Registration

Again, this is common and interesting question about registration.Received reply from Dr A about previous post. 

Thank you for your frank reply. I am planning to give my clinical in July and waiting for exam date from AMC. I would like to know about the pathway to get full registration if I take up this GP job? I am aware that even after passing clinical its necessary to do rotation to get full registration, how will I get full registration if i become GP?

Hi Dr A, 


This is interesting question. If you go on rural pathway without passing clinical exam and necessary rotation, you will not be eligible for general registration, you will get conditional registration until you passed your GP exam (FRACGP or similar). Once you have passed your specialist exam, you will get registration as a specialist (GP is specialist in Australia), not general registration. Although nothing much changes from that except few other specialty will need general registration if you want to change your career, otherwise there is not much restriction what you can and cannot do as GP.

You can pass your clinical exam and either apply for exemption or do necessary rotation to get full registration. There is not other way around for OTD/IMG from developing countries (!!!???). Doctors from few countries will be eligible for competent pathway, but it is another point of discussion.

Hope this answers your question.