FAFPHM

Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

The AFPHM Training Program

Advanced Training with the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine takes at least 3 years.

In the course of three years (full-time equivalent), trainees acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes of a public health physician by completing, with guidance from regional censors, supervisors, and mentors, rotations through a variety of public health activities.

Those wishing to become Fellows of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM) and Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) must complete the RACP Basic Training Program and FRACP Examination before entering Advanced Training with the AFPHM. Entry directly to the AFPHM Training Program without dual Fellowship is possible.

Requirements of Advanced Training include:

1. Success in the Faculty’s Part 1 Examination prior to or in the first year of training.
2. Adequate Annual Supervisor Reports
3. Success in the Final Program Assessment
   • Review of Supervisor’s Reports
   • Submission of a “Bound Volume” documenting the training program
   • Oral Examination

Related, (overseas) qualifications:

MRCP, CCST