Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4100
Extension of the Specialist Training Program - Supporting Rural Specialists in Australia and Medical Physicists Support
The Specialist Training Program (STP) extends vocational training for non-General Practice specialist registrars into settings outside traditional metropolitan teaching hospitals, including regional, rural and remote communities and private health facilities. The program aims to improve the quality of the future specialist workforce by providing registrars with exposure to a broader range of healthcare settings known as “expanded settings”. STP also aims to have a positive influence on future workforce distribution. The Supporting Rural Specialists in Australia program and the Medical Physicists Support program are elements of the Specialist Training Program.
The Supporting Rural Specialist in Australia program provides rural specialists with access to professional support and training opportunities not available in their region. This includes providing support and training via online learning programs and conducting annual individual funding rounds.
The Medical Physicists Support Program supports the training, education and assessment of medical physicists (including radiopharmaceutical scientists) and includes direct and indirect support for medical physicist trainees.
The purpose of this grant is to extend current funding arrangements for the Supporting Rural Specialists in Australia Program and Medical Physicists Support Program elements of the STP for a further 12 months to continue to support the provision of specialist medical workforce training in 2021.
As this is an ad hoc/one off grant opportunity only the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (SRSA) (ABN: 46 101 213 478) and the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (MPS) (ABN: 44 005 379 162) are eligible to receive this grant.
$5,333,750.00
The eligible organisations are not required to submit an application for this grant opportunity.