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Doctors for the NT is a campaign driven by the NT Medical Training and Workforce Collaboration, a network of contributors from medical school, pre-vocational and specialist training, health service employment and workforce planning organisations. Our aim is to enhance the promotion of the Northern Territory as the place to live, train and work as a doctor including rurally based training in general practice and hospital specialties.

Stakeholders include Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Northern Territory Primary Health Network, Northern Territory Rural Generalist Coordination Unit/ NT Health, and the NT Regional Training Hub.

To be eligible to submit an entry for the photography competition you are required to fall under one of the following categories:

• Flinders NT Medical Program student
• Medical student on placement in the Northern Territory
• A doctor working in the Northern Territory
• Family member of a rural and remote doctor or medical student

Submissions should showcase living, training or working as a doctor in the Northern Territory as per the categories outlined above.

Images in either landscape or portrait orientation will be accepted, however landscape orientation is preferred. Doctors for the NT Photography Competition 2023 (the Competition) is run exclusively by the following stakeholders:

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine 12 078 081 848

Flinders University ABN 65 542 596 200.  

Northern Territory Primary Health Network ABN 17 158 970 480

Northern Territory Rural Generalist Coordination Unit/ NT Health ABN 84 085 734 992

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) ABN 34 000 223 807

 The stakeholders reserve and retain all rights (including intellectual property rights) arising from or associated with the Competition including the right to hold and advertise the Competition.

• Entries will be judged anonymously on the quality of the photo and creativity of the concept.
• Judging will be based on the weighting as follows:
  • 90% Photograph/ Video
  • 5% Description
  • 5% Title.
• The judging panel will comprise of five judges appointed by the NT Medical Training and Workforce Collaboration representing each stakeholder organisation. Judges will review all valid entries and determine the winning entries.
• Any words accompanying a photograph (including the description) must be written by the Entrant and must not contain any copyrighted material.
• Images are required to have talent release for all talent (i.e., persons appearing in the image must have consented to being photographed)
• Images cannot be copyrighted material (i.e., owned by another person).
• The judging panel’s decision on the winning entries is in their absolute discretion and is final.