Islands in the rural GP training stream

Peter Hopcroft is finishing his GP registrar training on Norfolk Island as part of a pilot program. (SUPPLIED) (AAP)

Dr Peter Hopcroft says living on a remote South Pacific island 1400 kilometres off Australia's east coast is not all that different to life in the suburbs.

The GP registrar was working in emergency departments north of Newcastle, NSW, earlier this year, when he applied to finish his training on Norfolk Island.