Terms

The Postgraduate Medical Education Council of Tasmania (PMCT) is the organisation responsible for undertaking accreditation of the prevocational medical terms in public hospitals and some general practices in Tasmania.

Accreditation ensures that prevocational medical doctors receive high quality education, training, supervision, assessment and support. Prevocational doctors are those who have not yet commenced vocational training with a college (usually doctors in their first two to three years post qualification).

Accredited Terms

Both North West Regional Hospital and Mersey Community Hospital offer a wide range of terms accredited for both Interns (PGY1) and PGY2+/IMGs at PGY2+ level.  These range from the core terms including Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Medicine, to a wide selection of sub-specialty training terms.

North West Regional Hospital

Accredited Term
Experience
PGY1/PGY2+
To

Mersey Community Hospital

Accredited Term
Experience
PGY1/PGY2+
To
  • Anaesthetics
    PGY2+
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 15 Nov, 2022
      8 Jun, 2026
    • Preliminary accreditation
      14 Dec, 2021
      30 Jan, 2023
  • Emergency Medical Care
    PGY1 / PGY2+
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      8 Jun, 2026
  • General Medicine
    PGY1
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 4 Dec, 2024
      8 Jun, 2026
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      30 Jan, 2025
  • General Medicine
    PGY2+
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      8 Jun, 2026
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      6 Jun, 2023
  • General Practice – East Devonport & MCH
    PGY2+

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • Ceased accreditation 13 February 2024.
      13 Feb, 2024
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      8 Jun, 2026
  • General Surgery
    PGY2+

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 15 Nov, 2022
      Previously suspended 10 January 2022 – 10 January 2023. Ceased accreditation 15 November 2022
      15 Nov, 2022
  • Palliative Care
    PGY2+
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • Ongoing accreditation
      21 Dec, 2023
      8 Jun, 2026
    • Preliminary accreditation. IMGs at PGY2+ must be approved by relevant authorities to work at satellite locations.
      15 Nov, 2022
      30 Jan, 2024
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
    PGY1
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 4 Dec, 2024
      8 Jun, 2026
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      30 Jan, 2025
    • 14 Dec, 2021
      Name changed from Rehabilitation Unit to Rehabilitation Medicine on 14 December 2021
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
    PGY2+
    8 Jun, 2026

    Term Details

    • Term Type
      Core Term?
    • Yes

    Term History

    • Status
      Comments
      From
      To
    • 8 Jun, 2022
      8 Jun, 2026
    • 14 Dec, 2021
      Name changed from Rehabilitation Unit to Rehabilitation Medicine on 14 December 2021

Term Dates

There are five terms completed by junior doctors each calendar year.  Each term commences on a Monday, and finishes on a Sunday.

For 2024 the term dates are:

Term 1

15 January – 24 March

Term 2

25 March - 9 June

Term 3

10 June - 18 August

Term 4

19 August - 27 October

Term 5

28 October - 12 January 2025

The Medical Board of Australia requires all Interns to complete a series of terms in a range of specialties to ensure you have a broad-based introduction to working as a doctor. Each term will include orientation, supervised practice, education, and assessment.

PGY1 must include a minimum of four terms (of at least 10 weeks each term) in different specialties and sub-specialties, with a maximum of 25% in any one sub-specialty and 50% in any specialty. Service terms do not count towards meeting the minimum four terms.

PGY2+/IMGs at PGY2+ doctors are required to complete a minimum of three terms (of 10 to 24 weeks) in different subspecialties, with a maximum of 25% in single subspecialty.  They will be required to gain exposure to three of the four different types of clinical experience.  Term allocations are organised by THS, and are assigned according to the requirements of individuals.  For example those seeking general registration will need to complete different terms to those who are on the Rural Generalist pathway.

Term allocations are published prior to the commencement of the first term of the calendar year, and are updated as needed by the Clinical Management Unit.

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