FARGP online course inadequate: ACRRM

The RACGP recently laun­ched the updated FARGP program and said the revised model included 12 months of advanced rural skills training and a six-month community-based project available to GPs and GP registrars as an inter­active online program.

However registrars will be able to seek exemption for components already undertaken, allowing the course to be completed in less time.

Dr Kathy Kirkpatrick, RACGP National Rural Faculty chair, told MO the faculty had “completely