Applicant eligibility
All applicants applying for the PEP Specialist Stream must complete a comparability assessment.
You must hold a recognised specialist qualification in general practice to be eligible.
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Qualifications assessed as Substantially Comparable
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Canada
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Certification in the College of Family Physicians
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Hong Kong
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Fellow of Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
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Ireland
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Membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners
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Malaysia
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Membership of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
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Malta
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Specialist in Family Medicine
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New Zealand
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Fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
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United Kingdom
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Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Qualifications assessed as Partially Comparable
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Netherlands
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Certificate of Specific Training for General Practice
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Spain
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Specialist in Family and Community Medicine
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Sweden
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Certificate of Specific Training for General Practice
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USA
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Certification of the American Board of Family Medicine
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If you hold a qualification that is not eligible for the PEP Specialist Stream, you may consider the PEP Standard Stream to support your journey to the FRACGP. Please refer to the Fellowship Pathways Policy Framework for further information.
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Qualifications assessed as Not Comparable
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Belgium
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Master of Family Medicine
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Belgium
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Master of General Practice
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Germany
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Certification of Further Education in the Area of General Practice
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India
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Diplomate of National Board for the Practice of Family Medicine
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Kenya
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Masters of Family Medicine
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Latvia
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General Practice Specialty Qualification
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Nigeria
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Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Family Medicine
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Philippines
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Diplomate of Family and Community Medicine
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Poland
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Specialist General Practice Qualification
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Singapore
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Masters in Family Medicine
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South Africa
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Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians of South Africa
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South Africa
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Masters of Family Medicine, University of Witwatersrand
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Sri Lanka
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MD Family Medicine
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Switzerland
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Postgraduate Training Diploma - General Practitioner
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United Kingdom
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Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners - International (MRCGP-INT)
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If your specialist qualification is not listed above, your training curriculum has not been assessed by the RACGP. Your curriculum must be assessed before you can apply for a comparability assessment.
To have your curriculum assessed, you must provide the following:
- An official copy of your training organisation/Medical Board training curriculum
- An official letter from your Training Organisation confirming:
- this is their curriculum;
- curriculum year;
- the specialist general practice qualification it leads to; and
- the year you obtained this qualification.
If any of these documents are not in English, you must provide a copy of the original and an official English translation.
Please complete the interactive application form, print, sign and return all documents to the RACGP scanned by email to educationsupport@racgp.org.au
Curriculum assessments take up to 10 weeks to assess. Currently, the RACGP is processing a high volume of applications and this may result in delay to curriculum and comparability assessment outcomes. To assist with your application, please ensure that you refer to the Guide to completing the comparability assessment. Assessors will review your specialist colleges’ curriculum against the RACGP curriculum.