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 (see Prevocational Training requirements for more details)
- 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.