Affiliate membership

RANZCP Affiliate membership is designed to ensure that specialist psychiatrists who have come from countries around the world are recognised, included, and supported as vital contributors to the psychiatry workforce in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Becoming an Affiliate member formalises and strengthens your relationship with the RANZCP – the peak body for psychiatrists in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

As an Affiliate member, you will benefit from the educational opportunities, advocacy, projects and development work the College undertakes. We also offer specialised support services for overseas-trained psychiatrists.

What's included?

The range of exclusive benefits includes:

• access to RANZCP e-learning modules on Learnit, offering hundreds of online learning activities that can count towards CPD requirements
• online access to RANZCP journals Australasian Psychiatry and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
• discounted rates to the RANZCP Congress and other conferences
• receive the College's e-newsletter, Psyche, and other College newsletters and communications
  online access to hundreds of other journals in full-text, including the MEDLINE database
• discounted access to PEP-WEB digital archive
• opportunities to join Faculties, Sections, Networks and Special Interest Groups
• opportunity to participate in the RANZCP mentoring program
• access to the Member Extras program, offering benefits and savings on lifestyle and business products and services
• a say in the future and direction of your profession.

Who is eligible for Affiliate membership?

You can apply for an Affiliate membership of the RANZCP, if you:

• are registered as a specialist psychiatrist in either Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand; and 
• are not currently enrolled in the RANZCP Fellowship Training Program or on the RANZCP’s SIMG Specialist Pathway to Fellowship; and 
• are not a current or former RANZCP Fellow; and 
• can be proposed and seconded by at least one RANZCP Fellow, and another RANZCP Fellow or Affiliate member; and 
• are in good standing within your professional community; and 
• are currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ); and
• have no outstanding financial or other liabilities to the RANZCP.

Once granted, Affiliate membership can be transferred between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, provided that Affiliate members continue to meet all the requirements of membership, including specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ). 

How to apply 

1. Complete the Affiliate Membership Application form (see below). Your application form must be signed by either two Fellows or one Fellow and one Affiliate member of the RANZCP.
   
   Affiliate Membership Application form (Australia)
   Affiliate Membership Application form (Aotearoa New Zealand) 
2. Gather any supporting documentation as listed on the application form.
3. Submit the form and supporting documentation as per the instructions on the application form.

Your application will then be considered and assessed by College staff and relevant College committees, as required, followed by the RANZCP Board for consideration and outcome. 

Please allow up to two months for your application to be processed and to receive your outcome. 

Successful applicants will receive an invoice for payment of Affiliate fees. Affiliate Membership is not activated until membership fees are paid (if payment is not received within six months of Board approval, the application will lapse and a new application submitted). 

Fees

 Annual fees are payable as a condition of ongoing Affiliate membership.