Training pathways
We facilitate training at accredited training sites in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas for over 6,000 students in 33 diverse medical specialties, including 6 joint training programs.
Entry requirements
Your training pathway to become a Physician will depend on your chosen medical specialty.
Each specialty has specific entry requirements that you must meet before applying. The Advanced Training Program page has a list of all our specialties and their entry requirements.
Fellowship Training Pathways
The training program leading to Fellowship at the College.
Foundational medical studies and workplace experience
- One or more initial post-graduate years in the workplace
- Initial Medical Qualification
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RACP training
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Basic training
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Adult Internal Medicine or Paediatrics & Child Health
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Division training programs
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- Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine 1,P
- Cardiology
- Clinical Genetics
- Clinical Haematology
- Clinical Immunology & Allergy
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Community Child Health P
- Dermatology (NZ only)
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General & Acute Care Medicine A
- General Paediatrics P
- Geriatric Medicine A
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Oncology
- Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine P
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Palliative Medicine 2
- Respiratory Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
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FRACP
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Joint training programs
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Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine P
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FRACP and FAFRM
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Endocrinology & Chemical Pathology
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FRACP and FRCPA
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Haematology
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Immunology & Allergy
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Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
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Paediatric Emergency Medicine 3,P
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FRACP and/or FACEM
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Chapter training programs
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Addiction Medicine 3
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FAChAM
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Palliative Medicine 2,3
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FAChPM
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Sexual Health Medicine 3
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FAChSHM
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Faculty training programs
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Rehabilitation Medicine 3
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FAFRM
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Occupational & Environmental Medicine 3
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FAFOEM
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Public Health Medicine 3
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FAFPHM
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Professional Practice
Continuing professional development (CPD)
P Trainees must complete Basic Training in Paediatrics & Child Health to enter this program.
A Trainees must complete Basic Training in Adult Internal Medicine to enter this program.
1 Training program must be undertaken with another division training program or undertaken post-RACP.
2 Trainees who have entered Advanced Training in Palliative Medicine via a RACP Basic Training Program will be awarded FRACP upon completion and may subsequently be awarded FAChPM. Trainees who have not entered Advanced Training in Palliative Medicine via a RACP Basic Training Program will only be awarded FAChPM upon completion.
3 Entry to these training programs can be via Basic Physician Training or through other pre-requisites.