Projects and grants

Driving change across specialist medicine

CPMC leads initiatives that address specialist training and practice challenges.

The projects we deliver, and grants we support, address real challenges in the healthcare system, creating solutions that benefit both the sector and the patient it serves.

This includes our work leading national Commonwealth-funded programs that strengthen specialist training pathways, accreditation, professionalism and access to high-quality specialist care.

SRSA

Retaining the specialists rural communities rely on

The Support for Rural Specialists Australia (SRSA) program supports local specialists to remain skilled, connected, and professionally supported.

Managed and delivered by CPMC, and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, SRSA supports the retention of rural specialists to continue to deliver sustainable, high-quality healthcare in rural and remote communities.

Through a competitive annual grants program, eligible rural and remote non-GP specialists can apply for up to $12,000. The program provides funding to subsidise travel and training costs so that rural specialists can access context-specific training that is often unavailable locally, gaining advanced skills that are immediately applicable within their regional health services, as well as remain connected to professional networks.

A CPMC subcommittee oversees the program’s operations, including assessing applications for each funding round, and evaluating outcomes.

By investing directly in specialist capability, SRSA contributes to better health outcomes for regional Australia.

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About SRSA

Grant Rounds

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Workforce training

Streamlining training pathways

Exploring Innovative Models to Streamline and Shorten Training Pathways

Focus: Streamlining specialist medical training pathways.
Purpose: Identify practical ways to improve efficiency while maintaining quality and safety.
Outcome: Support a flexible, future-ready specialist workforce.

Shared platform

Coordinating national accreditation IT requirements

FATES National Accreditation IT Portal Requirements

Focus: National accreditation IT requirements.
Purpose: Define the specifications for a shared accreditation platform.
Outcome: Improve coordination, efficiency and transparency across specialties.

Professionalism

Professionalism and Culture Framework

This project is currently being established to develop a shared, cross-specialty framework for medical professionalism.

Focus: Shared professional values and behaviours for medical specialists across all specialties, practice settings and career stages.
Purpose: To support reflective, ethical and respectful professional practice, while complementing existing college standards, codes of conduct and regulatory requirements.
Outcome: A high-level CPMC Professionalism Framework that strengthens professional culture, supports consistency across colleges and reinforces public trust in the medical profession.

Projects and grants

Driving change across specialist medicine

SRSA