The Centralised Medical Internship Application and Allocation Process

The South Australian Centralised Medical Internship Application and Allocation Process Guideline details all the information you’ll need, including the following:

• Eligibility criteria for the Centralised Process
• Identification and documentation requirements
• Special considerations
• How to submit your application
• The matching and allocation process
• Provisional offer rounds
• Information on the Rural Intern Pathway
• Important dates

If you meet Ahpra’s English language skills registration standard (ELSR) through the combined education pathway or school education pathway, you may need to upload a Table of Education in your application as evidence.

If you meet the ELSR standards via the test pathway or the advanced education pathway, your test results or university transcript may be sufficient evidence.

It’s best to check which pathway you meet using the pathway selection tool on Ahpra’s website before you start your application, as you won’t be able to submit without the appropriate evidence.

DOWNLOAD THE SA MET TABLE OF EDUCATION

If you’re applying for the Rural Intern Pathway, you’ll be asked the following questions within your application:

You will find allocation statistics from previous years in the Intern and PGY2+ Allocation Guideline under the Doctors in Training Resources tab.

Separate to the Centralised Process, Local Health Networks also advertise positions through the year on the SA Health Careers website. Recruitment outside the Centralised Process is not subject to the same eligibility criteria.

Also referred to as a Medical Intern Placement Number (MIPN).

The Intern Placement Number is a unique nine-digit number which has been generated by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and has been provided to medical schools for distribution to all 2026 final year medical students. If you do not have an Intern Placement Number issued or you have misplaced it, you must contact your medical school to have the number issued or reissued. Do not contact Ahpra.
Note: The Intern Placement Number is not your University Student Identification Number.
This information is taken from the National Audit flyer, linked in the FAQ below. 

South Australia takes part in the National Audit of Intern Acceptances and Unplaced Applicants, which identifies applicants who are holding multiple intern acceptances across Australia. Applicants who have accepted more than one intern position will be contacted by the National Audit Data Manager. These applicants are then asked to withdraw from all intern positions, except the one that they intend to undertake for their intern year. More information is available in the Guidelines and the National Audit flyer*.
*2026 flyer will be released soon.