Glossary

Glossary

Searching for a GP job in Australia includes the use of a lot of specialist terminology. Its summarised here, to help you navigate the system.
19AA Medicare legislation designed to recognise and support general practice as a vocational specialty
19AB Medicare legislation restricting overseas trained doctors from accessing Medicare benefits unless they work in certain locations and meet eligibility requirements under the Health Insurance Act of  1973
ACRRM Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AGPT Australian General Practice Training program. The AGPT program is a postgraduate vocational training program for medical graduates wishing to pursue a career in general practice and/or rural and remote medicine in Australia.
AMC Australian Medical Council (AMC) is an independent national standards and assessment body for medical education and training.
DPA Distribution Priority Area (previously District of Workforce Shortage (DWS))
FSP Fellowship Support Program (replacing   Practice Experience Program PEP)
HWC Health Workforce Certificate, required for OTDs to apply for a temporary visa, or permanent residency. Administered by the Visas for GPs Program
IMG International Medical Graduate. Medical Practitioners whose medical qualifications are from a medical school outside of Australia or New Zealand.
MM level Modified Monash level (Measure of remoteness for a location)
OTD Overseas Trained Doctors and foreign graduates are health professionals who attained their medical qualification outside Australia or New Zealand, or who weren’t citizens when they enrolled in medical school.
RGTS Rural General Training Scheme
RVTS Rural Vocational Training Scheme
RACGP Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
RACGP fellowship exam #1 AKT Applied Knowledge Test (computer-based assessment)
RACGP fellowship exam #2 KFP Key Feature Problems (assessment of clinical reasoning)
RACGP fellowship exam #3 CCE Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) (replaced Remote Clinical Exam (RCE), and Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE))

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