What do we need to become accredited?

To be an accredited training facility, you will need to demonstrate you have the following attributes, and can meet and maintain respective college requirements:

1. The facility has been an operating General Practice for at least 12 months.
2. The practice has been accredited by AGPAL or GPA. 
3. The practice sees a full range of patients including all age groups and both sexes. 
4. As part of the college requirements the practice will be able to provide a patient load of 4 patients per hour
5. The practice supervisors will be able to provide the required supervision and teaching. 
6. A well-equipped consulting room will be available for a registrar for all their consulting hours at the practice.
7. The practice has at least one nominated Supervisor who is dedicated to teaching, providing guidance and support to registrars
8. The supervisor has no restrictions on their scope of practice from AHPRA, and is Vocationally Registered. 

College Accreditation Requirements

Practices can choose to be accredited by one or both of the colleges to train GP registrars.

ACRRM Accreditation

Rural practices and GPs who meet the ACRRM Standards for Supervisors and Teaching Posts in rural and remote medicine can apply to WAGPET for consideration as a training facility.

The ACRRM criteria for a training facility include:

• located in a rural or remote location (MM 4-7)
• provide appropriate training resources and be suitably-equipped to support teaching
• have a documented teaching plan and provide structured, dedicated clinical teaching
• provide a range of clinical learning opportunities.

The ACRRM criteria for a GP supervisor include:

• sufficient qualifications to act as a supervisor or mentor
• no less than five years full-time experience in rural or remote setting
• demonstrated commitment and abilities as a teacher.

Please visit the ACRRM website for full details of the standards to be met by GPs and practices to become involved in rural general practice training.

RACGP Accreditation

The RACGP accredits practices at one of two levels.

Level 1:

Training facilities accredited at this level can host GP registrars at all levels of training. Registrars in their first two GP training terms, GPT1/PRRT1 and GPT2/PRRT1, require additional supervision, education and support from their supervisor and this is reflected in the criteria.

Level 2:

Training facilities accredited at this level are only accredited to host GP registrars in their third GP training term and beyond (GPT3, Extended Skills and Awaiting Fellowship).

Please refer to RACGP Standards for Trainers and Training Facilities for full details of the standards.