- Increase the number of specialist palliative medicine trainees
- Coordinate the existing training opportunities
- Ensure that specialist training positions meet the requirements of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Create new training opportunities in consultancy, inpatient and community palliative care services
- Provide a single point of access for the medical workforce wishing to pursue additional training in Palliative Medicine, irrespective of background
- Hold a current database for the number and location of specialist palliative medicine training positions
- Increase awareness and promotion of palliative medicine education and training opportunities
- Target the program to specialist palliative medicine trainees, physician trainees in other specialty areas and general practitioners wishing to develop palliative medicine skills
- Ensure that the generalist medical workforce has access to training in the palliative approach
- Develop and maintain a suitable model of support that addresses future workforce issues
