, the Colleges are taking practical, coordinated steps to improve specialist access for rural and remote communities.
This national initiative represents a critical shift from intention to action aligning directly with the goals of the National Medical Workforce Strategy and the collective aspiration for equitable access to care, no matter where a person lives.
Implementing Rural Selection – A Guide for Medical Colleges
Support for Rural Specialists Australia (SRSA)
The Support for Rural Specialists in Australia (SRSA) Program helps rural communities receive a high standard of care from skilled, supported and engaged medical specialists.
The SRSA Program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care and managed by CPMC.
Through a competitive process, the SRSA program provides for annual grants to rural, non-GP specialists of up to $10,000 to access high quality CPD and networking that suits their individual needs. For more details go to www.ruralspecialsits.org.au
Campaigns
Joint Statement: Working together to achieve sustainable high-quality health care in a changing climate
The Commission, the interim CDC and Australian medical colleges are committed to supporting clinicians to deliver high-value care that protects and promotes health in a changing climate. This includes training and supporting clinicians, particularly junior doctors, to request only appropriate tests and treatments and prescribe medicines safely and appropriately. We also recognise that clinicians have a role in advocating for sustainability and supporting communities to move to a clean energy future in an equitable way.
Work to minimise wasteful health care will not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it will improve patient care, decrease harms from overdiagnosis and overtreatment, minimise the physical and mental health impacts of climate change, and prioritise care for people who need it the most.
