Four mandatory hospital rotations (2025 AGPT or earlier)
You must have successfully completed the four mandatory hospital rotations below in the five years prior to starting in core vocational training:
- general medicine
- surgery
- emergency medicine
- paediatrics.
These rotations are generally between 8 and 12 weeks (FTE) each in duration, can be completed at intern or post-intern level and must be undertaken in accredited Australian or New Zealand hospitals.
For each rotation, you're required to provide a statement of service from the Junior Medical Officer Manager (or equivalent) confirming:
- the dates of the rotation
- any period of leave during the rotation
- satisfactorily completion of the rotation.
Where the statement of service doesn't confirm satisfactory completion of the rotation, you must provide an end-of-term assessment form for the rotation.
To ensure recency of practice, if you completed any hospital rotation more than five years before starting GPT1, you may have to provide evidence to demonstrate how you’ve maintained competency in that specific discipline.
Further information about each rotation can be found in the Mandatory Hospital Term Requirements guide.
IMPORTANT
You cannot start in GPT1 until you've successfully completed all the requirements.
There are different ways in which you can meet the mandatory rotation requirement, for example:
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If you completed none or only some of the required rotations before you were accepted into AGPT, you'll need to complete any missing rotation as part of your hospital training term (year 1 of the program).
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If you've already successfully completed all the mandatory rotations at intern or post-intern level before you were accepted into AGPT, you may be able to start in GPT1 directly upon entry into AGPT provided you meet all other readiness requirements (such as being eligible for RPLE).
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If you've satisfactorily completed UK hospital-based term/s in the mandatory discipline/s of medicine and/or surgery within the 5 years prior to starting community-based general practice in GPT1, this may be accepted by the RACGP as meeting the mandatory term requirement in that discipline.