Monash Mildura General Practice Academy
The Monash Mildura General Practice Academy is an innovative, place-based approach to strengthening primary care in Mildura.
The Academy not only provides high-quality immersive and extended student clinical experiences locally, but also focuses on retaining and supporting junior doctors as generalists within a community of practice in the region. Working in partnership with local healthcare providers and clinicians, with the support of wider stakeholders, our focus is training the next generation of doctors in Mildura, nurturing supervisory and research capacity within the local medical workforce, and embedding research to shape what we do.
Together, we are working towards a shared vision for Mildura’s healthy future.
Teaching tomorrow’s local doctors
The Monash Mildura General Practice Academy supports 10 new students a year to complete the entire Monash four-year graduate-entry medical degree within Mildura, with a specific focus on high-quality primary care experience.
Early exposure to general practice and rural generalism, diverse immersive community placements and career mentoring are hallmarks of the GP Academy.
Our priority is selecting eligible students from the greater Mildura, Riverland, and western New South Wales regions who are committed to completing their studies locally and staying longer-term in rewarding primary care and rural generalist careers. The Academy provides them with resources and networks that showcase local career development opportunities.
What you’ll study
Year 1: In the first year, you engage in a blended learning experience combining face-to-face and online sessions. The curriculum includes professionalism, law and ethics, health sociology, evidence-based medicine, biomedical sciences, and clinical skills, complemented by local clinical and community-based placements.
Every effort is made to ensure curriculum commitments adhere to regular and predictable hours, enabling you to maintain paid employment or fulfil childcare responsibilities.
Year 2: Clinical placements at Mildura Base Public Hospital, Mildura Health Private Hospital, GP clinics, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), and community health services, while the academic program continues concurrently.
Year 3: This is a specialty year encompassing placements in obstetrics and gynaecology, children's health, psychiatry, and general practice. The academic program continues alongside placements.
Year 4: Six 6-week placements in each of emergency medicine, general medicine, surgery and aged care, general practice, Scholarly Intensive Project and an elective/specialty.
Semester dates
- Semester 1: Monday 8 February - Friday 4 June 2027
- Mid-year break: Monday 7 June - Friday 2 July 2027
- Semester 2: Monday 5 July - Friday 22 October 2027
- SWOTVAC Monday 25 - Friday 29 October 2027
- Exam period: 1 November 2027 onwards
Find out more
Are you ready to be part of the Mildura GP Academy? Applications for 2027 entry open on 1 August and close on 31 August 2026.
Upcoming information sessions
We are hosting two events for prospective students to learn more about the Monash Mildura GP Academy and application process:
- Monash Mildura GP Academy webinar
Monday 17 August, 5.30pm on Zoom - Monash Mildura Discovery Day
Tuesday 25 August, 3-6pm
231-237 Thirteenth Street Mildura West
Supporting local supervisors
We know great supervisors are crucial to our medical workforce and that teaching can be a satisfying part of a portfolio medical career.
Working with the North West Victoria Regional Training Hub, we aim to support local practices in building confidence in best-practice teaching and supervision and get involved in research. We also have strong links with groups like General Practice Supervision Australia (GPSA), who provide excellent resources for supervisors. Learning from local practices excelling in supervision, we want to learn what works and share this knowledge within the region through a supported Community of Practice.
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Research that delivers local impact
Workforce, supervision and co-designed research is at the heart of what we do.
The Mildura General Practice Academy focuses on understanding the health care and workforce needs of Mildura. We collaborate directly with the community to tackle these challenges, co-designing and co-developing innovative solutions that build our regional reputation and presenting and promoting the achievements of the Academy and the alliance of placement providers.
Current projects
Here’s a snapshot of our current projects in Mildura:
Co-designing the Monash Mildura GP Academy with input from community partners, students and stakeholders.
Project leads: Professor Belinda O’Sullivan, A/Prof Peter Bock, Prof Shane Bullock, A/Prof Fiona Wright, Ms Samita Rijal
Quality of rural general practice learning environments in the Monash Mildura GP Academy
Project leads: Professor Belinda O’Sullivan, A/Prof Peter Bock
Fostering a supervisor community of practice for co-learning and building supervision capacity: Clinical Teaching Education Program
Project leads: Dr Lisa Hall, Ms Nerida Firman
Planned work in partnership with GPSA (project leads):
Supervising registrars in rural and metropolitan general practices: macro, meso and micro analysis to maintain capacity and ensure quality
Project lead: Dr Danielle Couch, Professor Belinda O’Sullivan, Dr Marian Abouzeid
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Contact the Monash Mildura GP Academy
If you’re a Mildura-based clinician or part of a local practice that wants to be part of the Academy or find research opportunities, please contact our Mildura team who can help you.
Monash Rural Health Mildura
E: mrh-mildura@monash.edu
T: +61 3 5022 5500