Member Opportunities

GPSA invites you to share your general practice supervision experiences and ENGAGE with us to influence change, ensuring our supports and advocacy efforts are fit for purpose and directed toward improving satisfaction, wellbeing, and workforce retention!

This survey is open to supervisors, GPs, PMs and others who support learners in general practice.

We estimate that checkbox items will take approximately 15-20 mins to complete. Participation will be allocated 1 hour ‘Reviewing Performance’ CPD time.

Your input is invaluable and plays a crucial role in guiding our collective efforts to improve GP training.

Thank you for your contribution to this important process!

Are you, or someone you know, looking for a challenging, diverse and highly rewarding medical career? Now is the time to start your GP or Rural Generalist journey. ​

Applications to train with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in the 2026 Australian General Practice Training Program are now open until Tuesday 8 April 2025. ​

Have it all with general practice. Discover a career you can tailor to your own interests, find diverse clinical experiences and build meaningful patient relationships. ​

Apply now on the RACGP website (www.racgp.org.au/agpt) or contact the RACGP for more information on becomeagp@racgp.org.au.

Applications open: 3 March – 8 April

Gamadji nanggit means ‘emerging leader’ in Woi Wurrung, the language of the Wurundjeri people, and this scholarship is designed to support the leadership skills of the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychiatrists.

Scholarship recipients join the AMA Victoria Emerging Leader Professional Development Program, which supports early career doctors to develop skills and strategies for enacting effective leadership in their everyday work, and preparing them to step into leadership positions in the future.

To apply, visit https://www.ranzcp.org/grants-awards-giving/grants/research-grants/gamadji-nanggit-scholarship. Applications close March 31 2025.

This year, the College of Intensive Care Medicine is offering a grant for one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander medical student or junior doctor interested in intensive care to attend our Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Hobart from 29-31 May.

This opportunity will allow you to learn about intensive care and meet other specialists. The scholarship will cover flights, accommodation, and registration costs. More information about the ASM is available via the link.

Please provide your name, cultural identity, the university you study at/hospital you work at, and 150 words on why you are interested in pursuing a career in intensive care.

Support for Rural Specialists in Australia (SRSA) is a grant program funding completion of CPD activities including courses, workshops, and conferences. The program is currently accepting applications for CPD activities to be completed between July and December 2025. To be eligible to apply, you must:
◦ Be a non-GP specialist, or an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander specialist trainee
◦ Live and work in a regional, rural, or remote area (MM2-MM7)
Applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander specialists and trainees are prioritised. For more details, visit the SRSA website, contact admin@ruralspecialist.org.au, or phone (02) 9256 5496.

Available Now: Partial scholarships for women in the Health Industry ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 per person, for one of four leadership and workplace skill development programs.

These scholarships are aimed at encouraging more women to increase their impact at work, progress their career, and step into leadership roles.

Registrations of interest close on Friday 28 March 2025. Apply here: https://www.wla.edu.au/industry/health/

Applications for dermatology registrar training positions, 2026

Applications are invited for registrar training positions in dermatology in the training program of The Australasian College of Dermatologists, to commence in 2026.

Full details of the selection process can be found on the College website www.dermcoll.edu.au / Health Professionals / Becoming A Dermatologist / Australian Medical Graduates.

The College has a designated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander training position available in the Training Program intake for 2026. For information, visit the College website: www.dermcoll.edu.au / For Health Professionals / Becoming A Dermatologist / Aboriginal and Torres Strait I

The RVEEH offers a medical elective program for medical students in their final year of study. These are for 4-6 weeks of clinical attachment in ophthalmology. Appointments are made on a rolling basis, depending on availability of clinicians to supervise.

In the financial year 2024/25 two funded places will be available to AIDA members. Please contact the Education Officer to enquire further: medicalelectives.observers@eyeandear.org.au