The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) was introduced in 1999 to address health service needs in Australia’s remote communities. The Scheme allows registrars to remain in one location for the period of their training, supported by distance education and remote supervision. The RVTS provides an alternative route to vocational recognition for remote practitioners who are in solo doctor towns or where their departure would otherwise have a detrimental impact on the local community. RVTS registrars are eligible to sit for fellowship of the RACGP and/or the ACRRM.
Up until 28 February 2007, the RVTS was a 3GA program under the auspices of the RACGP. Since 1 March 2007, legislative changes and the incorporation of the RVTS have enabled the Scheme to be recognised as a 3GA program in its own right.
The Australian Government announced an increase in the annual intake of RVTS registrars from 15 to 22, which commenced from 2011. Since the inception of the pilot program in 1999, a total of 108 registrars have completed the RVTS. As at 30 June 2015, 93 registrars were training on the RVTS.
In August 2013, the Australian Government approved the annual intake of an additional 10 RVTS registrars to train in Aboriginal and Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) to commence training in 2014. In 2015, there were 20 registrars on training in ACCHSs.
More information about this program is included in Chapter 4.
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