THE FRACP EXAMINATION

- Written Examination

- Clinical Examination

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 The FRACP Examination (cont...)
The Clinical Examination
Application for the Written Examination
Upon success in the Written Examination candidates will be sent an application form to apply to sit for the Clinical Examination.

The closing dates for applications for the Clinical Examination are in the Basic Training section of the College website under Clinical Examination.

Fees
A fee is payable at the time of application for the Clinical Examination.

Locations and Date of Examination
The Clinical Examination is held in June each year in New Zealand and in July/August in Australia in various centres.
A further Clinical Examination for eligible candidates from Australia and New Zealand, if required, will be held in August/September each year in Australia.

Specific dates for the Clinical Examination each year are available in RACP News and in the Basic Training section of the College website under Clinical Examination, or from the Examinations Section of the College office in Australia or the College office in New Zealand.

Format of the Examination
The Clinical Examination is designed to assess clinical skills, attitudes and interpersonal relationships.

The examination format:
  • requires candidates to be examined on 2 long cases and 4 short cases within 2 examination cycles on the one day;
  • allows for assessment on one long case and 2 short cases in each cycle;
  • allows for a candidate to be examined during these 2 cycles by at least 4 pairs of examiners;
  • requires that each case will be scored independently, and the passing score will be determined by the aggregate mark obtained.
The standard required includes the breadth of knowledge, aptitude and skills sufficient for the management of children.

Number of Attempts

Candidates are required to successfully complete the Clinical Examination within a period of 59 months (five years) of passing the Written Examination. Candidates who do not pass the Clinical Examination within this period must again undertake and pass the Written Examination.


Recommended Reading
In addition to the standard textbooks of paediatric medicine, the following journals are suggested as a good supplementary reading, particularly with respect to recent review articles:
  • current paediatric books;
  • current major journals such as:
    - Journal of Paediatrics
    - Paediatrics
    - Archives of Diseases in Childhood
    - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • articles with a paediatric content and broad medical relevance in:
    - The Lancet
    - The New England Journal of Medicine
    - The British Medical Journal
  • current evidence databases, e.g. Cochrane;
  • paediatric teachers;
  • clinical experience;
  • peers.

It is suggested that one text of each of the following areas should be used:

General Paediatrics:
Nelson’s Textbook of Paediatrics (16th Ed.) Behrman, R (Saunders)
Rudolph’s Paediatrics (21st Ed.) Rudolph, Colin; Rudolph, Abraham; Hostetter, Margaret; Lister, George; Siegel, Norman; (McGraw Hill Professional)
Pharmacology:
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (8th Ed.) Katzung, Bertram (McGraw Hill Education)
Goodman & Gilman’s the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (10th Ed.) Hardman, Joel; Limbird, Lee; (McGraw Hill Education)
Pharmacology (5th Ed.) Dale, M; Moore, Philip; Rang, Humphrey; Ritter, James; (Churchill Livingstone)
Physiology:
Textbook of Medical Physiology (10th Ed) Guyton, Arthur; Hall, John; (Saunders)
Review of Medical Physiology (21st Ed.) Ganong, William; (Appleton and Lange)
Clinical Methods:
Clinical Examinations (4th Ed.) Talley, Nicholas; O’Connor, Simon; (Blackwell Science UK)
MacLeod’s Clinical Examination (10th Ed.) Campbell, Ian; Munro, John; (Churchill Livingstone)
Examination Paediatrics (2nd Ed.) Choong, Robin; Harris, Wayne; Timms, Brian; (Maclennan Pty Ltd)


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