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Explore psychiatry in rural locations
Whether you are starting out in your medical career, arriving in Australia with specialist skills or a RANZCP Fellow looking to relocate, practising psychiatry in a rural location offers a unique and fulfilling clinical experience.
The RANZCP, in collaboration with the Australian Government, funds programs to assist trainees and Fellows to live and work in rural Australia.
Training in a rural location isn’t a separate Fellowship, it enhances the standard RANZCP program so you can complete all or most stages in rural settings.
The Support for Rural Specialists program helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access educational opportunities. SRSA is an initiative of the Department of Health, managed by the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC).
Practising in a rural location offers breadth across acute care, community teams, telepsychiatry, child and youth, older persons, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and addiction.
RANZCP has tailored information and resources to improve understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health, including The Dance of Life by Professor Helen Milroy, 2006.
Access rural context e-learning modules and dedicated exam support.
Professional orientation to psychiatry in a rural location
Rural, unpacked with the Rural Champions webinar
Pathways to success: written exam support for trainees in rural locations
Australasian Psychiatry - Whose rural? Shaping rural psychiatry training in Aotearoa
Complete mandatory rotations with local or networked support.
Meet the Rural Directors of Training
Prioritisation of applicants from rural origin / background
Stage 2 consultation-liaison rotation alternate rural pathway
Peer support program for rural and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trainees
The Rural Psychiatry Roadmap 2021-2031 supports the delivery of RANZCP Fellowship Program in rural locations.
The Section of Rural Psychiatry promotes the highest standards in clinical practice, training and research in the practice of psychiatry in rural and remote locations.
A day in the life
Rural Champions seeks to create and promote a positive rural and generalist Fellowship culture acros...
Dr Benjamin Vialle grew up in Launceston, Tasmania. After completing medical school and the first st...
Born and raised in Adelaide, Dr Victoria Wilson completed her undergraduate degree in International ...
Dr Chris Henry’s path to psychiatry is deeply shaped by empathy, experience and his cultural identit...
Dr Sasha Jones is a psychiatry registrar based in the Northern Territory who believes some of the mo...
Professor Kane Vellar is an inaugural Rural Champion, representing Monash Modified (MM) regions 5–7.
Associate Professor Ravi Bhat AM is an inaugural Rural Champion.
