Intern recruitment
Applications for the 2025 Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway have closed. You can apply for an internship through our online portal when applications open next year.
The Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway provides support for doctors to attain Rural Generalist status in Queensland and our applicants go on to attain:
- Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) including completion of advanced skills training in one of the College’s specified disciplines; and/or
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP-RG) including completion of advanced skills training in one of the College’s specified disciplines.
Both Fellowships allow Fellows to work unsupervised in general practice anywhere in Australia as they attain recognition as a general practitioner for Medicare purposes. The end of the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway is just the beginning of a varied and fulfilling career; explore more about which option to choose on the ACRRM or RACGP websites.
Intern Recruitment
We offer our interns opportunities at some of Queensland’s leading hospitals, including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Redcliffe, Caboolture, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Redland and Mount Isa.
Learn more about each training hospital and what’s on offer via the Prevocational Training Hospital Guide [PDF 827.12 KB].
Prevocational Training Hospital Locations
To be eligible for a quarantined Rural Generalist intern training position, you must:
- Successfully complete a medical degree from an accredited Australian or New Zealand university and be in the final year of study at the time of application.
- Hold an applicant group status of A or B.
- Have received or be eligible upon graduation for provisional medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate intent to:
- Undertake Advanced Skills Training (12-24 month duration).
- Complete vocational training in a rural location.
Submit an expression of interest to become a Rural Generalist intern.
2026 Intern recruitment
The 2026 Rural Generalist Pathway Intern positions list will be available soon. View the 2025 Rural Generalist Pathway intern positions list.
Recruitment Process
Final year medical students apply for a Rural Generalist intern position via an open merit application and interview process conducted by the QRGP team in advance of Queensland Health’s general intern ballot.
Applicants successful at interview participate in the Rural Generalist Intern live preferencing process to list Rural Generalist Training Hospitals in order of preference. Where a hospital is oversubscribed at the close of live preferencing, a ballot ensues (refer to the Rural Generalist Intern placement preferencing and balloting guide).
Rural Generalist Trainees are notified of the outcome of the Rural Generalist Intern Ballot on the same day that all Queensland Group A general interns receive their offer.
View the intern placement flowchart for more information on the process.
Application Guides
- Application requirements
- Intern application guide
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander intern allocation initiative guide
- Intern placement preferencing and balloting guide
- Intern special consideration guide
- Intern joint ticket guide
- Intern rollback guide
- Intern transfer guide
- Intern swapping guide
- Decline and withdrawal guide
Postgraduate Recruitment
It is possible to join the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway as a postgraduate entrant, although positions are limited and may not be available every year.
Applicants must:
- Hold Australian or New Zealand Citizenship or Australian Permanent Residency status or evidence of intent to apply for residency/citizenship.
- Hold medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia with provisional or general registration.
- Must be eligible to apply to a primary care fellowship training pathway.
- Hold a position or a formal offer of a position at a Queensland facility (hospital, or general practice or appropriate alternative discussed with the QRGP team) suitable for rural training.
- Intend to undertake the majority of training in a rural or remote location (MMM3-7) whilst completing a FACRRM or FRACGP-RG endpoint with a view to an ongoing career in rural and remote medicine.
- All postgraduate year levels may apply.
For more information, view the QRGP Postgraduate Entry Application Guide .
If you would like to express interest in a future postgraduate entry position, click here.
Applications for the second round of 2024 postgraduate recruitment entry for the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway are now closed.