Joint Colleges Training Services (JCTS)

Joint Colleges Training Services Pty Ltd (JCTS) is a nationwide organisation which delivers cultural education for GPs and provides GP training support to the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service sector. Our people are highly skilled cultural educators and mentors, who weave clinical and cultural education together to create greater access, acceptance and participation in healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. JCTS was created in 2022 as a joint venture of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). The Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPT) is the most common training pathway for becoming a GP in Australia. JCTS provides support for this program by delivering cultural education and mentorship to ensure GPs are equipped with the skills to deliver culturally safe health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our vision is strong communities and healthy futures through embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways in GP Training. Our goal is to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver best practice GP training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, ensuring generations thrive, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors are nurtured and grown, and every GP is equipped to provide culturally safe health care.