Structure of the College
The College is divided into the following broad areas; refer to the flow diagram of the College structure for more details.
Flow diagram of the College Structure (PDF: 13KB)
New Zealand Structure (PDF: 12KB)
Educational Governance Structure
Divisions
The College has two Divisions - Adult Medicine and Paediatrics & Child Health. All Fellows with an FRACP belong to one of the Divisions. The Divisions carry out most of the work in relation to training, assessment and continuing professional development.
Faculties
A Faculty is an independent body within the College which offers its own vocational training programs. Gaining Fellowship of a Faculty does not confer Fellowship of the RACP. However, training obtained during a Faculty program may go towards training for Fellowship of the College and vice versa. There are four Faculties of the College:
Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM)
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM)
Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM)
Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (JFICM)
Chapters
The two Divisions of the College have Chapters which support groups of practitioners working in the following respective areas:
Chapter of Community Child Health (Paediatrics & Child Health)
Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (Adult Medicine)
Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (Adult Medicine)
Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (Adult Medicine)
Specialty Societies
Specialty Societies are medical/scientific societies which bring together research and clinical scientists and physicians who are actively involved in the study of a particular specialty, eg. cardiology, geriatrics. Each Society is run independently from the College. However, close links with the Specialty Societies enable the College to be guided in matters in which the Societies have expertise.
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