This Pathway allows international medical graduates who have obtained qualifications from authorities who are not presently on the Australian Medical Council (AMC) Competent Authority list, to apply for Special Purpose registration in Queensland in a non-specialist position.
To be eligible to apply for Special Purpose registration through the Standard (Non Specialist) Pathway you must hold a primary medical qualification recognised by the World Health Organisation and International Medical Education Directory (IMED), which was obtained outside Australia or New Zealand.
You can apply for Special Purpose registration only if you:
If you are seeking employment to practice in general practice, a private hospital or a public hospital (except as a junior house officer, senior house officer or some principal house officer positions) you will need to have successfully undertaken a Pre-employment Structured Clinical Interview (PESCI) for the position.
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, as the Board’s agent, will conduct the PESCI. Information relating to arranging for PESCI to be undertaken can be found at http://www.acrrm.org.au/main.asp?NodeID=29564Exemptions:
Doctors seeking short term registration (five weeks or less) are exempt from the requirements of the Standard (Non Specialist) pathway.
IMPORTANTThere are four categories of Special Purpose registration for which you can apply under the Standard (Non Specialist) pathway:
Supervised training to prepare for clinical examination - s133
Enables you to undertake Board-approved supervised training to prepare for the clinical examination conducted by the Australian Medical Council
Medical teaching or research - s134
Enables you to engage in medical teaching or research
Practice in area of need - s135
Enables you to practise in an identified area of need, i.e. an area or position designated by the Minister for Health as having insufficient registered medical practitioners to meet local demand.
Practice in the public interest - s137
Enables a person to practise the profession for a particular purpose if deemed to be in the public interest; for example an urgent need for specialised expertise.
The steps to General registration via the Standard (Non Specialist) Pathway are illustrated below.
If you are looking for a position in general practice, the Board has developed a Self Assessment Guide for General Practice (
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If you are looking for positions currently available in the public hospital system, you can make your search through Queensland Health's Currently Advertised Positions. You could also search Health Workforce Queensland or the Australian Association of Medical Recruitment Agencies (AAMRA) for other positions.
More information is available on our Working in Queensland page.
To apply for Special Purpose registration under the Standard (Non Specialist) Pathway, you must complete the following and submit to the Board:
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