‘Massive worry’: Will junior doctors walk away from the new GP training program?
The colleges are still in the middle of funding negotiations while trying to attract applicants
Applications for GP training open next week, but junior doctors are “still in the dark” about how the revamped scheme will be run, with fears applicant numbers will plummet as a result.
For the first time, both ACRRM and the RACGP will be given control of the Australian General Practice Training program.
But while the first applications for the 2023 intake open on Monday, the colleges and the federal Department of Health are still in the middle of funding negotiations, and contracts are yet to be signed.
It means junior doctors will be denied full information on what the training program will look like or how it will operate, according to GPRA president Dr Antony Bolton
