Regional Training Hubs
WA Regional Training Hubs is a component of the Australian Department of Health's Integrated Rural Training Pipeline for Medicine. The initiative aims to expand post-graduate training opportunities within the regions and produce a future medical workforce that has been locally trained to service regional, rural and remote communities around Australia.
We help shape your career in rural medicine
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How we can support you
Explore our Hubs
Kimberley & Pilbara
This Training Hub has offices situated in Broome and Karratha. We offer outreach at the RCSWA locations in Derby, Kununurra, and Port Hedland.
Our Medical Coordinators live within the Kimberley- Pilbara region and work in the fields of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, anaesthetics, emergency medicine, general practice, obstetrics, palliative care, public health, and tropical medicine.
Training opportunities in Kimberley & Pilbara
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For Students
- RCSWA Penultimate Year Program – Broome, Derby, Karratha, Kununurra, and Port Hedland
- RCSWA Final Year Program – Broome
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For Junior Doctors
Training opportunities will be listed in the near future, for now please contact us directly on [email protected]
Plan your career with our Medical Coordinators
Kimberley & PILbara Hub
Graeme Fitzclarence
Graeme is a rural generalist and proceduralist, and a fellowed GP with advanced special skills in emergency medicine, anaesthetics and palliative care. He is the Director of Clinical Training at Karratha Health Campus and is often found travelling throughout the Pilbara due to his palliative care responsibilities. Graeme was inspired to develop a career in medicine by his childhood doctor from the Wheatbelt and his GP wife. He enjoys the rural and remote lifestyle and the variety that it brings to his work.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love to see the clinical growth and maturation of students throughout the year. Their memories and friendships last forever.
Midwest & Goldfields Hub
Angela Glen
Angela is a GP anaethetist based in Geraldton. She completed her graduate medical training in Fremantle before relocating to Geraldton. After a term of GP training in the region, she had such a fantastic time that she decided to settle there permanently. Angela shares her time between teaching RCSWA students, anaesthetics, general practice and Regional Training Hubs.
What I love about the RCSWA
I enjoy working with like-minded doctors who share my passion for rural medicine and for mentoring medical students.
Great Southern, Wheatbelt & South West Hub
Lorri Hopkins
For most of her career Lorri has worked in Albany as a rural GP and medical educator for remote and rural generalist GP registrars. She is involved with RCSWA to assist with developing rural pathways for general practice. She loves the change of rural medicine as well as the light bulb moments she sees with students and registrars.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love working with like-minded colleagues who are dedicated to supporting the training of rural doctors.
Midwest & Goldfields
This Training Hub has offices situated in Esperance and Geraldton. We offer outreach at the RCSWA locations in Carnarvon and Kalgoorlie.
Our Medical Coordinators live within the Mid West - Goldfields region and work in the fields of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, anesthetics, endocrinology, emergency medicine, general practice, obstetrics, and paediatrics.
Training opportunities in Midwest & Goldfields
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For Students
- RCSWA Penultimate Year Program - Carnarvon, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie
- RCSWA Final Year Program – Geraldton and Kalgoorlie
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For Junior Doctors
Training opportunities will be listed in the near future, for now please contact us directly on [email protected]
Plan your career with our Medical Coordinators
Midwest & Goldfields Hub
Angela Glen
Angela is a GP anaethetist based in Geraldton. She completed her graduate medical training in Fremantle before relocating to Geraldton. After a term of GP training in the region, she had such a fantastic time that she decided to settle there permanently. Angela shares her time between teaching RCSWA students, anaesthetics, general practice and Regional Training Hubs.
What I love about the RCSWA
I enjoy working with like-minded doctors who share my passion for rural medicine and for mentoring medical students.
Great Southern, Wheatbelt & South West Hub
Lorri Hopkins
For most of her career Lorri has worked in Albany as a rural GP and medical educator for remote and rural generalist GP registrars. She is involved with RCSWA to assist with developing rural pathways for general practice. She loves the change of rural medicine as well as the light bulb moments she sees with students and registrars.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love working with like-minded colleagues who are dedicated to supporting the training of rural doctors.
Kimberley & PILbara Hub
Graeme Fitzclarence
Graeme is a rural generalist and proceduralist, and a fellowed GP with advanced special skills in emergency medicine, anaesthetics and palliative care. He is the Director of Clinical Training at Karratha Health Campus and is often found travelling throughout the Pilbara due to his palliative care responsibilities. Graeme was inspired to develop a career in medicine by his childhood doctor from the Wheatbelt and his GP wife. He enjoys the rural and remote lifestyle and the variety that it brings to his work.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love to see the clinical growth and maturation of students throughout the year. Their memories and friendships last forever.
Great Southern, Wheatbelt & South West
This Training Hub has offices situated in Albany, Bunbury and Narrogin. We offer outreach at the RCSWA locations in Bridgetown, Busselton, and Northam.
Our Medical Coordinators live within the Southwest - Great Southern - Wheatbelt region and work in the fields of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, anesthetics, emergency medicine, general practice, obstetrics, palliative care, and psychiatry.
