CMFM

Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialty (MFM)

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists

A Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine is a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology possessing the FRANZCOG who has successfully completed an additional prescribed program of training in the area of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

This activity requires advanced knowledge of the obstetrical, medical and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effect on both the mother and the fetus. It requires expertise in the most current approaches to diagnosis and treatment of patients with complicated pregnancies and also requires a setting where requisite technical support is available. Personnel with advanced knowledge of newborn adaptation are also necessary to ensure a continuum of excellence in care from the fetal to newborn periods.

A Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine should spend the majority of his/her time in clinical work and have a clinical practice profile that demonstrates in excess of 80% of clinical time is spent in this sub-specialty area. Such a person must have a full time tertiary hospital base that satisfies the definition of a Maternal-Fetal Medicine unit. Activities conducted outside this base may be permitted where the primary purpose is teaching, research or administration in fields related to Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

CMFM Handbook

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Subspecialty Policies and Procedures Manual

Policies and Procedures Manual

The Subspecialties Policies and Procedures Manual contains essential information about the RANZCOG Subspecialties training programs.

It contains an outline of all five Subspecialty Diplomas and is intended to be read in conjunction with the handbooks pertaining to each individual subspecialty.

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