What
does RANZCP training involve?
The training takes
a minimum of five years and results in Fellowship of the RANZCP which
is the preferred specialist psychiatrist qualification in Australia and
New Zealand.
Training
is both academic and
practical, with registrars studying and achieving training tasks and
assesments while working alongside psychiatrist supervisors in
multidisciplinary clinical teams. Clinical experience in a variety of
areas is required, with registrars allocated to 'runs' of six months'
duration.
In these runs
trainees experience general Adult psychiatry in inpatient and community
settings, and a variety of other subspecialty areas such as
Rehabilitation, Forensic psychiatry, Child
psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison
psychiatry,
Drug and Alcohol services,
Psychotherapy, Rural psychiatry, Maori or Pacific Island mental health
services, etc.
During these
attachments trainees must receive at least three hours of clinical
supervision per week and at least one hour per week of individual
supervision, for 40 weeks of the year. Trainees are also helped to
prepare for the RANZCP assessments and examinations for Fellowship.
RANZCP training is
divided into two parts:
- Basic Training for an initial three
years, including
examinations (Written and Clinical) which are generally undertaken in
the third year. In the first year, registrars complete a year in Adult
psychiatry posts, followed by six months of Consultation-Liaison
Psychiatry in a general hospital, and of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry.
Ten
Observed Interviews
(assessments carried out with the
registrar's supervisor observing) form an internal assessment in first
year, and two Case Histories are required before the end of Basic
Training (a First-Episode Case and a Psychotherapy case). In addition,
during the first three years of training registrars need to gain
experience in Psychiatry of Old Age, Maori Mental Health, Addiction
Psychiatry, various types of Psychotherapy and ECT administration and
theory.
- Advanced
Training follows completion of the Basic Training
requirements and assessments, and covers a further two years as a
senior registrar, either in general psychiatry or in one of seven
subspecialty areas: Adult Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Child
&
Adolescent Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Forensic
Psychiatry, Psychiatry of Old Age, and Psychotherapy oriented
psychiatry. Advanced Training includes further clinical experience,
completion of additional training tasks, and further academic courses
or self-directed adult learning, and is internally assessed. The
Fellowship is awarded on satisfactory completion of the two years of
Advanced Training after a minimum total period of five years of
registrar training.
Links to
RANZCP training information
Information
about the Selection Process into RANZCP training
RANZCP
Training
The
RANZCP Training Regulations
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Overseas
Specialists
Those
who have another specialist qualification in psychiatry
may be exempt from some of these requirements. The College has an SIMGE
committee which determines this on a case-by-case basis. Exemptions
Candidate Information
Some support is
available for
local Exemptions Candidate psychiatrists or Medical Officers preparing
for the ECE or the Written examination, and it's possible to join in
with the 6-monthly Mock OSCE exams run at the Training Centre. Please
contact the Director of Training.
Exemptions Candidates in registrar posts naturally receive the same
pre-exam support as do all trainees.
(Note that this information regarding Exemptions Candidates is just for
those with a full overseas specialist
qualification. Trainees with MRCPsych but no CCT should contact the
Director of Training - email as below - for more information about
retrospective accreditation of their UK qualification towards RANZCP
training. This guide provides some information.)
For
specific NZ Medical Council Registration requirements see Medical Council
Enquiries
If you're interested in a training
post in
Auckland or Whangarei see this page
about
applying.
NZ RANZCP National
Office:
Level 4, Gleneagles Hse, 61-71 The Terrace
(or P.O.BOX 10669, The Terrace)
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone (+64)-4-472-7247
Fax (+64)-4-472-7246
email NZ
National office
RANZCP
Melbourne headquarters:
RANZCP
309 La Trobe Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Australia
Phone (+61)-3-9640-0646
Fax (+61)-3-9642-5652
email RANZCP
Training
