Dual Fellowships Training Program (DFTP) in Paediatrics and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Supervising Committee

The DFTP is supervised by the Joint Training Committee, consisting of:

• Chair, Fellowship Board (or nominee), RANZCP
• Chair, Committee for Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or nominee), RANZCP
• Representative of the Committee for Training, RANZCP
• Chair, Board of Paediatric Censors (or nominee), RACP
• Chair, Committee for Paediatric Physician Training (or nominee), RACP

General Principles

1. The Dual Fellowships Training Program (DFTP) of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists offers a pathway to Fellowship of both Colleges.
2. The Joint Training Committee reports to the Fellowships Board of the RANZCP, and the Board of Paediatric Censors (BPC) of the RACP, via the Committee for Paediatric Physician training (CPPT).
3. Fellowship of both the RANZCP and the RACP will be awarded on successful completion of a minimum of seven years training as outlined below, on the recommendation of the Fellowships Board to the General Council of the RANZCP, and of the Board of Paediatric Censors to the Council of the RACP.
4. Dual Fellowships will be awarded concurrently ie: neither the FRACP or the FRANZCP will be awarded until the four years of Advanced Training is completed satisfactorily.
5. Entry into the Dual Fellowships Training Program occurs after completion of either Basic Training in paediatrics (Pathway A), or Basic Training in psychiatry (Pathway B). If you intend to apply for the DFTP you are encouraged to register your intention to pursue dual fellowship training at the earliest possible stage.

	Pathway A	Satisfactory completion of three years of Basic Training in paediatrics and the FRACP Examination in paediatrics.
	Pathway B	Satisfactory completion of four years of Basic Training in psychiatry and a pass in the Section I FRANZCP written and clinical examinations. It is assumed that two years of training in child and adolescent psychiatry will have been completed within the four years of psychiatric training prior to entry.

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