Registrars are part-time if their training time fell below 89% of a full-time equivalent registrar in either of the semesters for that training year. Figures are for those enrolled in the 2015 training year and include those now withdrawn or fellowed.
All figures were current as of 31st August 2015.
Includes Chapter trainees only. Excludes Chapter trainees in Clinical Diploma in Palliative Medicine as the training program is not leading to fellowship of RACP or AChPM.
ACT data included in NSW figures.
Source: Medical colleges and the Australian Government Department of Health
Discontinuation of Training
Trainees may discontinue training for a variety of reasons, with either the trainee officially withdrawing from the training program, or the college or training provider terminating or dismissing a trainee in accordance with college regulations or employment conditions.
In 2015, there were 347 advanced trainees who discontinued training (Table 4.18), a slight decrease in the number of discontinuations from the previous year.
Table 4.18: Advanced trainee discontinuations by state/territory, 2011-2015
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
2011
42
31
22
8
6
3
3
0
115
2012
(a)39
21
21
12
6
0
0
4
103
2013
(a)63
37
49
12
20
2
3
4
190
2014
(a)136
81
73
26
35
4
3
8
366
2015
(a)113
55
88
24
40
8
10
9
347
ACT data included in NSW figures for general practice.
Source: Medical colleges and the Australian Government Department of Health
Subspecialty Training
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Subspecialties
In 2015, there were 19 trainees undertaking additional advanced training in the subspecialty of obstetrics and gynaecology, with the most common subspecialties being maternal and fetal medicine (36.8%), and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (26.3%). Over
two-thirds of obstetricians and gynaecologists training in a subspecialty were females
(Table 4.19).
Table 4.19: Obstetrics and gynaecology advanced trainees: Total, proportion of total and females by subspecialty, 2015
Source: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Pathology Subspecialties
In 2015, there were 555 advanced trainees (Table 4.20) undertaking training with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA). Nearly half of these trainees (245 or 44.1%) were within the subspecialty of anatomical pathology and almost a third (177 or 31.9%) in haematology. Over three-fifths (349 or 62.9%) of trainees were female.
Table 4.20: Pathology advanced trainees: Total, proportion of total and females by subspecialty, 2015
Table 4.21 shows the number of training positions in the pathology subspecialties in each of the states and territories. New South Wales had the largest number of advanced trainees in 2015 (200 or 36%), followed by Victoria (147 or 26.5%).
Table 4.21: Pathology advanced trainees by subspecialty and state/territory, 2015
Subspecialty
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
AUS
Anatomical pathology
92
61
42
13
23
5
2
7
245
Chemical pathology
7
6
5
1
5
1
0
1
26
Forensic pathology
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
General pathology
5
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
10
Genetic pathology
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
6
Haematology
59
59
25
16
10
2
0
6
177
Immunopathology
12
4
2
1
3
0
0
3
25
Microbiology
18
13
14
3
7
1
2
2
60
Oral and maxillofacial pathology
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Total
200
147
90
35
51
9
4
19
555
Source: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
