Program overview
In Advanced Training in General Rehabilitation Medicine, you’ll explore a new depth of specialty training in diagnosis, assessment, prevention and management of an individual with a disability due to illness or injury. You will train under supervision and prepare for independent practice as a consultant. The new program builds your skills through learning, teaching and assessment tools.
Program updates
This handbook outlines the learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) program requirements for the 2024 training year. For this year, transitional arrangements are in place, retaining existing PREP work-based assessments. Planning for full implementation is underway, to launch new assessment tools and associated technology to support the curriculum standards and programmatic assessment approach. You can find out more in the full implementation program handbook (PDF). We will provide sufficient notice about program requirements for 2025.
Entry criteria
Prospective trainees must have:
- completed 2 years full time (or full-time equivalent) of supervised postgraduate general clinical experience in a health-related field (post primary medical degree) within the last 5 years
- completed an Advanced Life Support (ALS) course within 12 months prior to
commencing training
- general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia if applying in Australia or a medical registration with a general scope of practice with the Medical Council of New Zealand and a practising certificate if applying in Aotearoa New Zealand
- an AFRM-accredited clinical training position for core Advanced Training in Rehabilitation Medicine
New and current trainees need to apply for Advanced Training each year.
New curriculum standards
The Curriculum Standards (PDF) are summarised as Learning Goals.
Learning Goals articulate what trainees need to Be, Do and Know, and are assessed throughout training.
Note: Assessment areas and rating scales used in the 2024 training year (PREP tools and Supervisor’s Report) are not aligned to the new curriculum learning goals.