Membership is open to:
- RACP Fellows and Advanced Trainees
- Overseas Trained Paediatricians (OTPs) following appropriate assessment
- medical practitioners in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand who have significant expertise or engagement in community child health or in the domains of child protection, child development and behaviour and/or child population health
As a Member of the Chapter, you receive:
- an invitation to the annual Chapter Satellite Day and accompanying social event
- access to the CCCH Membership Mark — a trademarked symbol designed exclusively for CCCH members to use, symbolising their significant expertise and engagement in community child health, and membership of the CCCH to their patients, peers and the community
Download your Membership mark through MyRACP
Note: for Advanced Trainees and College Fellows, the annual subscription fee covers CCCH membership fees.
Advanced Trainees
Advanced Trainees in Community Child Health, or those in dual training with Community Child Health and another specialty, are eligible for admission to the Chapter of Community Child Health.
If you're eligible, you'll be sent a welcome letter, asking you to identify your Reference Groups affiliation.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Divisional Office at paed@racp.edu.au.
RACP Fellows
Eligible Fellows can apply to become Members of the Chapter.
To apply, complete the Chapter of Community Child Health Membership application form (PDF) and email it to paed@racp.edu.au
Non-RACP Fellows
Medical practitioners in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand who aren't College Fellows or trainees can become Members of the Chapter if approved by the Chapter of Community Child Health Committee.
To be approved, eligible medical practitioners must be nominated by a College member who holds FRACP in Community Child Health. The nominee is expected to have significant expertise and engagement in community child health or any of the domains of child protection, child development and behaviour, and child population health.
To nominate, complete the nomination form for non-FRACP medical practitioners (PDF), including a brief CV, and send it to the address provided in the form.
Membership of the CCCH is conferred once the nominee receives the approval of membership notification and has paid the annual subscription fee. A request to identify Reference Groups affiliation will be sent with the notification.
Note: non-RACP Fellows admitted to Membership of the Chapter aren't Members of the College.
Overseas Trained Physicians (OTPs)
All OTPs must be assessed by the College. This will determine whether a physician is substantially, partially or not comparable to a College Fellow. See the OTP webpage for more information.
If an OTP is assessed as substantially or partially comparable and is undertaking advanced training in Community Child Health (including dual training), they will be recognised as Advanced Trainees and offered Membership of the Chapter.
OTPs assessed as not comparable are classified as non-Fellows to obtain Chapter Membership, they must be nominated by a member who holds FRACP in Community Child Health, as outlined in the non-RACP Fellows process above.