Annual Report - ntgpe

About UsNorthern Territory General Practice Education Limited(NTGPE) is the major provider of General PracticeEducation and Training in Australia’s NorthernTerritory. NTGPE’s principal role is the provision of avertically integrated medical vocational experiencefor undergraduates, prevocational and vocationalpostgraduates, as well as continuing medicaleducation for independent general practitioners,international medical graduates and primary healthcare workers throughout the NT.Since 2002, NTGPE has seen a significant increase of itswork in its intention to become a Centre of Excellencefor Aboriginal health and a regional training providerfor general practice registrars (GPRs), junior doctors,international medical graduates and medical students.NTGPE has administrative centres in Darwin and AliceSprings and its work is conducted through a networkof medical and Aboriginal cultural educators and otherstaff dispersed across the NT. This enables a betterresponse to the needs of students, GPRs, junior doctorsand medical practitioners in communities where theyare working and/or training.“...NTGPE is the major provider ofGeneral Practice Education andTraining in Australia’s NorthernTerritory...”NTGPE was established in its present form in 2001by a consortium of key organisations from a proudheritage of the former General Practice Education &Research Unit (GPERU) established in 1997. That unithad evolved from the RACGP’s Regional NT officewho commenced GP training in the Northern Territoryin 1993 and provided formal Top End placementprograms for medical students from Australianuniversities in 1995.The Darwin office is based at Charles DarwinUniversity’s Casuarina Campus. The Alice Springsoffice is co-located with General Practice & PrimaryHealth Care NT and the Central Australian Division ofPrimary Health Care, which have subsequently mergedwith the Top End Division of General Practice to formGeneral Practice Network NT (GPNNT).NTGPE aims to deliver a unique education and trainingexperience in Aboriginal health through an extensivenetwork of diverse rural and remote communities,hospitals, clinics and Aboriginal community controlledhealth services.NTGPE gratefully acknowledges the financial supportof its stakeholders, including agencies reflected byits Board of Directors and the Australian GovernmentDepartment of Health & Ageing (DOHA) and the NTDepartment of Health & Families (DHF).Annual Report 2010 33