Entry requirements

You may apply to the Certificate of Postgraduate Training in Clinical Psychiatry if you: 

• have current general or current specialist registration as a medical practitioner in Australia 
• are undertaking your fifth or subsequent postgraduate year or
• are undertaking specialist medical college training other than through the RANZCP, are in your third or subsequent postgraduate year and are working in Australia with patients who require assessment and/or care and support in relation to their mental health. 

General practitioners, rural generalists, emergency medicine physicians and other medical practitioners who assess and support the mental health of their patients are eligible.

You are also eligible to apply if you:

• withdrew from RANZCP Fellowship training prior to completing Stage 2
• withdrew from the RANZCP Partial Comparability specialist pathway within 12 months
• withdrew from the RANZCP Substantial Comparability specialist pathway before completing 6 months your placement.

You may also be eligible for recognition of prior learning. 

RANZCP Fellows, current RANZCP trainees and SIMG are not eligible to apply.