General Practice Experience Pathway


 

General Practice Experience Pathway


 

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Last updated 2 October 2026

The RACGP General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway recognises the skills and knowledge acquired via work experience in Australian and/or overseas general practice.

The Practice Experience Program – Standard (PEP ST) is a program on the GPE Pathway. It is compulsory for registrars to have successfully completed PEP ST or have GP recognition with Services Australia prior to enrolment in any RACGP Fellowship exams.

Applicant responsibilities

Applicants are responsible for completing and submitting their own application, creating a post for each position they would like assessed, and providing all required supporting documentation.

The Education Support Team can explain the application requirements and process and direct applicants to relevant guidance materials. However, RACGP cannot complete applications, advise what evidence should be submitted, or submit information on an applicant's behalf.

Assessors can only assess the information and documents available within the online application at the time of assessment. Information provided outside the application may not be considered. If feedback is not addressed, RACGP may be unable to complete the assessment, or the assessment may proceed based on the information available. This may result in some information or experience not being considered as part of the assessment outcome.

If feedback is provided, applicants should review and address each item as soon as possible. While feedback is intended to help applicants progress their application, RACGP cannot guarantee that all issues will be identified in a single round of feedback.

Delays in responding to feedback may result in some documents no longer meeting the application's currency requirements. In these circumstances, RACGP may request updated documents, such as a CV, letter of support or RACGP statutory declaration, before the assessment can proceed.

Where guidance has already been provided, RACGP may be unable to provide further advice beyond the published guidance materials and application feedback.

Before submitting your application

Applicants for the GPE Pathway are required to have their general practice experience assessed to determine exam and fellowship eligibility.

For step-by-step instructions on how to complete your GPE application, please read both the Applying for a General Practice Experience Assessment Guidance Document and the Assessment of General Practice Experience Policy.

Submitting your application

Your application will be reviewed by the Education Support Team to ensure all mandatory documentation has been provided. An application is only deemed complete when there is no further feedback requesting information, clarification or documentation.

Once complete, the application is referred to RACGP assessors for assessment.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome within 10 weeks of submission of a complete application.

Please note that the 10-week assessment timeframe commences once an application is deemed complete. Applications with outstanding feedback or requests for additional information are not considered complete. The published guarantee date only applies to complete applications received by the relevant deadline. Applications with outstanding feedback are not eligible for the published guarantee date.

Applicants intending to enrol in Fellowship exams should allow sufficient time to submit a complete application and address any feedback before the published guarantee date. Applications that remain incomplete may not be assessed in time for exam enrolment.

After receiving your outcome

Once the assessment is complete you will receive an email with your outcome attached.

The RACGP will determine if you have or will satisfactorily complete your program requirements.

If you have met all exam eligibility criteria, you may enrol in the RACGP Fellowship examinations when enrolments are open.

To monitor exam eligibility, applicants who do not receive a valid outcome signifying their exam eligibility must obtain a subsequent outcome when their experience requirements have been met.

About the GPE Pathway


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