Our Region

EV offers a diverse and vibrant training region and operates throughout eastern, south-eastern and north-eastern metropolitan Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland. Major centres include Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, Frankston, and Traralgon.

Applicants applying for the AGPT Program elect to train on either the Rural Pathway or the General Pathway.  These pathways determine the area where a registrar will train, not the content of their general practice training.

Partnerships

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to promote general practice, support GP training and focus on improving the health of our communities.

Local partnerships serving the health needs of our community include:

• Our valued accredited teaching practices
• Our passionate and committed supervisors
• Ongoing partnership with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health training posts
• Extended and Advanced Skills training posts
• Hospital and Health Service organisations
• Our GP registrars

State oversight of GP pipeline and workforce distribution includes partnering with:

• Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) – various projects including data and research
• Eastern PHN and South Eastern PHN – various projects
• Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) and Bairnsdale Regional Health Service– Victorian Rural Generalist Program
• All Gippsland Health Services to deliver extended skills and advanced skills training
• Latrobe Health Advocate by supporting their action plan for Latrobe
• Latrobe Regional Hospital Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation Fund, in particular Latrobe Regional Hospital, Sale
• Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) in a long standing alignment supporting their objectives
• Monash Rural Health on various projects including Academic Posts and research
• Monash University and The University of Melbourne on Academic Posts and collaboration with medical educators working across both EV and the Universities
• Australian Medical Association (AMA) – participation and ongoing involvement in career expos
• Rural Workforce Agency, Victoria, collaborate and partner on Health State-wide Groups and annual participation at the Victorian Rural Health Conference
• Gippsland Training Hub and Monash Rural Health Clinical Schools on the promotion of medicine and general practice as a career

National management and delivery of GP training:

• We work in partnership with the Commonwealth Department of Health, RACGP and ACRRM in the delivery of the AGPT and PEP programs
• We work collaboratively with GPSA and General Practice Registrars Australian (GPRA)
• We support Rural Doctors Association, Australia and their various initiatives including #DestinationRural campaign

Our Offices

With offices in Hawthorn and Churchill, we ensure our whole region is well supported for GP Training.

Strategic Directions