Specialist Training Program

The Specialist Training Program (STP) is a Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care initiative that seeks to extend vocational training for specialist registrars (Trainees) into settings outside traditional metropolitan teaching hospitals, in regional, rural, remote and private facilities.

The program aims to improve the quality of the future specialist workforce by providing non-GP specialty trainees with exposure to a broader range of healthcare settings and have a positive influence on future medical workforce distribution.