FRANZCP

Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

The RANZCP Training Program

Fellowship training with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists takes a minimum of 5 years.

Basic Training 3 years

• Training includes rotations in
  • Adult general psychiatry
  • Child / adolescent psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison
  • Rural psychiatry
  • Indigenous mental health
  • Psychiatry of old age
  • Addiction
  • ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
  • Psychotherapy
• Satisfactory Case Histories
• Summative Assessments by supervisors
• Written Examination
• Clinical Examination

Advanced Training 2 years

• 1 year in clinical psychiatry
• 1 year in one or more areas of psychiatry or clinically relevant research
• 7 core advanced training experiences
  1. Experience in psychological aspects of management in psychiatry
  2. Experience in biological aspects of management in psychiatry
  3. Experience in aspects of social management in psychiatry
  4. Experience in cultural aspects of management in psychiatry
  5. Experience in the application of consultative skills in psychiatry
  6. CME activities
  7. Skills development in leadership and management in psychiatry
• Subspecialty training may be in:
  • General psychiatry – hospital or community based
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Psychiatry of old age – Psychogeriatrics
  • Forensic psychiatry (concerned with legal, compensation and criminal cases)
  • Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
  • Addiction

  Dual Fellowship Training Program

  The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

  • This allows the opportunity to specialise simultaneously and gain Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Paediatrics. The program can be completed in a minimum of 7 years.