Adelaide to Outback provides a flexible and high quality program, consisting of three core years, with an optional additional year for rural pathway Registrars who wish to complete advanced rural skills training.

Hospital term

A Hospital term (also referred to as four H or hospital units) is completed over twelve months, one year subsequent to the intern year, in an accredited hospital.

All Registrars are required to undertake mandatory rotations in general medicine, general surgery, paediatrics and emergency medicine.

They must also include in their rotations (over their intern and following years) at least three of the following areas: psychiatry, geriatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology, urology, dermatology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation, orthopaedics, anaesthetics and/or infectious diseases. Other rotations may be completed by approval of a Medical Educator.

Adelaide to Outback is currently pursuing the option to offer Registrars in the rural pathway the opportunity to undertake some of their Hospital term in a regional hospital. Such an experience will range from rotations with a specialist while attached to a city hospital (such as paediatrics at Pt. Augusta Hospital and surgery in Whyalla), to longer placements where appropriate.

Basic GP term

The Basic GP term (also referred to as two B or Basic units) consists of six months in an accredited community teaching practice under GP supervision. This can be undertaken at either a rural or urban site, and includes three hours of in-practice teaching per week.

Advanced GP term

The Advanced GP term (also referred to as two A advanced units) consists of six months in an accredited community teaching practice still under GP supervision. This can be undertaken in either a rural or urban site and includes one and a half hours of in-practice teaching per week.

Subsequent GP term

The Subsequent term is a twelve-month term (also referred to as four G units) aimed at assisting GP Registrars to function as increasingly independent members of the General Practice professional community.

Extended Skills Posts

Registrars can choose to have up to six months of their time in a Extended Skills Post. We offer a number of Extended Skills Posts to our Registrars that reflect Australia's health priorities. These can be undertaken in either a rural or urban setting. Some of these include Aboriginal health, disability medicine, palliative care, community health, public health medicine, and academic General Practice.

Advanced Rural Skills Posts

The RACGP and ACRRM state that for Registrars to gain the skills necessary to practice in a rural or remote setting, special rural skills posts need to be completed. We offer a number of these types of posts, ranging from six to twelve months in length, in obstetrics, paediatrics, anaesthetics, surgery and emergency medicine.