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A key purpose of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is to ensure high quality training in psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. Psychiatry is a fascinating and important profession. The mind is complex, as are people’s social and cultural interactions, and the brain - the body’s most complex organ - is now far better understood and continues to be explored by researchers and modern techniques. Psychiatry offers a particularly holistic approach to medical work, taking all aspects of the person and their social setting into account. Training is possible in general psychiatry and in several subspecialties, and a range of skills is taught, including assessment skills, and interventions such as the evidence-based use of psychotherapies and psychotropic medication. Psychiatry raises complex issues linked with philosophy and ethics, and involves work within multidisciplinary teams in consultation with other professionals. Each Training Program has specific educational objectives, which are detailed in the Training and Assessment Regulations, Curricula, Logbooks, Links and associated Forms. A Flowchart details the various stages involved in training from enquiry to admission to Fellowship.
Selection of Trainees The selection process for psychiatry training aims to determine whether new applicants have the necessary qualities, skills and experience to become psychiatrists.. The selection process adheres to Equal Opportunity Principles and is designed to be open, impartial and transparent. Essential Selection Criteria include:
Please refer to Information about Selection into RANZCP Training for further details regarding the Selection process. The local Branch Training Committee coordinate the selection process, therefore, it is important that applicants first make contact with the local Branch Training Committee to establish the availability of appropriate positions and obtain an application pack before contacting the College Secretariat.
FIRST YEAR PSYCHIATRY SELECTION Applications are invited from eligible candidates for Psychiatry Training. Further details and application packages may be obtained from the relevant training office (see below for contact details). The Committee for Specialist IMG Education, under the auspices of the Board of Education, assesses applicants who already hold a postgraduate qualification in psychiatry from another country. Please refer to the Overseas Specialists section on this website.
Registration Following selection into the training program, trainees are required to register with the RANZCP. To finalise registration, trainees will be required to pay an Initial Registration Fee and an Annual Training Administration Fee for each year of training. Upon payment, they will receive:
Registration as a College trainee entitles the trainee to:
Training The Committee for Training oversee a vocational training program, consisting of a minimum of three years Basic Training and two years Advanced Training. Training shall be completed in accordance with the RANZCP Trainings and Assessment Regulations. Training is based around rotations in adult general psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, and consultation liaison, together with training experiences in rural psychiatry and indigenous mental health, psychiatry of old age, addiction, ECT and psychotherapy.
Examinations Trainees are regularly assessed and are required to complete two Case Histories and written and clinical examinations at the end of Basic Training. The written examination consists of two three-hour papers, which must be passed together. The clinical examinations include an Observed Clinical Interview and an Objective Structured Clinical Examination with six examined stations. These clinical assessments must be passed together and jointly contribute to the Clinical Examination result. Dual Fellowship Training Program The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) offers a Dual Fellowships Training Program (DFTP), which is a unique opportunity to specialise simultaneously and gain Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Paediatrics. The program enables the requirements of both Colleges to be completed in a minimum of seven years Full Time Equivalent (FTE) and thus, reduces the time frame. Please see attached promotional flyer for further details on the program and entry requirements. |
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 © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists http://www.ranzcp.org Revised: Tuesday, 06-May-2008 Please contact the secretariat to ensure the accuracy of this information. |