RDAQ has a special interest in supporting Interns, Registrars and Doctors-in-Training. 

Discounted membership rates are available.  A membership application form is available here.
All doctors-in-training who join RDAQ automatically become a member of RDAQ-DIRRTA (Doctors in Rural and Remote Training Association).   DIRRTA is a sub-committee of RDAQ. 

Its objectives include:

• To provide advice and direction to the profession and other interested parties on the current and future directions of rural medicine and rural medical training.
• To represent the views and opinions of doctors in rural training and those who intend to practice in a rural or remote setting.
• To be inclusive of all groups who have an interest in rural or remote training.
• To support and advocate on behalf of doctors in rural and remote training, their partners and families.
• To always act with the betterment of health of rural and remote Australians in mind.

RDAQ-DIRRTA activities:

• Assist in developing policy within the framework of RDAQ on rural and remote training
• Advocacy and support
• Promotion
• Coordination and referencing of training options for rural and remote doctors
• Orientation of new rural doctors and their partners