Admission to Fellowship

The page provides information about Admission to Fellowship for trainees and SIMG candidates. There is a different process depending on your training pathway.

• Trainees
• SIMG candidates
• Admission to Fellowship schedule

Trainees

Relevant documents

• Application for Admission to Fellowship form [PDF; 320 KB]
• Admission to Fellowship procedure [PDF; 116 KB]

Admission process for trainees

1. Apply for admission to Fellowship using the Application for Admission to Fellowship form [PDF; 320 KB].
    
2. At time of application, you will be required to:
   • ensure all training requirements are complete and documented on your training record
   • pay the Fellowship application fee
   • submit a current copy of your medical registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) 
   • have your application proposed and seconded by two RANZCP Fellows
   • ensure all training fees are paid. Trainees on an approved payment plan must be up to date with payment.
      
3. Applications that have satisfied all requirements will be tabled at the Education Committee for ratification. 
    
4. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata).
    
5. On receipt of the fee your name is submitted to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date.
    
6. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia.
    
7. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services.
    
8. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. To allow sufficient time to plan what is a complex event, regrettably special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated.
    

For more information contact training@ranzcp.org

Fellowship Admission for SIMG candidates

Eligibility 

To be eligible to apply for RANZCP Fellowship, SIMG candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Completion of all requirements of the relevant specialist pathway. 
   
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) for the entire Fellowship ratification process – a certificate of registration should be submitted with the application for Fellowship.
   
• Primary source verification (PSV) which includes providing evidence of: 
  • basic medical qualification
  • all components of the highest specialist qualification (for example, candidates who attained their highest specialist qualification in the UK must have the MRCPsych and the CCT qualifications verified, and candidates from Sri Lanka must have the MD(Psych) and Board Certification verified)

For further details, see the Primary Source Verification page of the AMC website.

Admission process for Partial Comparability candidates

1. Submit a completed SIMG application for Fellowship form by email to simgehelp@ranzcp.org and pay the application fee. 
2. The Partial Comparability Assessment Review Panel (PCARP) reviews assessment results. 
    
3. PCARP makes a recommendation to the Committee for Specialist International Medical Graduate Education (CSIMGE) that the application for Fellowship be approved.
    
4. Review by College legal counsel and ratification by the Education Committee (EC).
    
5. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata).
    
6. On receipt of the fee your name is submitted to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date
    
7. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia.
    
8. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services.
    
9. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. To allow sufficient time to plan what is a complex event, regrettably special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated.

Contact simgehelp@ranzcp.org for more information.

Admission process for Substantial Comparability candidates

1. Submit the End of placement - supervisor and employer declaration form [PDF; 84 KB] to simgehelp@ranzcp.org.
    
2. Complete and submit the SIMG application for Fellowship form [PDF; 94 KB] and pay the application fee.
    
3. The Substantial Comparability Assessment Review Panel (SCARP) reviews assessment results
    
4. SCARP recommends to the Committee for Specialist International Medical Graduate Education (CSIMGE) that the end of placement be approved.
    
5. Review by College legal counsel and ratification by the Education Committee (EC).
    
6. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata).
    
7. Submission to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date.
    
8. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia.
    
9. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services.
    
10. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. To allow sufficient time to plan what is a complex event, regrettably special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated.

Contact simgehelp@ranzcp.org for more information.

Admission to Fellowship schedule

The Application for Admission to Fellowship form, all training requirements and the relevant training forms must be completed and received by the College by the closing date for training documents. Failure to submit training forms may result in the delay of Fellowship admission.
 

*This date is relevant to trainees only.

**The SA rotation will end on 9 August 2023 – SA Trainees will be given special consideration to submit their application early, in order to be included in the August round.