General practice placement process

Find out how the process for placing registrars into general practice training terms in the AGPT Program works.

General practice placement process

Find out how the process for placing registrars into general practice training terms in the AGPT Program works.

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Last updated 5 May 2025

If you’re training on the RACGP AGPT Program, you’ll participate in a placement process to secure your community-based general practice training terms.

The process takes an open market approach. Registrars apply to accredited training sites for placements through the RACGP placement portal. The training sites then decide which registrar/s they would like to have training in their practice.
 

GP placement process steps

Step 1: Advise your training intentions for the upcoming semester

You’ll be asked to let us know what training term type you are hoping to enter in the upcoming term, if you plan on training full or part-time, any specific training interests and location preferences.

Step 2:  View and apply for placement/s in the placement portal

In the portal, on a designated date, you’ll be able to view which training sites have placements available. You also be able to see details about the vacancy and the practice, as well as the number of applicants who have applied to a training site. You’ll be able to apply for these vacancies via the portal.

Step 3: Participate in a selection process with a training site/s (where requested) and accept a placement offer

Training site/s will consider applications and decide which registrars they’d like to select to make a placement offer. Training sites have different ways of accepting a registrar. Some may choose to interview potential registrars whereas others may offer without interviewing. If your application isn’t successful, you’ll need to apply to other training site/s

FAQs

Once you’re on the AGPT Program, you’ll be asked for your training intentions around August for semester 1 and March for semester 2. The placement portal generally opens for applications 6-8 weeks after training intentions close. You’ll be provided with the key dates upon joining the program.


 

You can find semester dates here.

No. The GP placement process is an open market system. Training sites can choose which registrars they would like to train. The number of applications they receive will vary and some sites may receive more applications than others. In addition, training sites may not always have vacancies for registrars every semester or may have specific preferences for their vacancies.