Partnership & Sponsorship

An Invitation from the President

Over the years, the RACP has developed valuable partnerships with organisations who share our values and objectives.  On behalf of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, I am delighted to extend an invitation to organisations who wish to support us in training the medical specialists of tomorrow and continuing professional development for practising physicians and paediatricians. 

Sponsorship of College facilities or education and professional development activities gives valuable exposure of your organisation, its products, services and overall brand to thousands of leading medical specialists in the public and private health systems in throughout Australia and New Zealand. Our facilities education centre facilities are visited by thousands of medical professionals each year who attend our education and continuing professional development programs. Our events and workshops are delivered in hospitals, in our centres in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and other practice locactions via state of the art IP videoconferencing.  

RACP training seminars are also stored digitally and made available from the College website, or as podcasts, to those clinicians unable to attend the event which gives even greater reach to your brand, products and services. 

We invite you to partner with us to develop and extend the College's vital work in educating and representing physicians and paediatricians who work at the heart of the health systems in Australia and New Zealand. 

We look forward to partnering with you.

Geoffrey Metz
President
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
 

About our Fellows and Trainees

Physicians and paediatricians of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians specialise in 33 medical specialties including cardiology (diseases of the heart), pharmacology (effects of drugs, and management of drug therapy), paediatrics (childhood medicine), public health medicine (the health and care of populations), rehabilitation medicine (the management of disability arising out of illness and injury), occupational and environmental medicine (the effects of work on health and of health on work), oncology (management of cancer patients). The following demographics provide insight into the medical community and the Fellows of the College:

• Physicians who specialise in these areas are highly educated, having completed an additional eight years of study in addition to their undergraduate medical training.
• The College comprises around 10,500 specialist Fellows (88% in Australia, 12% in New Zealand).
  Approximatley 600 Fellows are based in rural and regional locations in Australia, with the balance based in urban locations.
• The College also comprises around 4,000 trainees (48% female, 52% male). Trainees range in age from 24 to 62, with a mean age of 32.
• Fellows of the College range in age from 30 to 72 years. The mean age is 48 years. 59% of Fellows are in the age range 30 to 49 years, with 41% aged 50 years and older.
• Around 25% of the College's Fellows are female. A continuing trend towards increasing numbers of female physicians and paediatricians means that, proportionally, there are more women in the younger age groups: 30 to 34 years of age (44% of female Fellows), 35 to 49 years (43%), 50 years or more (13%).
• Fellows work as specialists in adult medicine (65%), paediatric and child health (20%), public health medicine (5%), rehabilitation medicine (3%), occupational medicine (2%), addiction medicine (2%), palliative medicine (2%) and sexual health (1%).

Your opportunity to reach medical leaders

Partnership Benefits

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is one of the pre-eminent medical colleges in Australia and New Zealand. With approximately 15,000 trainees and Fellows, the College offers exposure to highly trained medical professionals across Australia and New Zealand. These professionals in turn influence a range of other healthcare professionals including administrators, policy makers, doctors, other medical specialists and allied health colleagues. Sponsorship opportunities with the College give you targeted access to trainees and Fellows, through their interactions with the College for specialist training, continuing professional development, social networking and more.

Benefits include:

• Increased likelihood that your target audience will receive your message because the College serves as a trusted source of information.
• Opportunities to reach this specialist audience using a variety of media, through the College's educational programs, special events and publications.
• Access to a truly bi-national audience as the College uses state-of-the-art technologies including videoconferencing that reduce the cost of reaching remote specialists and enable greater attendance at events.
• Exposure to medical specialists at the heart of public and private health systems across Australia and New Zealand.
• Assistance from a dedicated events management enterprise, GTH Events, which provides high quality support to College staff and sponsors, ensuring events are comprehensively planned, promoted and delivered.
   

Partnership Opportunities

The College welcomes discussion of sponsorship opportunities of mutual benefit, in areas such as:

• Events: The College runs educational and social events throughout the year, ranging from 90-minute workshops to lecture series to multi-day congresses. Event sponsorship puts your message in front of course attendees whether they attend in person or by videoconference. Many events are run at multiple sites, multiplying the audience numbers and your exposure. Sponsor an event that will be attended by medical professionals across a broad range of specialties or align yourself with a specific area of interest. Signage, videoconference branding, branded notepads & pens, literature distribution and sponsored catering break-out sessions are just some of the possible elements to consider for your tailored sponsorship package.

It is important to note that any sponsorship or partnering opportunities with the RACP do not include participating in or influencing content of events, conferences or other training programs in any way.

Our current sponsors and partners appreciate the opportunities available and both understand and respect the integrity of the RACP as an independent and impartial body whose objects and purpose include the following objects as outlined in its Constitution:

• educate and train the next generation of physicians ;
• maintain professional standards and ethics among physicians through continuing professional development and other activities;
• promote the study of the science and art of medicine;
• bring together physicians for their common benefit and for scientific discussions;
• increase the evidence and knowledge on which the practice of physicians is based through research and dissemination of new knowledge and innovation to the profession and the community;
• Training Programs: Similar sponsorship opportunities are also available for a range of specialist training programs in different locations and medical disciplines. Examples include:
  
    - Brain / Lung / Rehabilitation School
    - Continuing Professional Development programs
    - Rural child health
    - and many more specialist programs.
  
  
• Facilities: Signage rights are available for conference facilities, board rooms and function rooms at the College's facilities in prestigious state capital city locations.
  
• Website and print publications: Advertising is also available on the College website which is heavily used by approximately 15,000 trainees and Fellows of the College. The College also produces a number of internationally recognised, peer-reviewed scientific journals and a bi-monthly newsletter. These publications are distributed across Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
   

Event Sponsorship Brochure (PDF:870KB)

Discuss your sponsorship needs:

Sponsorship Manager
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
145 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

AUS: +61 2 9256 5444, mailto:sponsorship@racp.edu.au
NZ: +64 4 472 6713, sponsorship@racp.org.nz

www.racp.edu.au/sponsorship