Trainees

Training with the RANZCOG

Postgraduate Training Programs

The RANZCOG offers postgraduate training to any medical graduate who has undertaken a further two years of general hospital training.

Membership/Fellowship training involves six years of postgraduate hospital-based training and assessment.

Subspecialty certification in one of the five subspecialty areas offered requires a further three years training.

Diploma training is a six-month program for general practitioners (GPs) wishing to gain additional experience and knowledge in the areas of obstetrics and basic gynaecology.

Overseas Trained Doctors who have been granted partial recognition of their Obstetrics and Gynaecology qualifications and experience may have to complete two years of post-Membership training as an OTS Trainee.

FRANZCOG Training Program Review

The College Executive and Council have recently endorsed a comprehensive review of the FRANZCOG Training Program, which will include an examination of the current structure of the Training Program, the methods of assessment, and the outcomes of the Training Program. More

Revised RANZCOG Curriculum

Following a comprehensive review undertaken by the Education & Assessment Committee at the request of Executive, the second edition of the RANZCOG Curriculum has been endorsed by Council and is now available.

The review looked at the content, outcomes, skills, knowledge and professional qualities required under the curriculum, which is designed to guide and support the training of specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology in Australia and New Zealand. It serves to underpin the training of all ITP and Elective trainees.

The purpose of the review was to ensure that the FRANZCOG curriculum reflects contemporary practice within the field of specialist medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

The key changes of note are to sections 4.16-4.17, which reflect contemporary legal and ethical practices as pertaining to specialist practice, and Chapter 5, Clinical & Management Skills. In addition, substantial additional documentation has been added to Chapter 6 in relation to the blueprint of assessment to content and competency.

It is the responsibility of all trainees and Training Supervisors to be aware of the curriculum that underpins the FRANZCOG training program.

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