Support for trainees

ACRRM offers the following services to members including to member university students:

24/7 Wellbeing Support Hotline – ACRRM’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for free, immediate, confidential phone counselling support in Australia and overseas.

Phone: 1800 818 728

Access EAP

The following services can be accessed by contacting your ACRRM Training Officer who will then provide the referral, information and or schedule a meeting as required.

Education Psychologist Services: Access to a dedicated psychologist who can help to articulate beliefs and goals and then work in a way that helps to achieve them

Mentorship Program – Mentors provide pastoral care rather than academic support to trainees

External services can be self-referred and supported through the training team for access. Access to all support, except for psychologist and specialist referral services are funded by ACRRM

ACRRM Support team is available on 1800 223 226

GP Support Program –  Free service offered to RACGP members for professional advice to help with life stressors which may include personal and work related issues that can impact on their wellbeing, work performance, safety, workplace morale and psychological health. Delivered by LifeWorks, Morneau Shepell.

GP Support Program

Student Support Program – All students have access to free confidential counselling services via the Student Support Program

Student Support Program

Wellbeing Hub – The Wellbeing Hub provides a comprehensive range of wellbeing information and support covering study tips, mental health, body health, relationships and life to explore, question, and consider how you might help someone else and yourself

Wellbeing Hub

Flinders University Rural Health SA (FURHSA) Health and Wellbeing  services include:

• Access to free/confidential local counselling services
• Appropriate forums and student representation at the Health and Wellbeing committee (PRCC)
• Access to health and wellbeing resources via a dedicated social media platform, emails to students and campus related activities centred on health and wellbeing.

Academic and Professional support staff with training and support to recognise and assist students in difficultly; coupled with established links to central and local support services for appropriate referral.

FURHSA

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – an employee benefit program designed to enhance the emotional, mental and general psychological wellbeing of employees and services for immediate family members

Employee Assistance Program

Doctors Health SA & NT offer clinical, education, training and phone advisory services exclusively to medical students and doctors.  They focus on comprehensive after-hours check-ups as well as acute medical care, delivered by their team of experienced GPs.

They have a state-wide network of experienced GPs in private practice who have undertaken additional training in treating doctors and students and from which doctors and students can access a GP for their ongoing primary care.

Doctors Health SA & NT

Appointment Bookings

Doctors Health Alliance works to improve the health and wellbeing of doctors and medical students for the good of the community across Australia.

Doctors Health Alliance

Standford Medicine WellMD is a general health and wellbeing site with a variety of free immediate and longer term resources available for physicians, their partners and children.

Well MD

CRANAplus Bush Crisis Line – provides phone counselling to all remote and rural registrars, health workers and their families

Call: 1800 805 391

CRANAplus Bush Crisis Line

Beyond Blue provides free, confidential, 24 hours, 7 days a week phone counselling services for people experiencing mental stress or illness – call: 1300 22 4636

Black Dog Institute – Health professional resources assist with diagnoses, treatment and capacity building.

Lifeline provides a crisis support phone line 13 11 14

THIS WAY UP hosts proven online courses that are designed, using CBT principles to tackle a broad range of mental health and well-being issues.

E-Couch is an online program for detecting, preventing and managing depression and anxiety

QLife provides anonymous and free Queer peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

1800RESPECT is open 24 hours to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.

The Butterfly Foundation supports adults (and impacted friends and family) with eating disorders and negative body image issues

Yarrow Place rape and sexual assault service – call 1800 817 421

Domestic Violence Helpline – call 1800 800 098

Crisis Care  – call 13 16 11

Mental Health Triage Service 24-hour service – call 13 14 65

Suicide Call-back Service – call 1300 659 467

Mensline Australia – call 1300 789 978

All registrars have a dedicated Training Officer who can facilitate various levels of support depending on the service required and will have a continuing relationship with the registrar throughout their training. The Training Officer will provide the referral, information or schedule a meeting, as required. Services include:

ACRRM Indigenous Members Group -This is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registrars and provides a discussion, support and advocacy forum. Available to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registrars

Respectful Workplaces Committee – The Respectful Workplaces Committee is led by the College President and includes registrar, indigenous registrar and junior doctor representatives.  It works to review and improve college support for member wellbeing.

Registrars Online Community – Registrars have access to their own exclusive community on Connect@ACRRM. This is an online forum where registrars can communicate, collaborate and connect with fellow registrars across Australia

ACRRM Registrars Facebook Group is open to all ACRRM registrars. It has been designed to allow registrars on all ACRRM training pathways to engage and network. When registrars join the College for their training, a welcome email is sent containing the link to join the Registrar Facebook group.

University Student Support (yearly membership of $30) for the length of medical degree (undergraduate & Post Graduate) – including online learning tools, mentoring, networking events and electronic logbook for clinical experiences.

Disability Support – The University of Adelaide offers specific support for students with a disability or medical condition. Visit https://www.adelaide.edu.au/disability/how-to-register 

International Student Support – Support services for international students.

International Student Support Services

Ask Adelaide – connecting students with a range of support services

Ask Adelaide

Junior Medical Officer Forum – South Australia Medical Education and Training (SA MET) Junior Medical Officer Forum provides an opportunity for representatives from each of the teaching hospitals across the state to meet, identify and action issues facing them as a group and recommend improvements to junior doctor training.

Call: (08) 8226 7231  or email healthsamet@sa.gov.au for further information.

