Experience a rewarding career and lifestyle in northern and regional Queensland
General Practice and Rural Generalist training in northern and regional Queensland offers a unique experience.
GP registrars in the region have discovered for themselves the wide scope of practice, diversity of medicine, strong patient relationships, excellent training support and the ability to make a real impact to the health of communities in need.
With a population of over 1.6 million people, northern and regional Queensland has a diverse mix of people and landscapes. From beaches, mountains, spectacular rainforests, farmland, savannah country and wilderness to the red soil of the Australian outback, this region is a beautiful place to pursue your GP training.
Training opportunities exist for registrars training with both the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). Learn more about the northern and regional Queensland here.
Discover an interesting and diverse range of medical presentations and cases.
Be supported by experienced and passionate clinicians and educators.
Find more time to do the things you love and take advantage of living in an amazing place with plenty to do and see.
Make an impact and improve the health outcomes of underserved communities.
Far North Queensland offers a relaxed tropical lifestyle with diverse landscapes from beautiful beaches, to lush rainforests, mountains, green dairy country and open savannah woodland. Covering more than 20,000 square kilometres, the Far North Queensland (FNQ) region starts at Tully in the south, out to Croydon in the west, up to Thursday Island in the North, and along the east coast.
From the dry tropics, world heritage national parks, the Great Barrier Reef, to the red dirt of the Outback, North Queensland offers a laidback lifestyle with plenty to see and do. The North Queensland region covers 210,765 square kilometres. Registrars who train in North Queensland will experience some of the most unique and vast opportunities to gain medical knowledge and experience.
From wide-open cattle country, to the tropical rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef, Central Queensland has an unforgettable diverse landscape. Covering more than 500,000 square kilometres, the Central Queensland region starts from Gladstone in the south, inland to Winton and Longreach and extends north along the coastline to Mackay and the Whitsunday region.
With stunning coastlines and hinterlands, quaint country communities, beautiful lakes and rivers, fantastic bushwalks and national parks, South Queensland is a diverse region with plenty to offer. Starting at Bundaberg in the north, out to Charleville in the west and Gympie in the south, the South Queensland region is a diverse region that provides relaxed country living, all while having bustling metropolises of the South-East just a stone’s throw away.
"I love the diversity of the job. You’re doing all sorts of things that city GPs would usually refer to the hospital or a specialist. Out here you don’t have that option. Either a patient must travel 10 hours to see someone, or we do it ourselves. It’s a great challenge, but with the training I have and continue to receive I feel very prepared."
- Dr Bronte Donaldson
"I immediately felt at home here and I continue to fall more in love with this beautiful place the longer I am here. Escape the rat race and come to northern Queensland and try out general practice training! You will experience the most enthusiastic, broadly knowledgeable, capable, engaging doctors to work alongside and learn from. I think it’s the perfect place to practice."
- Dr Tom Shannon
"The main thing for me was how supportive, approachable and down-to-earth all my supervisors were. My supervisor was amazing and was always available, ready and able to help. I then moved on to my next supervisor who was also brilliant. You could go fishing with him, have a drink with him. Everyone was just so approachable."
– Dr Ayesha Sheikh
“I'm engaging with medicine in a really meaningful way, and finally directly applying the skills and knowledge I've acquired over the past several years of training to better the health of my patients. It's incredibly gratifying,” Dr Daniel Bakhsh says.
Learn more"I like the lifestyle of working in a small community, both as a GP and being on-call for the hospital. It allows for a more realistic social life than what a career in emergency medicine usually gives you."
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