Funding Round 5 grant applications are now open. Medical specialists living and working in rural/remote areas are invited to apply for a CPD grant to support registration fees, travel, accommodation, and meals. Applications close 31 January 2020.
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“I think that this is an essential part of rural and regional practice support as due to geographic and practical difficulties it is much more difficult for rural practitioners to get to appropriate continuing professional educational events.”
“This program provides excellent support and encouragement for maintaining/enhancing abilities and skills for rural specialists. Some components of the course (cadaveric workshop/veterinary laboratory) would never be available in my regional place of practice and significantly enhanced my learning at the workshop.”
“Lots of hands on and mentored case reading means I feel more confident to tackle live cases on a daily basis on return to the practice. This has been a very easy and gratifying process and I am very grateful for the opportunity this funding process has afforded me.”
“Peer review and interactive learning, the ability to ask questions and watch is a powerful learning tool. It is not commonly appreciated for those in the large hospitals where contacts is present daily.”
“I have expertise in my subspecialty area of civil forensic assessments that I did not previously have; this is an internationally certified expert status. I feel highly supported professionally and engaged in an isolated major regional area with little opportunities for professional development.”
Maximum $10,000 per grant applicant, per Funding Round.
Yes – each CPD activity requested will be assessed individually.
You can apply for multiple CPD activities on a single online grant application form.
Your total funds and days requested must not exceed the Funding Round cap of $10,000.
Unfortunately, no. All CPD activities must be completed within Australia.
Unfortunately, no.
All CPD activities must be requested prospectively, planned to be completed within the designated Funding Round activity window.
The Assessment Panel prioritises ‘clinical attachments, peer review, practical skills workshops/courses’ over ‘conferences/Annual Scientific Meetings (ASMs)’.
The Assessment Panel may consider requests to complete components individual university level study e.g. courses and workshops.
The proposed course(s) must include at least (6) hours of face-to-face learning and must be completed within the designated Funding Round activity window.
Once you have completed your approved CPD activity, email your scanned receipts related to CPD expenditure to admin@ruralspecialist.org.au. Your receipts will be verified and you will be required to complete a short online evaluation survey to help improve the program. Finally, the funds will be reimbursed to your nominated bank account once you have completed the evaluation survey.