Withdrawal and re-entry

Involuntary withdrawal

We may withdraw you for the following reasons, as per the Withdrawal Policy:

• Clinical competence – You haven't met and maintained an appropriate level of clinical competence at each milestone of training, as assessed by your RACGP training team and regional team.

• Capacity – You're unable to continue your training program because:

  • you’re unable to maintain appropriate Ahpra general registration throughout the program

  • addenda have been added to your medical registration which restrict your ability to continue in the program

  • you have any other restrictions that impact your ability to practise

  • you’ve exhausted your Fellowship exam candidacy

• Compliance – If you haven't complied with the education and training requirements of the training program, you may be withdrawn from the program. For example:

  • Unsuccessful completion or not complying with the requirements of an approved remediation term

  • not responding to correspondence from any RACGP staff member about your enrolment in the program

  • not meeting your program time requirements

  • not being able to meet the required standards to enable to you to be admitted to Fellowship and obtain registration as a specialist GP

  • deferring commencement of training for more than 52 calendar weeks

  • not maintaining financial membership of the RACGP throughout training

  • breach of any program training requirement (as per the training program agreement/written correspondence)

  • if you’re on an accepted temporary Australian visa but don’t obtain permanent residency or citizenship of Australia or New Zealand prior to completion of training.

• Professional conduct – If you fail to demonstrate a high level of professional behaviour, for example:

  • a finding of serious academic misconduct: cases of substantiated academic misconduct for which the sanctions imposed fall under clauses 7.4 f, k, m, n or o of the Academic Misconduct Policy

  • a finding of professional misconduct (as defined in the )

We’ll advise you in writing before you’re withdrawn and your local training team will offer support throughout the withdrawal process.

A decision to withdraw you from the program can be disputed as per the Dispute, Reconsideration and Appeals Policy. You must lodge a dispute within 20 business days of the date of receiving the notification. If no dispute is raised, we’ll proceed with the withdrawal process.

Re-entry

If you’re involuntarily withdrawn from the training program, we may set certain conditions about if and when you can re-apply to join the AGPT program. These conditions will be outlined to you as part of the withdrawal process (eg if we determine you can re-apply to the program, you may need to satisfactorily complete remedial activities, etc). Refer to the Training Programs Entry Policy for more details.

There may also be some circumstances where you can’t re-apply to the AGPT program, for example, if the reason for withdrawal can’t be resolved through remedial activities.