Guidance documents

Education IMGs Fellowship Policy framework Guidance documents

A guide to completing the Specialist Recognition Program Comparability Assessment

SIMG seeking to enter the Specialist Recognition Program must complete the Comparability Assessment

A guide to developing a learning plan: tips for exam candidates

A learning plan is a document designed to help you reflect upon and structure your learning for success in examinations and your career in general practice

Applying for Recognition of Prior Learning: FAQs

Everything you need to know about applying for recognition of prior learning in a series of FAQs

A guide to showing just cause

This guidance document explains how candidates who have failed an examination segment three times can show just cause to enrol for a subsequent examination attempt

Academic Post and Education Research Grants

Academic Post and Education Research Grants Guidance document is under development and will be available soon

Applying for a General Practice Experience Assessment

Applicants for the General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway and Specialist Pathway Program (SPP) – Category 3 must complete an application for assessment

Applying for Fellowship ad eundem gradum

Applicants must meet the requirements detailed in the Requirements for Fellowship ad eundem gradum policy to be awarded Fellowship ad eundem gradum

Applying for Advanced Standing

Candidates may apply to have their previous completion of core modules recognised towards the requirements of the General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway or Specialist Pathway

Applying for Entry into Category Three of the Specialist Pathway

Applicants must meet the requirements detailed in the Specialist Pathway Category Three – Entry Policy to be granted entry into category three of the Specialist Pathway

Applying for Entry into Category Two of the Specialist Pathway

Applicants must meet the requirements detailed in the Specialist Pathway Category Two – Entry Policy to be granted entry into category two of the Specialist Pathway

Applying for Entry into the General Practice Experience Pathway

Applicants must meet the requirements detailed in the General Practice Experience – Entry policy to be granted entry into the General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway

Applying for Entry into the Practice Based Assessment Pathway

This guidance document explains how applicants can apply for entry to the Practice Based Assessment Pathway

Applying for Fellowship of the RACGP via Category Three of the Specialist Pathway

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Specialist Pathway Category Three – Requirements for Fellowship policy in order to be admitted as a Fellow of the RACGP via this route

Applying for Fellowship of the RACGP via Category Two of the Specialist Pathway

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Specialist Pathway Category Two – Requirements for Fellowship policy in order to be admitted as a Fellow of the RACGP via this route

Applying for Fellowship of the RACGP via the General Practice Experience Pathway

This guidance document explains how candidates on the General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway apply for Fellowship of the RACGP

Applying for Fellowship of the RACGP via the Practice Based Assessment Pathway

This guidance document outlines the process for candidate’s to apply for Fellowship via the Practice Based Assessment (PBA) Pathway

Applying for Fellowship of the RACGP via the Vocational Training Pathway

This guidance document explains how Registrars in the Vocational Training Pathway apply for Fellowship of the RACGP

Applying for Leave and Extensions

Candidates must notify RACGP of changes in circumstance to be granted leave or extensions from the General Practice Experience (GPE) Program

Applying for Recognition of Prior Learning

Registrars may apply to have some of their previous training in hospital and community posts recognised as credit towards the requirements of the Vocational Training Pathway

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Advanced Life Support Courses

This guidance document details RACGP’s requirements for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) courses and early management of trauma and advanced life support (ALS) courses

Completing the Examiner Practice Visit Guidance Document

This guidance document outlines the purpose and format of the Examiner Practice Visit in the Practice Based Assessment (PBA) Pathway

Completing the Recorded Consultations

This guidance document outlines the steps which candidates should follow when completing the Recorded Consultations in the Practice Based Assessment Pathway

Exam remediation

Candidates must satisfactorily participate in a remediation program prior to re-enrolment, this guidance document outlines the necessary steps to complete the remediation program

A guide to applying for Fellowship Pathways Appeals

This guidance document provides further information on the appeals procedures related to the RACGP’s Fellowship Pathways Appeals policy

Fitness for Intended Clinical Practice Interview

This guidance document is designed to help applicants prepare and apply for a Fitness for Intended Clinical Practice interview

General Practice Experience Pathway - Learning Needs Assessment

Candidates on the General Practice Experience (GPE) Pathway are required to undertake a Learning Needs Assessment to determine their targeted learning areas

Paediatric Term Requirement

This guidance details the paediatric requirements for a Registrar to be competent to commence training as a GP in Australia

Provisions and procedures for nursing breaks during RACGP exams

The RACGP aims to accommodate all exam candidates for exceptional circumstances in an assessment setting and this extends to nursing mothers

RACGP Selection for Entry into the AGPT

The document aims to inform applicants for the AGPT Program of the criteria for assessment of their application and the stages of the selection process

Readiness to undertake an examination

Readiness to sit RACGP examinations requires the satisfactory completion of all of the vocational training provider’s training requirements

Registrar Clinical Appeals Guidance Document

Guidance documents apply to individual Fellowship pathway policies and are designed to guide you through the requirements

Registrar Membership

This guidance document provides further information on procedures related to RACGP’s Registrar Membership policy

A guide to Registrar Remediation

Regional Training Organisations (RTOs) may apply for financial assistance and advisory/consultative services from the RACGP to support a registrar enrolled in (AGPT)

Selection Review

This guidance document provides further information on the review procedures related to the RACGP’s Selection Review policy