Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is one of the two Australian Medical Council (AMC) accredited general practice colleges in Australia.The College sets and upholds standards for best practice provision of rural and remote medical care. It provides training and certification, and professional development for rural general practice. It also provides advocacy and support for current and prospective rural doctors.
The College has been part of an international movement to promote the concept of Rural Generalist Medicine as an important model of medical practice to support quality health services in rural and remote communities. The College is a signatory to the Cairns Consensus Statement of Rural Generalist Medicine endorsed by 23 national and international medical organisations. ACRRM has a current national membership of around 4,500 including fellows, registrars, practitioners, junior doctors and students.
The College provides training and assessment pathways to the award of Fellowship of ACRRM (FACRRM). In all pathways training is based on the ACRRM curricula and standards, and trainees must successfully complete the ACRRM assessment program which is delivered by the College.
ACRRM's Professional Development Program provides a framework for undertaking continuing professional development and maintenance of professional standards for unsupervised general practice in accordance with national regulatory authorities. The program is Australian Medical Council (AMC) accredited and designed to accommodate the distinct professional requirements of general practice in the rural and remote context. In particular it requires maintenance of advanced emergency care skills.
ACRRM was incorporated in March 1997 with 600 members.
In 1998 the College published the first edition of its ACRRM Primary Curriculum. As of 2016[update] the curriculum is in its 4th edition.
In 2002 the College's Professional Development Program (PDP) was formally recognized by the federal government as a mechanism for maintenance of Vocational Recognition (VR) for general practitioners in Australia.
ACRRM received initial accreditation from the Australian Medical Council (AMC) in February 2007, and was included in the Australian Medicare legislation in April 2007. Full accreditation was achieved in October 2011. The College's AMC accreditation status has been upheld since that time.
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