Stage 1: Application and eligibility

Applications for the first intake of the 2024 AGPT program open at 10.00 am (AEDT) on Monday 20 March 2023 and close at 11.59 pm (AEST) on Tuesday 18 April 2023. To apply, you’ll need complete the online application form at www.racgp.org.au/agpt, providing supporting documentation and your training region and pathway preferences. You’ll also need to check that your eligible to apply.

To check your eligibility and find out more about what’s required in the application process, see our 2024 AGPT Eligibility and Application Guide.

Stage 2: National entry assessment

If your application is deemed eligible, you’ll be asked to sit the Candidate Assessment and Applied Knowledge Test (CAAKT), a computer-based test featuring knowledge test and situational judgement test questions. The CAAKT is based on the RACGP domains of general practice and focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to become a GP.

If your application is deemed eligible, you’ll be asked to sit the Candidate Assessment and Applied Knowledge Test (CAAKT), a computer-based test featuring knowledge test and situational judgement test questions. The CAAKT is based on the RACGP domains of general practice and focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to become a GP.
It will be held at locations around Australia between 6 –8 June 2023. The CAAKT will be held in Melbourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, Canberra, Hobart, Perth, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville.
Some useful resources to help you prepare include:

• RACGP General Practice Education Framework
• CAAKT Sample questions

Stage 3: Interview and offers

If you achieve the required standard in the CAAKT, you’ll progress to the next stage of selection and may be allocated an interview in line with your CAAKT score, cohort ranking, and preferences for training region and training pathway (general or rural). The interview will be online in the format multiple mini-interviews, where you will be asked five different questions by five different interviewers.

Interviews will be held between 22 July –6 August 2023 and you’ll be notified of the outcome of the interview by email by Friday 11 August 2023. For more information about the selection process, see the 2024 AGPT Program Guide.