Exam eligibility
You’re eligible to sit the Fellowship exams when we determine you meet all of the following requirements:
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Satisfactory completion of education and training requirements for exam eligibility, as detailed in your training plan.
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Satisfactory completion of two years (FTE) of program time including all of GPT1 and 2 by the date of the AKT. (As per the Fellowship Exams Policy, 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.)
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Australian general medical registration held throughout the training program.
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RACGP financial member throughout the training program. You must maintain membership until you’re admitted to Fellowship or your candidacy is exhausted. Refer to the section on Candidacy.
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You've 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.
Unsatisfactory progress and readiness to sit exams
If you’ve completed the program time requirements for exam eligibility but we determine that your education and training requirements haven’t been satisfactorily completed, you may be ineligible to sit the relevant RACGP examination. Your training coordinator and medical educator will discuss this with you and how you can work towards exam eligibility.
Sitting exams while on approved leave
If you’re on a period of leave, you’re not eligible to sit Fellowship exams as participating in an education and training program is the best way to prepare for exams. However, if you’re on parental leave, you can submit a request to sit Fellowship exams through your training coordinator/medical educator. Refer to the Fellowship Exams Policy.
Sitting exams while on remediation
If you’re on a remediation term, you’re not eligible to sit Fellowship exams. You can provisionally enrol in an exam scheduled after your remediation term is due to finish, however, your ability to sit the exam is subject to your remediation term being satisfactorily completed.
If you don’t satisfactorily complete your remediation term, we'll withdraw you from any exams you've enrolled in for the following term. For more information about withdrawal from a Fellowship exam, refer to the Assessments and examinations candidate handbook.
Becoming ineligible after enrolling in an exam
You must maintain your exam eligibility throughout your candidacy. You may become ineligible due to:
- a change in your medical registration (addition of addenda, loss of registration or change to type of registration held)
- commencing a remediation term
- reducing your training hours and don’t satisfactorily complete two years (FTE) of program time, including all of GPT1 and GPT2 by the date of the AKT
- an approved period of leave (if a request to sit Fellowship exams while on leave hasn’t been approved)
We conduct exam eligibility audits up to the day of the exam to ensure enrolled candidates are eligible to sit that exam. If at any stage after enrolling in an exam you become ineligible, you’re required to withdraw from that exam. Sitting any Fellowship exams while ineligible is a breach of the Academic Misconduct Policy and may lead to serious consequences, as per the policy.
For more information about withdrawal from a Fellowship exam, including withdrawal fees, refer to the Assessments and examinations candidate handbook.