Thu. May 16, 2019 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Room 4 (2F Room B-2)

Organizer/Chair: Harold Jacobs(James Cook University, Australia)

This symposium will explore the enablers and disruptors from the perspective of the start-up of a new generalist training delivery organisation. James Cook University established a post-graduate GP Training program [JCU/Generalist Medical Training] in 2015. James Cook University is the first Australian university contracted to deliver Australian general practice training [AGPT]. The training area covers 90% of the state of Queensland with around 500 registrars. Also discussed will be the first decade of the Queensland Rural Generalist training program and the more recently established Rural Generalist Program Japan