Exam eligibility

Exam eligibility

When you have successfully completed the education component of the FSP, you may already be eligible to commence exams. Formal confirmation meeting education and training requirements will be issued. Some FSP registrars will have a general practice time requirement that needs to be met before being eligible, even if their education program requirements have been met. This requirement will be determined by a GPE assessment.

You’re eligible to sit the Fellowship exams when we determine you meet all of the following requirements as per the Fellowship exams policy:

• Satisfactory completion of education and training requirements of the FSP education component, including:
  • workplace-based assessment
  • education activities
  • any other sources of feedback and assessment we use to determine if you’re eligible to sit exams.
• Satisfactory completion of two calendar years (or 18 months with RPLE) of the education component of the FSP by the date of the AKT.
  • Where the AKT or KFP is scheduled up to 31 calendar days prior to the training term end date, the RACGP will allow registrars from affected states or territories to sit the examination.
• A valid GPE assessment of one year (FTE) of comprehensive Australian general practice experience in the last four years.
• You have held appropriate Australian medical registration throughout the training program.
• You have been a financial member of the RACGP throughout the training program. You must maintain membership until you’re admitted to Fellowship, or your candidacy is exhausted (refer to Candidacy for more information).
• You have notified us of any changes to your medical registration during training, including a restriction, condition, limitation, reprimand, supervision requirement, tribunal outcome, suspension, undertaking and/or other remark or change.

Changes to your medical registration don't necessarily mean you're no longer eligible to sit exams. You must disclose any changes to the RACGP by sending an email to education@racgp.org.au and we’ll assess these.

Please note, failure to inform the RACGP of any changes that might affect your exam eligibility will be handled as per the Academic misconduct policy.
 

General practice experience assessment

You need a valid GPE assessment outcome to be eligible to enrol in RACGP exams. A GPE assessment can take up to 10 weeks to assess, and if you don’t have a valid GPE assessment outcome by the close of enrolment for the relevant exam period you’ll be unable to enrol.

If you don’t already hold a valid GPE assessment, you should apply for one as soon as you have met the requirements. You don’t have to wait until completing the education phase of FSP to apply for a GPE assessment.

An outcome that has expired is no longer valid. If your outcome is due to expire, you should apply for a top-up. If your outcome has already expired, you can apply for a reassessment.