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Neurology

The curricula for Advanced Training in Neurology has been redesigned. From 2026, first year trainees will be enrolled in the new curriculum.

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The Neurology curricula were redesigned through a 5-stage process. The new curricula have been widely consulted on and approved by the College Education Committee.

We're now working to carefully plan curriculum implementation from 2026. We'll let supervisors and trainees know by mid-2025 if there are any changes to the rollout timeline.

The new curricula are competency-based programs and include new learning goals, assessment tools, criteria for progression throughout the phases of training, and will be supported by a new technology platform, the Training Management Platform (TMP).

You can find the new curriculum support information and training resources at RACP Online Learning.

The new curricula

Adult Medicine

Curriculum standards (PDF) – outlines what trainees need to learn
Learning, teaching, and assessment programs (PDF) – outline how trainees are going to demonstrate their learning

Paediatrics & Child Health

Curriculum standards (PDF) – outlines what trainees need to learn
Learning, teaching, and assessment programs (PDF) – outline how trainees are going to demonstrate their learning

Curriculum Review Group

The Curriculum Review Group reviewed and refined the draft curriculum in preparation for broad consultation.

See the Curriculum Review Group for Neurology Terms of Reference (PDF) for more information.

Members

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Associate Professor Patrick Carney, FRACP | Chair
 Patrick Carney is a clinical adjunct Associate Professor at the Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University and the Director of Neurosciences at Eastern Health, Melbourne Australia. In addition, Associate Professor Carney is a research fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and a member of the Austin Comprehensive Epilepsy Program. He gained a Bachelor Science and Bachelor of Medicine (both with Honours) from the University of Newcastle, before completing a PhD at The University of Melbourne in 2013. His appointments encompass in-patient and out-patient commitments in neurology and epilepsy, including the first seizure service at Eastern Health and inpatient EEG monitoring at Ausitn Health. Although in a full-time clinical leadership role, Associate Professor Carney is engaged in clinical research in health service delivery, outcomes, first seizure and neuroimaging. He has extensive experience in training and supervision of junior doctors and provides teaching for doctors at variable levels of seniority in clinical examination, general neurology, epilepsy and EEG. He has been the coordinator for the Victorian and Tasmanian Trainees education program and is the current Neurology Advanced Training Committee member for Victoria and Tasmania.

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Associate Professor Jane Alty, FRACP
Jane is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Tasmania and a Neurologist at the Royal Hobart Hospital. She sub-specialises in movement disorders and cognitive neurology. She is Co-Director of the ISLAND Clinic, a one-stop state-wide clinic that provides interdisciplinary cognitive assessment and diagnosis, and a lead investigator on the ISLAND Project, a 10-year public health initiative to reduce dementia risk, comprising ~14,000 participants. Her research investigates Artificial Intelligence methods to detect the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, funded through the NHMRC. She qualified from the University of Cambridge and completed general medicine and neurology training in the UK. She completed a movement disorders fellowship at Monash Medical Centre and was awarded an MD by the University of York for research evaluating computer technologies in neurodegenerative disorders. Her research contributed to a new spin-out company, ClearSky Medical Diagnostics, that produces precision tools for clinical trials.

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Dr Sophie Calvert, FRACP
Sophie is a Paediatric Neurologist and Director of Neurosciences at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. She completed her paediatric neurology training in Bristol and London, having started her training in paediatrics in Adelaide, South Australia. She has an interest in epilepsy, particularly treatment with the ketogenic diet. Sophie helped establish the Statewide Ketogenic Diet Service for children in Queensland. Her other areas of interest include paediatric headache. She is a local examiner for the RACP College Examination and a member of the ANZCNS Education and Training Committee.

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Dr Emily Cheung
 Emily is a neurophysiology and neuroimmunology fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital. She was the 2023 ANZAN Trainee representative for the RACP Advanced Training Committee and the ANZAN Council and Education Training Committee. She is interested in improving neurology education, training, and workforce matters and is part of the Workforce Committee and is currently the Secretary of the ANZAN Women in Neurology group.

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Dr Nicholas Child, FRACP

Dr Nicholas Child is a consultant neurologist at Auckland hospital. He's currently the ANZAN Secretary and Chair of the Advanced training committee for Neurology Trainees in New Zealand and Australia.


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Dr Antonia Clarke, FRACP
Antonia is a consultant neurologist with subspecialty training in cognitive neurology and neurophysiology. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Sydney and completed her neurology training at the St George and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals in Sydney before moving to Melbourne to undertake subspecialty training at the Austin Hospital and Eastern Health. Dr Clarke has a strong interest in improving health care delivery for rural and remote patients. Alongside her clinical work, Dr Clarke is completing a PhD through Monash University evaluating brain health in First Nations communities living across NSW.

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Dr Vivian Wai Yin Fu, FRACP
Vivian is a stroke neurologist and clinical trialist from Aotearoa New Zealand (FRACP Adult Internal Medicine and Neurology). She completed her postdoctoral fellowship with the Calgary Stroke Program and is a Fellow of the Canadian Stroke Consortium. Her research interests are broad and include quality of life, psychosocial wellbeing, and optimising acute care for all people with stroke. She is committed to improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in stroke care and research space

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Dr Ellen Hurley, FRACP
Ellen completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Adelaide in 2013, after which she completed basic paediatric training at the Women's and Children's Hospital. She gained her fellowship to the RACP - Paediatric Neurology - in 2022 with training through Women's and Children's and Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, with a 12-month epilepsy fellowship. Currently employed as a general paediatric neurologist at Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide as well as a private posting.

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Dr Mahima Kapoor, FRACP

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Dr Katharine Kline

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Dr Bernard Liem
 Bernard is a Neurology Registrar currently completing his last year of training in Oxford, having been awarded an ANZAN Overseas Training Position for 2023. Previously, he has been the ANZAN trainee representative for New Zealand. Having trained in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, alongside ongoing interests in medical education, Bernard is interested in optimising and improving the shape of training for the future of neurology in Australasia.

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Dr Rakesh Patel, FRACP
 Dr Rakesh Patel is a paediatric neurologist based at Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Dr Rakesh has a strong interest in clinical neurology.

 


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Dr Jyoti Raghunandan
 Dr Jyoti Raghunandan is a paediatric neurology advanced trainee at The Children's Hospital Westmead.

 

For more information on the current curricula, see the Neurology (Paediatrics) Advanced Training Curriculum (PDF), Neurology (Adult Medicine) Advanced Training Curriculum (PDF) and PREP Neurology Program Handbook.

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