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About the Fellowship Training Program
The Fellowship Training Program is a postgraduate medical course for doctors. On successful completion you are eligible to become a Fellow of the RANZCP (FRANZCP).
This qualification allows you to practise independently as consultant psychiatrist in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.
The program takes a minimum of 5 years and is made up of:
- rotations in hospitals and clinics
- workplace assessments
- clinical and written exams and longer research projects
- completion of a formal education course.
During training you will work as a registrar in a hospital or other setting under the supervision of an experienced psychiatrist.
To apply to the training program, you must be a qualified medical practitioner with at least 24 months of clinical experience.
Program purpose and training approach
The Fellowship Training Program prepares psychiatrists for independent practice by developing cultural safety and responsivity, sound clinical judgement, and the ability to deliver ethical, evidence-based, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and human rights–focused care in partnership with individuals, families, carers, kin, and whānau.
The program aims to respond to increasing demand for care in non-acute and community settings, striving to reflect changing community needs. Trainees gain experience across a range of environments and levels of acuity, developing skills in continuity of care, management of complexity, and working across services.
Through progressive responsibility and supervised practice, trainees learn to assess, manage, and lead care in diverse environments.
Graduates are prepared to work collaboratively within complex systems, respond to the needs of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori peoples, and partner with lived and living experience to improve outcomes across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