SAMET Facebook Group – open page designed for medical trainees to engage and network 

Adelaide University Rural Health Alliance (AURHA) provides many student services including support and advocacy

AURHA

General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded by the federal government to provide advocacy services for registrars on employment and policy issues in general practice.

General Practice Registrars Australia

The Royal Australian College General Practice offers a range of resources to support members including:

Webinars:

• GPRA – “Telehealth Consults for GP Trainees”
• GPSA Webinar
• Black Dog eMental Health Webinar Series

Podcasts:

• Just a GP – A series on wellbeing, self-care and wellness
• The Good GP – Wellbeing and GPiT episodes
• You are Not a Frog – How to stay well in high stake jobs
• CODA Change – Episodes focusing on dealing with COVID-19

Meditation/Mindfulness Apps

• Smiling Mind – Mindfulness based meditations
• 10% Happier – Meditation coaching
• Act Companion – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Developed by Headspace – Mindful based meditation

RACGP

This online hub connects local employers and jobseekers, making it easier to live and work in the vibrant Upper Spencer Gulf of South Australia. Locations include the cities of Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Pirie, and the surrounding Far North and Flinders Ranges region.

Upper Spencer Gulf Jobs

The SA Health Whistleblower Hotline is an independent service run by Stopline that gives SA Health employees the opportunity to report misconduct and other serious workplace issues – anonymously

SA Health Whistleblower Hotline

Addressing Workplace Bullying, a Guide For Junior Doctors

Management of Disrespectful Behaviour Policy Guideline

Available to all SA Health employees.

There are a number of financial supports, provided by the Commonwealth Government, available to rural and remote doctors, at various levels of training and/or experience. The calculator aims to help individuals understand what they may be entitled to, and easily access individual program information.

RDAA Incentives Calculator

Boots to scrubs aims to inspire, empower, and support rural women to pursue a career as a rural doctor. The AMSA’s aim is to provide first year female medical students with scholarships, accompanied by year-long mentorship by other Inspiring women already in the field of rural medicine. These scholarships help you with relocation fees, textbooks, accommodation costs, online study resources, general living expenses, and all other fees that you encounter along the medicine journey.

Boots to Scrubs

ACEM Foundation Conference Grant

To support Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori medical practitioners, medical students and other health professionals in attending the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) Winter Symposium or the ACEM Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM).

Joseph Epstein Scholarship

The Joseph Epstein Scholarship for Indigenous Advanced Emergency Medicine Trainees (the scholarship) is to encourage and support Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori doctors undertaking Advanced Training in the FACEM Training Program. The scholarship aims to increase the number of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori specialists in emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) Grant for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Medical Practitioners

The Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) Grant for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Medical Practitioners aims to increase the number of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori medical practitioners completing the EMC in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The award consists of a monetary grant available to a registered medical practitioner who identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander or Māori.

Childcare Subsidy – The RDWA’s Resident Rural GP Pre-school Childcare Subsidy aims to assist resident rural GP’s and resident registrars to remain in the workforce during the time they have preschool aged children.

Support Grants – As part of the resident rural GP workforce, there are many grants and services that will keep the doctor supported professionally, such as the opportunity to attend local Medical Professional Development workshops, grants for ongoing clinical development and the award-winning SAVES after hours virtual emergency service that enables them to spend more time doing what they want to do after hours, and only attending for critical emergency presentations

Partner Grants – GP Partner grant are available to support partners with establishing local connections and interests.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Competency Training Grant provides funding to support rural SA’s resident and visiting primary health care professionals and support staff to improve health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Available to all members. Visit RDWA for further information on these services

RDWA Grants

Health Workforce Scholarship Program

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Competency Training Grant

HELP debt reduction for Rural Doctors and Nurse Practitioners

The Australian Government is offering eligible doctors and nurse practitioners a mechanism to reduce or eliminate their HELP debt if they choose to live and practice in rural, remote or very remote areas of Australia.

Visit the Commonwealth Department for Health website for further information and eligibility criteria.

Support for Rural Specialists in Australia | CPD Support Grants

The Support for Rural Specialists in Australia (SRSA) program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care and managed by the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC). The SRSA program aims to help rural communities receive a high standard of care from skilled, supported and engaged medical specialists.

Flinders University Rural Health SA (FURHSA) Health and Wellbeing Financial Assistance is available to Medical, Nursing, Allied Health and PRCC MD 3 medical students. The purpose is to facilitate access to Health and Wellbeing activities within their home rural communities. It acknowledges the longitudinal nature of the PRCC year-long commitment and the impact this length of placement can have on a student finances and therefore, access to health and wellbeing activities.

FURHSA

The College administers several grant programs to support maintenance and extension of qualifications:

• General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP) provides $40,000* of Commonwealth funding for GP Fellows to gain anaesthetics skills.
• Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides $2,000 per day for up to 10 days per financial year for procedural GPs and up to 3 days per financial year for GPs providing hospital-based emergency services to undertake eligible training.
• Education Research Grant – Funding to establish and develop research partnerships with academic institutions
• Non-VR Fellowship Support Program – This program offers up to $15,000* of Commonwealth support to achieve Fellowship on the Independent Pathway

ACRRM Grants & Subsidies

MIGA offers financial grants to medical students completing elective placements in developing communities. There are ten Grants of $3,000 available.

The Elective Grants Program