Implementation
Basic Training starting from 2025
First year trainees starting Basic Training from 2025 will enrol under a new curriculum and use the College’s new Training Management Platform to register for training and complete their learning and assessment tools.
Log into RACP Online Learning to access the new training curricula, which outline the learning goals, progression criteria and learning, teaching and assessment program requirements.
Watch this video to see why the Basic Training programs are changing.
Advanced Training starting from 2024
First year trainees who enter these Advanced Training programs in 2024 are enrolled under the new curriculum standards:
In 2024, trainees will complete work-based assessments from the previous PREP programs outlined in the 2024 curriculum transition year handbooks.
From 2025, first year trainees and continuing trainees who started in 2024, will use the College’s new Training Management Platform to register for training and complete their updated learning and assessment tools.
Log into RACP Online Learning to access the new training curricula, which outline the learning goals, progression criteria and learning, teaching and assessment program requirements.
See our frequently asked questions for guidance and support.
Continuation of PREP Programs
PREP Trainees who started Basic Training before 2025 or in the above Advanced Training programs before 2024 will not be affected by these changes and will continue to follow the PREP curricula, using existing training portals and assessments.
PREP curricula and handbooks will remain accessible via the RACP website.
Changes to other Advanced Training programs
We’re developing new curricula for the remaining RACP Advanced Training programs and there are no new curricula being implemented for these programs in 2024 or 2025.
If you‘re entering an RACP Advanced Training program not listed above, you will follow the existing PREP curriculum and program requirements.
More information about implementation of the remaining Advanced Training curricula will be provided here as it becomes available.
RACP curriculum model
The new curricula comprise of curriculum standards and learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) programs.
Curriculum standards
The curriculum standards articulate what trainees need to be, do and know, are assessed throughout training, and are summarised as a list of learning goals.
| Be |
Do |
Know |
| Competencies outline the expected professional behaviours, values and practices that trainees need to achieve by the end of training. Competencies are organised by the 10 domains of the Professional Practice Framework. |
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are essential work tasks that trainees need to be able to do by the end of training. |
Knowledge Guides provide guidance on important topics and concepts trainees need to know. |
Learning, teaching and assessment programs
The LTA programs outline what trainees need to complete to demonstrate their learning throughout their training and are linked directly to the curriculum learning goals.
The new curricula drive a self-directed approach to learning (PDF). Trainees will complete a learning plan for each rotation, to allow them to plan with their supervisors’ ways to achieve the curriculum learning goals through everyday work tasks.
A programmatic assessment approach (PDF) will use a range of frequent low-stakes assessments, to generate an overall picture of trainee performance (using aggregated assessment data) and achievement across the breadth of the curriculum standards. New assessment tools are linked directly to the curriculum learning goals.
Resources and support
The College is investing in a new Training Management Platform (TMP) to provide an online interface supporting the use of the new curricula, including new learning and assessment tools. It is scheduled to be available for registrations for the 2025 clinical year opening in early December 2024.
We’re developing training and support resources to help you understand the changes to the curricula and navigate the new TMP technology features. We’ll share these with committees, trainees, and educators as they are available.