General Information
Table of Contents
Purpose of Training
Entry Into Training

      - Eligibility for Advanced Training
      - Selection into Advanced Training Programs
      - Duration of Training
      - Location of Training
      - Responsibility of Training Sites

Content of Training
      - Core Training
      - Non Core Training
      - Modules
      - Portfolios
      - Projects

Objectives of Advanced Training
      - Medical Knowledge
      - Clinical Skills
      - Clinical Judgement
      - Understanding of Research Methodology, Q.A. and M.O.P.S.
      - Humanistic Qualities
      - Moral and Ethical Behaviour
      - Relationship between Trainees and the Pharmaceutical Industry
      - Professional Attitude and Behaviour
      - Total Medical Care

Training Programs
      - Statement of Intention
      - Development of a Training Program
      - Awareness of Accredited Training Sites (Australia)
      - Completion of an Application Form
      - Deadlines for Submission of Applications
      - Approval of an Advanced Training Program
      - Formal Meetings with the Supervisor
      - Documenting Progress in Training
Accreditation of Advanced Training
      - Accreditation of the Year in which the Exam is Passed (Conditional Year of Training)
      - Retrospective Accreditation of Training
The Supervisor
      - Supervision of Training
      - The Roles of Supervisors and Trainees
The Advanced Trainee
The Coordinator Of Advanced Training in Australia / Chairman Of SAC/JSAC in NZ
The Director Of Advanced Training (DAT), Australia
The Mentor
Committees Which Oversee Advanced Training

      - Supervision by SAC/JSAC
      - Mechanisms for Consideration of Previously Approved and Accredited Training
      - Training under two SACs simultaneously
Panel Review (Australia)
Admission To Fellowship
      - Completion of Training

      - Completion of Training under one SAC/JSAC
Variations in Training
      - Interrupted Training
      - Leave from Training
      - Part Time Training
      - Research during Training
      - Teaching
      - Training in Rural Centres (Australia)
      - Training outside Teaching Hospitals (Australia)
      - Physician Training in the Developed World Outside Australia and New Zealand
      - Advanced Training in the Developing World
      - Transfer from Adult Medicine to Paediatric Training

Post FRACP Training
College Mediation
      - Adverse Supervisor's Report
      - Appeals Process

      - Sexual Harassment

Summary of Administrative Requirements (Australia)

      - Application for Advanced Training
      - Supervisor's Report
      - Trainee Survey
      - Deadlines for Submission of Applications

      - Fees
Summary of Administrative Requirements in New Zealand

      - Application for Advanced Training
      - Supervisor's Report
      - Trainee Survey
      - Trainee's Personal Report
      - Fees
      - New Zealand Trainees Supervised by an Australian SAC/JSAC

Prerequisites for Entry to Advanced Training
      - Advanced Training Registration
Important Dates for Advanced Training
Forms for Advanced Training and Examinations

Advanced Training Projects in Australia
      - The Objectives of Projects in Advanced Training
      - Supervision for Projects
      - Preparing and Presenting Projects
      - Options for Advanced Training Projects
      - How to Write a Project
      - Checklist for Advanced Trainees
Training in Association with Faculties and Chapters
      - Training in Conjunction with Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
      - Training in Conjunction with Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
      - Training in Conjunction with Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine
      - Training in Conjunction with Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
      - Training in Conjunction with Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine

Legal Issues for Medical Audit in Australia
Trainees and Informed Consent

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