Medical Training Review Panel 19th Report

College/Faculty/Training organisation
Requirements for part-time training
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Training must be completed within 5 years
Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Training must be completed within 6 years
Australasian College of Dermatologists	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment; must be for two consecutive years and may only be undertaken once during the registrar’s Training Program Must result in FTE time Cannot be taken in 4^th year
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Must result in FTE time
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners	Approval on a case-by-case basis Approval provided by regional training providers
College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand	Minimum 20% of full-time commitment Must result in FTE time
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators	Must result in FTE time Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists	Minimum 50% of full-time clinical commitment First year of training must be full-time
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists	Part-time training is possible, provided basic and advanced training are completed within the required time limit as stated in the flexible training policy
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia	Minimum 8 hours per week/20% of full-time commitment
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Adult Medicine Division	Part-time training is possible, provided basic and advanced training are completed within the time limit specified in the flexible training policy Minimum load of 40% of full time commitment
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatrics and Child Health	Part-time training is possible, provided basic and advanced training are completed within the time limit specified in the flexible training policy Minimum load of 40% of full-time commitments
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine	Minimum 20 hours per week (prior to 2015 – minimum of 10 hours per week) Training must be completed within 10 years
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine	Minimum load of 40% in most cases; may be less than 40% in exceptional circumstances Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine	Minimum 40% of full-time commitment Adult Rehabilitation Medicine Training must be completed within 10 years Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine	Minimum load of 40% in most cases; may be less than 40% in exceptional circumstances Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Addiction Medicine	Minimum load of 40% in most cases; may be less than 40% in exceptional circumstances Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine	Minimum load of 40% in most cases; may be less than 40% in exceptional circumstances Training must be completed within 8 years
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment, although in rare instances part-time training at less than 50% of full-time commitment may be approved for Advanced Training post-Fellowship Must result in FTE time
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Clinical Radiology	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Must result in FTE time
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Radiation Oncology	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Must result in FTE time
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine	Minimum 50% of full-time commitment Approval provided by training providers
Australasian College of Sports Physicians	Considered on an individual basis Must result in FTE time Completion must be within 10 years of commencement
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	Trainees on a SET Program who wish to apply for part-time training must apply to the relevant Specialty Board at least 6 months prior to the proposed commencement of the part-time training The overall duration of the training program must not exceed the published timeframe as defined by each specialty

Source: Medical colleges

Table B3: Summary of specialty interrupted training requirements, 2015