Useful Links

CANDIDATES

- GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

- GENERAL

- INTERNATIONAL

GENERAL PRACTICES

CANDIDATES

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Becoming a GP

• What is General Practice?
• What is Rural General Practice?
• Why Fellowship?

Doctor Connect

• Work as a Doctor in Australia
• First steps of the process to work as a GP in Australia

Becoming a GP in Australia

• Vocational Training Pathway
• Regional Training Organisation (RTO)

International Medical Graduates (IMG) in Australia

• Practice Based Assessment (PBA) 
• The General Practice Experience (Practice Eligible) pathways 
• Letter of Status 
• AMC Bridging program 

International Medical Graduates (IMG) outside Australia

• Specialist Pathway Program (SPP) 
• Pre-Employment Structured Clinical Interview (PESCI) 

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Information

• Health Professional Online Services (HPOS)
• Medicare Public Key infrastructure (PKI) – Individual Certificate
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) policy documents
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) supporting documents, tools and software
• Health professionals forms
• Health professionals help subjects

Australian Medical Council (AMC) 

AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency 

Medial Board of Australia

GENERAL

Australian Immigration and Border Protection 

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 

Australian Taxation Office 

Business Entry Point 

Doctor Connect

Queensland Health 

Australian Medical Association (AMA)

INTERNATIONAL

Doctor Connect
• The step-by-step process to be able to work in Australia as a General Medical Practitioner for International Medical Graduates (IMG)
www.doctorconnect.gov.au

AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
• Information on what is needed and how to obtain registration in Australia for International Medical Graduates (IMG)
www.ahpra.gov.au

ACRRM (Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine)
• The authorised provider for International Medical Graduate (IMG) General Practitioners (GP) needing “Area of Need” under the “Competent Authority Pathway”
www.acrrm.org.au

RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners)
• Overseas “Time Assessment” for General Medical Practitioners
www.racgp.org.au/assessment
• Pathways to fellowship which are needed if a General Medical Practitioner intends to stay permanently in Australia
www.racgp.org.au/assessment/pathways

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
• Information about Visas
www.immi.gov.au

Health Directory
• A list of private and public hospitals in Australia
http://www.healthdirectory.com.au

Medicare
• When in Australia, register with Medicare to be able to receive government payments for medical services provided
www.medicare.gov.au

GENERAL PRACTICES

(RACGP) Standards for General Practices

Doctor Connect – Map Search