Training opportunities in Great Southern, Wheatbelt & South West
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For Students
- RCSWA Penultimate Year Program – Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Esperance, Narrogin, Northam, Warren Blackwood
- RCSWA Final Year Program – Albany and Bunbury
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For Junior Doctors
Training opportunities will be listed in the near future, for now please contact us directly on [email protected]
Plan your career with our Medical Coordinators
Great Southern, Wheatbelt & South West Hub
Lorri Hopkins
For most of her career Lorri has worked in Albany as a rural GP and medical educator for remote and rural generalist GP registrars. She is involved with RCSWA to assist with developing rural pathways for general practice. She loves the change of rural medicine as well as the light bulb moments she sees with students and registrars.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love working with like-minded colleagues who are dedicated to supporting the training of rural doctors.
Kimberley & PILbara Hub
Graeme Fitzclarence
Graeme is a rural generalist and proceduralist, and a fellowed GP with advanced special skills in emergency medicine, anaesthetics and palliative care. He is the Director of Clinical Training at Karratha Health Campus and is often found travelling throughout the Pilbara due to his palliative care responsibilities. Graeme was inspired to develop a career in medicine by his childhood doctor from the Wheatbelt and his GP wife. He enjoys the rural and remote lifestyle and the variety that it brings to his work.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love to see the clinical growth and maturation of students throughout the year. Their memories and friendships last forever.
Midwest & Goldfields Hub
Angela Glen
Angela is a GP anaethetist based in Geraldton. She completed her graduate medical training in Fremantle before relocating to Geraldton. After a term of GP training in the region, she had such a fantastic time that she decided to settle there permanently. Angela shares her time between teaching RCSWA students, anaesthetics, general practice and Regional Training Hubs.
What I love about the RCSWA
I enjoy working with like-minded doctors who share my passion for rural medicine and for mentoring medical students.
Connect with rural champions
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Rural Doctors Speak
What's it like being a doctor in a rural town?
RCSWA Regional Training Hubs is inviting junior doctors and Rural GP Placement (RGPP) students from around WA to talk about their lives and aspirations in this Health Campus Hangout series.
High School Program
RCSWA aims to encourage and mentor regional and rural high school students who wish to study medicine or allied health professions at university. A joint venture between the University of Western Australia, Notre Dame Australia and Curtin University, our school also works collaboratively with Edith Cowan University Bunbury and the WA Country Health Service.
Destination Medicine Podcast
The Destination Medicine© podcast library has been created to assist anyone who has thought about a career as a rural doctor to make informed decisions and navigate with greater confidence a rural medical pathway. Our doctors share their candid and fascinating stories so that you, the listener, can have a better understanding of what’s involved in pursuing a rural career pathway.
Our collaborative partners
WA Country Health Service
The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is the largest country health system in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, including 45,000 Aboriginal people, over a vast two and a half million square kilometre area. The organisation comprises seven regions, with a strong network of public hospitals, health services and health centres located across rural and remote Western Australia. Our core business is the provision of quality, accessible health services to country WA residents and visitors.
Find out more: www.wacountry.health.wa.gov.au
Rural Generalist Pathway
The aim of the Rural Generalist Pathway is to streamline the training journey for aspiring Rural Generalists. Once on the pathway, trainees will be assigned a mentor who is an experienced Rural Generalist, provided with individualised career navigation, connected to our network of stakeholders and given priority access to requisite courses. The WA Rural Generalist Pathway Coordination Unit is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health under the National Rural Generalist Pathway.
Find out more: ruralgeneralist.health.wa.gov.au
Rural Doctors’ Association of Western Australia
The Rural Doctors’ Association of Western Australia is the peak professional body representing the interests of rural and remote doctors and the communities they live and work in. It is committed to building and maintaining a workforce of highly skilled and motivated rural medical practitioners which requires adequate training and proper incentives, remuneration and support.
Find out more: www.rdawa.com.au
Rural Health West
Rural Health West believes that everyone, everywhere is entitled to access to quality healthcare. We deliver programs to attract, recruit and support health professionals to regional, rural and remote WA. Rural Health West supports rural health professionals through a diverse range of programs and services including professional development such as conferences and workshops, financial support through grants and sponsorships, rural immersions, personal and family support, outreach programs, business support and advice to practices. Our personalised recruitment service helps fill roles such as rural GPs, nursing, midwifery, dental and allied health jobs – where they are needed most.
Find out more: www.ruralhealthwest.com.au
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) for setting professional medical standards for training, assessment, certification and continuing professional development in the specialty of general practice.
We are the only College in Australia dedicated to rural and remote medicine, and we play an important role in supporting junior doctors and medical students considering a career in rural medicine. We are committed to delivering sustainable, high-quality health services to rural and remote communities by providing quality education programs, innovative support, and strong representation for doctors who serve those communities.
Find out more: www.acrrm.org.au
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the voice of general practitioners in our growing cities, and throughout rural and remote Australia. For more than 60 years, the RACGP has supported the backbone of Australia’s health system by setting the standards for education and practice and advocating for better health and wellbeing for all Australians.
The pathway to fellowship with the RACGP is challenging but rewarding. Fellowship is a step towards a career where you will have the opportunity to further specialise, be faced with a diverse range of medical conditions, and have opportunities to make a difference to your patients and their communities. Start your journey with a student membership with the RACGP, which unlocks a network of support and resources.
Find out more: www.racgp.org.au
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