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Application process

Step one: Check you are eligible

There are criteria you need to meet before you can apply for GPEP.

Step two: Prepare your application

You'll need to submit a series of documents along with your application and prepare answers to questions about your goals, history, and general practice in Aotearoa.

Find out what documents you’ll need to include and what pātai you’ll have to answer.

Step three: Complete your application form

Applications open in February and close in April each year.

Step four: Pay your application fee

This is a non-refundable fee and excludes GST
GPEP year 1 application fee

$525.00

The fee for applying for the programme

Step five: Applications are reviewed

Your submitted application will be reviewed by the College to see if you would make a great GP. Your references will be checked, and you will be contacted if we need more information.

Step six: Selection and interview

Based on the responses given in the application some candidates will be selected for interviews. The interviews are used to determine suitability for training and to further understand the support a trainee might require in GPEP Year 1. You will be advised in advance if the interview will have case-based questions that will be recorded and scored. If you are not required for an interview, we will contact you to let you know that you have progressed past the first stage of selection.

Step seven: Offers of Training are sent

Unsuccessful applicants are typically notified in writing by the end of June. Successful applicants will be sent a formal Offer of Training in August.

Step eight: Practice placements are allocated

If you’re accepted on to GPEP and have chosen to be College-employed, you’ll have an online meeting with a Medical Educator from your preferred region to discuss your placement.

If you’re practice-employed or self-funded, you will have arranged your own employment in consultation with the College. You may be invited to meet your lead Medical Educator to discuss training.

Notification of placements and final preparatory information will be sent in late October/early November.

Step nine: Start GPEP

GPEP year 1 begins in late January. Prepare for Te Ahunga.