Medical Training Review Panel 19th Report

Accreditation

The local training committees assess and accredit training posts. A heath service submits a training proposal to a local training committee. The proposal is assessed and a site visit conducted according to standard operating procedures to determine if the post meets the RANZCP standards for accreditation.

The Accreditation Committee of the Education Committee is responsible for conducting regular accreditation visits to all training programs in Australia and New Zealand on a three-year cycle. The accreditation visitors ascertain whether the program meets the standards of accreditation which include:

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  the degree to which the apprenticeship model of training is applied;
  
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  the adequacy of lines of clinical responsibility;
  
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  whether the provision of supervision meets college requirements;
  
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  that the range of individual posts throughout the training program provides satisfactory training and gives a sufficiently broad clinical experience;
  
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  the working conditions, workload of trainees and the facilities provided;
  
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  the overall organisational aspects of the program; and
  
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  the atmosphere and morale within the program.