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Training Fees
2009 Fees
More information on the increase in training fees from the President, Professor Geoffrey Metz,
as at 10 December 2008 - download PDF
New fee structure for training and assessment - Adult Medicine and Paediatrics & Child Health
Over the past five years the RACP has built and delivered a highly successful and reputable training infrastructure. These developments, which have placed the College at the forefront of postgraduate medical education in Australia, have been funded from Fellows’ College membership fees.
Fellows provide invaluable support through the delivery of training, mentoring of trainees - for which they receive no payment - and the subsidisation of training fees. Unlike universities, the College does not receive any government funding for training medical specialists.
In 2008, the cost of the College training program was $11 million. Of this, $5 million was sourced from Fellows’ membership fees and $6 million from training fees.
A review revealed the College’s training fees were at the lower end of the scale in relation to other postgraduate medical colleges and well below other postgraduate professional qualifications such as physiotherapy and accounting.
The College Board, which includes trainee representatives, has agreed to raise training fees in 2009 to allow it to deliver more services to Fellows and Trainees.
The College will continue to subsidise training fees ($670 per basic trainee and $1340 per advanced trainee).
Paying by Instalments
For information on paying for the RACP 2009 Clinical Examination by instalments please click here.
Training Fee Instalment Information as at 7 January 2009
Further Training Fee Instalment Information as at 17 March 2009
A summary of the new fee schedule is as follows, followed by the full list below:
| Training/Assessment | 2009 (AUD and NZD +GST) |
| Clinical Exam | 3,720 |
| Written Exam | 1,930 |
| Advanced training annual fee | 2,640 |
| Basic Training annual fee | 1,320 |
Because trainees contribute more of the cost of their training, funds will be freed up to deliver services we know our Fellows and Trainees need, including:
- E-learning materials
- Additional online infrastructure
- New forms of assessment
- More staff to support trainees and supervisors
- Professional development
- Policy and advocacy
To comment or ask questions about the new fee structure please email basic_training@racp.edu.au (for all training fee enquiries) or exams@racp.edu.au (for all exam enquiries).
Australia
| Article 37 | Cost ($AUS) |
| Basic Training | |
Annual Registration Fee | 1320 |
Administration fee for late submission of application | 120 |
Administration fee for non registration in year two | 240 |
Continuation/Interruption Fee | 120 |
| Examinations | |
Written Examination | 1930 |
Administration fee for late submission of application | 475 |
Application for manual re-mark of Written Examination | 350 |
Clinical Examination | 3720 |
Supplementary Clinical Examination | 1860 |
| Advanced Training | |
Annual Fee for Advanced Training | 2640 |
Annual Fee for Advanced Trainees in full-time research (upon application) | 1760 |
Fee for conditional approval of Advanced Training (Examination year) | 1320 |
Annual Fee for Post FRACP Training | 410 |
Continuation/Interruption Fee | 120 |
| 900 |
| New Zealand fees | Cost incl GST ($NZ) |
| Basic Training | |
Annual Registration Fee | 1485 |
Continuation/Interruption Fee | 135 |
| Examinations | |
Written Examination Fee | 2171 |
Administration fee for late submission of application | 534 |
Application for manual re-mark of Written Examination | 393 |
Clinical Examination Fee | 4185 |
Supplementary Clinical Examination | 1608 |
| Advanced Training* | |
Annual Fee for Advanced Training | 2970 |
Annual Fee for Advanced Trainees in full-time research (upon application) | 2970 |
Retrospective Accreditation Fee | 2970 |
Annual Fee for Post FRACP Training | 410 |
Continuation/Interruption Fee | 120 |
| Fellowship and Diploma Fee* | 1012 |
* indicates zero rated for permanent overseas residents
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