Gastroenterology

2024 curricula renewal implementation

Trainees who start Advanced Training in Gastroenterology in 2024 will follow the new curriculum.

Trainees who started before 2024 will continue to follow the PREP program requirements.

You're viewing the new program handbook.
This information is for trainees who start in the 2024 training year.

Program
overview
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or re-register
Training
requirements
Forms and
resources

Program overview

In Advanced Training in Gastroenterology, you'll explore in-depth specialty training in the prevention, investigation, treatment of and research into illnesses involving the gastrointestinal tract and liver. You will train under supervision and prepare for independent practice as a consultant. The new program builds your skills through learning, teaching and assessment tools.

Program updates

This handbook outlines the learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) program requirements for the 2024 training year. For this year, transitional arrangements are in place, retaining existing PREP work-based assessments. Planning for full implementation is underway, to launch new assessment tools and associated technology to support the curriculum standards and programmatic assessment approach. You can find out more in the full implementation program handbook (PDF). We will provide sufficient notice about program requirements for 2025.

Entry criteria

Prospective trainees must have:

completed RACP Basic Training, including the Written and Clinical Examinations
general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia if applying in Australia or a medical registration with a general scope of practice with the Medical Council of New Zealand and a practising certificate if applying in Aotearoa New Zealand
an RACP accredited clinical training position for core Advanced Training in Gastroenterology

New and current trainees need to apply for Advanced Training each year.

New curriculum standards

The Curriculum Standards (PDF) are summarised as Learning Goals.

Learning Goals articulate what trainees need to Be, Do and Know, and are assessed throughout training.

Note: Assessment areas and rating scales used in the 2024 training year (PREP tools and Supervisor’s Report) are not aligned to the new curriculum learning goals.

DO Entrustable Professional Activities curriculum model

Learning Goals
Be
Competencies are statements of professional behaviours, values and practices expected of a trainee as they adopt the professional identity of a physician, organised by the domains of the RACP Professional Practice Framework.	1. Professional behaviours
Do
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are essential work tasks that trainees need to be able to do unsupervised by the end of training. Each program comprises a tailored mixture of both common and program-specific EPAs.	2. Team leadership 3. Supervision and teaching 4. Quality improvement 5. Clinical assessment and management, including prescribing 6. Acute care 7. Longitudinal care, including transitions and end-of-life care 8. Communication with patients 9. Procedures 10. Investigations 11. Clinical management
Know
Knowledge Guides provide detailed guidance on the important topics and concepts trainees need to understand to become experts in their chosen specialty.	12. Scientific foundations of gastroeterology 13. GI emergencies 14. Upper GI and small bowel luminal disease 15. Lower GI, luminal and anal conditions 16. Liver disease/hepatology 17. Pancreatic and biliary disease 18. Inflammatory bowel disease 19. GI cancer 20. Function and motility 21. Nutrition

Apply or re-register

Australia

Australian trainees can complete their registration online.

Apply online

If the online registration is closed, email an application form (DOC) to Gastroenterology@racp.edu.au

Aotearoa New Zealand

Aotearoa New Zealand trainees must email an application form (DOC) to Gastroenterology@racp.org.nz

Nominating eligible supervisors

From mid-2023, you’re required to nominate eligible supervisors who meet the supervision requirements of the training program.

You can find a list of eligible supervisors:

in the supervision section of your online registration form
on MyRACP

The MyRACP list is not available for post-Fellowship trainees. Post-Fellowship trainees can check the list in their online registration form or contact us to confirm supervisor eligibility.

Application deadlines

Australia

15 February | first half or whole of the current year

31 August | second half of the current year

Aotearoa New Zealand

15 December | first half or whole of the following year

30 April | May to August rotations

30 June | second half of the current year

You're responsible for organising all necessary documentation for submission by the deadline. We recommend that you keep a copy of your application for future reference.

Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Refer to the program handbook for details on how to complete LTA requirements in 2024.

View the 2024 handbook (PDF)

Requirements overview

2024 requirements

Registration

Apply or re-register

Teaching

2 x Education Supervisors

Assessments

2 x Case-based Discussions

2 x Direct Observation of Procedural Skills

1 x Learning Plan

1 x Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise

1 x Professional Qualities Reflection

2 x Supervisor’s Reports

Advanced Training summary

After 36 months of certified training time, you will have completed:

24 months of core training time must:

be undertaken in accredited settings in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand
include 12 months minimum of on-call/out-of-hours experience every fourth weekend

12 months maximum of non-core training
Training in at least 2 different accredited settings
Assessments

1 x Advanced Training Research Project

Courses
- RACP Induction to Advanced Training (available in 2025)
- RACP Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy (online)
- RACP Supervisor Professional Development Program (online or face-to-face)
- RACP Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety resource (online)

Developmental & Psychosocial training (Paediatrics & Child Health Division)

Trainees in the new program will no longer be required to complete a time-based Developmental & Psychosocial (D&P) requirement. We're working to redefine how D&P training will be embedded in the new training programs as Learning Goals.

Forms and resources

Curricula

Program overview (PDF)
Curriculum Standards (PDF)
Supervisors guide (PDF)

 Watch this short video to help understand the 2024 curriculum changes and see our 2024 transition year frequently asked questions for guidance and support.

View the 2024 handbook (PDF)

Forms and reports

Specialty societies

The Gastroenterology Society of Australia

The Gastroenterology Society of Australia is the peak professional body representing Gastroenterology physicians and paediatricians in Australia.

New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology

The Gastroenterology Society of New Zealand is the peak professional body representing Gastroenterology physicians and paediatricians in Aotearoa New Zealand.

RACP resources

Trainee support is available through the Training Support Pathway, assisting you in navigating the progression through training process and reporting on your progress to your training committee.

RACP Online learning resources is home to all online learning opportunities for trainees, with its range of online learning courses, resources and interactive learning content. It also hosts:

College Learning Series is an interactive online resource specifically targeted to the needs of Basic Trainees.
Curated collections are learning resource guides based on the contributions and peer review of RACP Fellows and other experts.

Pomegranate Health podcast is a monthly medical podcast created by physicians, for physicians.

Evolve is a physician-led initiative to ensure the highest quality patient care through the identification and reduction of low-value practices and interventions.

If you're a trainee following the new curricula, see our 2024 transition year frequently asked questions for guidance and support.