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Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP)
The Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) replaced the More Doctors for Rural Australia Program (MDRAP) from April 2024. The program enables non-vocationally registered doctors to gain general practice experience prior to joining a General Practitioner (GP) college-led Fellowship pathway. The Rural Workforce Agencies in each state and the Northern Territory administer the PFP on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
The program aims to:
- help doctors gain valuable general practice experience
- improve access to GPs in Distribution Priority Areas
- give general practices the opportunity to recruit from a pool of previously unavailable doctors.
More information can be found at PFP Program. The Program Guidelines provide details of applicant and location eligibility, and the supports provided under PFP.
In NSW and the ACT, the PFP is administered by Rural Doctors Network (RDN).
To discuss your eligibility, please contact the RDN Workforce team at recruit@rdnhealth.org.