Things you need to know
Stages of
The Generalist Pathway
Applications open approximately March every year. You can express interest in joining the Pathway at any time.
Eligibility
Eligibility to apply for a quarantined Rural Generalist Pathway intern training position is subject to the following criteria.
Applicants must:
- Successfully complete a medical degree from an accredited Australian or New Zealand university and be in the final year of study at time of
application - Hold an applicant group status of A or B. More information is
available here. - Have received or be eligible upon graduation for provisional
medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate:
- Intent to undertake Advanced Skills Training (12-24 month duration) in: Indigenous health, mental health, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, adult internal medicine, anaesthetics or emergency medicine
- Intent to complete vocational training in a rural location.
Application Guides
- QRGP Application Requirements
- QRGP Intern Application Guide
- QRGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Intern Allocation Initiative Guide
- QRGP Intern Placement Preferencing and Ballot Guide
- QRGP Intern Special Consideration Guide
- QRGP Intern Joint Ticket Guide
- QRGP Intern Rollback Guide
- QRGP Intern Transfer Guide
- QRGP Intern Swapping and Withdrawal Guide
Key Dates
2022 Rural Generalist Intern Recruitment Campaign dates
(current as at October 2020)
The dates provided below have been determined in accordance with the Queensland Health General Intern allocation period and are subject to change.
| Event | Date |
| University presentations | Commencing February 2022: dates & locations TBA |
| Application information sessions webinar
Register interest via rural_generalist@health.qld.gov.au |
Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 12pm |
| Applications open | Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 9am |
| Applications close | Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 4pm |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander intern application initiative documentation:
requested from applicants: submission closes: |
Wednesday 23 March 2022 Friday 25 March 2022 at 4pm |
| Interviews (via Teams) | Tuesday 29 March to Tuesday 12 April 2022 |
| Pathway offers released via email from | Tuesday 19 April 2022 (possibly earlier) |
| Pathway offer acceptance closes (via email) | Two days from date of offer |
| Live preferencing | Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 May 2022 (closes 12 midday) |
| Special Consideration and Joint Ticket documentation:
requested from applicants: submission closes: |
Tuesday 10 May 2022 from 9am Tuesday 17 May 2022 at 4pm |
| Meeting of Special Consideration and Joint Ticket Committee | Thursday 26 May 2022 |
| Ballot | |
| Notification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander intern allocation initiative, Special Consideration and Joint Ticket Committee decisions | Mid July 2022: Date TBA |
| Offers released to all ‘guaranteed offer graduates’, (group A) and QRGP candidates from 10am AEST | |
| Group A & B QRGP candidates accept or decline offers via the online application system. | Mid July 2022: Date TBA |
| Roll Back process commences | Mid July 2022: Date TBA |
Note: times listed above are Queensland Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Recruitment Process
- Final year medical students apply for a Rural Generalist Intern position via an open merit application and interview process conducted by the QRGP team in advance of Queensland Health’s general intern ballot.
- Applicants successful at interview participate in the Rural Generalist Intern live preferencing process to list Rural Generalist Training Hospitals in order of preference. Where a hospital is oversubscribed at the close of live preferencing, a ballot ensues (refer Rural Generalist Intern Placement Preferencing and Balloting Guide).
- Rural Generalist Trainees are notified of the outcome of the Rural Generalist Intern Ballot on the same day that all Queensland Group A general interns receive their offer.
Training hospital locations
We offer our interns opportunities at some of Queensland’s leading hospitals, including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Redcliffe, Caboolture, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Redland and Mount Isa.
View the 2022 Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Intern positions here.
Learn more about each training hospital and what’s on offer here.
Click the map marker to view the facility profile of the training hospitals.
The Generalist Pathway provides support for doctors to attain Rural Generalist status in Queensland and our applicants go on to attain:
- Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) including completion of advanced specialised training in Indigenous Health, Mental Health, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery, Adult Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics or Emergency Medicine; and/or
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) plus Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice (FARGP) including completion of advanced specialised training in Indigenous Health, Mental Health, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery, Adult Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics or Emergency Medicine.
Both Fellowships allow Fellows to work unsupervised in general practice anywhere in Australia as they attain recognition as a general practitioner for Medicare purposes. The end of The Generalist Pathway is just the beginning of a varied and fulfilling career; explore more about which option to choose on the General Practice Training Queensland website.