Excludes overseas trained specialists referred to as Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) by RANZCOG and NZ trainees.
Includes Australian, New Zealand, overseas and International Medical Graduate trainees.
There were 4 trainees exempt from the written examination in 2014.
Number of registrars who sat all three exams in 2014 calendar year.
Data reflect number of registrars who completed their last Fellowship exam in 2014 calendar year. They may have sat exams prior to 2014.
Source: Medical colleges
Table 4.37 presents the examination outcomes for the additional examinations that are required as part of some college training programs. The data cover Australian trainees only.
Table 4.37: Vocational trainees undertaking additional examinations: Numbers and proportions passing by medical specialty, 2014
Medical specialty
Examination
Time held
Trainees sitting
Trainees passing
Proportion passing (%)
Adult medicine
Written
February
802
551
68.7
Clinical
July
761
544
71.5
Anaesthesia
Primary Written
220
152
Primary Oral
152
127
57.7
Dermatology
Pharmacology
May
24
20
83.3
Pharmacology
November
6
6
100.0
Emergency medicine
Primary - Anatomy
February/ August
435
324
74.5
Primary - Pathology
February/ August
401
343
85.5
Primary - Physiology
February/ August
436
330
75.7
Primary - Pharmacology
February/ August
398
333
83.7
(c)Viva
March/ September
386
283
73.3
Intensive care medicine(a)
Part I
May and November
61
31
50.8
Ophthalmology
(d)Ophthalmic sciences
2
29
27
93.1
Ophthalmic Basic
Competencies and
Knowledge (OBCK)
2
29
27
93.1
Ophthalmic pathology
2
25
25
100.0
Oral and maxillofacial
The Surgical Sciences and
surgery
Training (SST) Examination
May
12
9
75.0
Paediatrics
Written
February
237
164
69.2
Clinical
July
238
181
76.1
Pathology
Basic pathology sciences
April
39
30
76.9
Part 1
May/August
132
106
80.3
Psychiatry(b):
(e)Case Histories
November
374
274
73.3
Basic training
Written
February/August
219
121
55.3
Clinical (OSCE only)
April/September
164
136
82.9
Radiation oncology
Phase 1
Once
26
18
69.2
Radiodiagnosis
Part 1
Twice Yearly
98
66
67.3
Surgery(c)
Clinical Exam
May and September
203
186
91.6
Surgical Science Exam
(Generic)
May and September
254
174
68.5
Surgical Science
(Specialty Specific)
May and September
248
129
52.0
Includes all trainees from the general intensive care and paediatric intensive care training programs.
Figures reflect candidates competing the 2003 Fellowship program only. For the first time candidates in the 2012 Fellowship program sat the new written exam formats in 2014. Pass rate for the Multiple Choice Questions paper was 74.5% (38 out of 51 candidates passed).
Viva exam is sat after passing the first 4 components.
The figure for the 5 ophthalmic sciences is calculated as the number of trainees who sat and passed all their exams at the 18 month point of their training (trainees may have attempted the exams more than once).
Case Histories include the First Presentation Case and Psychological Methods Case.
Source: Medical colleges
Trends
Tables 4.38 and 4.39 provide data on the number of vocational trainees passing their final or fellowship examinations and how these vary as a proportion of the total sitting each year from 2010 to 2014. Some specialties show considerable variation from one year to the next in the numbers and proportions passing each year.
This data should be interpreted cautiously, due to various college training requirements and changes to these across the years, and also due to relatively small numbers sitting examinations in some specialties.
Table 4.38: Vocational trainees who passed final or fellowship examination by medical specialty, 2010-2014
