Exam eligibility
You’re eligible to sit the Fellowship exams when we determine you meet all of the following requirements:
- Satisfactory completion of education and training requirements for exam eligibility, as detailed in your training plan.
- Satisfactory completion of two years (FTE) of program time including all of GPT1 and 2 by the date of the AKT.
- You have held Australian general 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.
Unsatisfactory progress and readiness to sit exams
If you’ve completed the program time requirements for exam eligibility but we consider that your education and training requirements haven’t been satisfactorily completed, we may deem you ineligible to sit the relevant RACGP examination. Your program team 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 approved under the Leave Policy, you’re not eligible to sit Fellowship exams unless you’re granted an exemption to do so. Speak with your training coordinator if you there are circumstances where you believe you need to sit a Fellowship exam while on leave.
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 will withdraw you from any exams you have enrolled in for the following term.
For more information about withdrawal from a Fellowship exam, refer to the Assessment and examinations candidate handbook.
Becoming ineligible after enrolling in an exam
You must maintain your exam eligibility throughout your candidacy.
You may become ineligible if:
- there is a change in your medical registration (addition of addenda, loss of registration or change to type of registration held)
- you commence a remediation term
- you reduce your training hours and don’t satisfactorily complete two years (FTE) of program time, including all of GPT1 and 2 by the date of the AKT
- you are on an approved period of leave and don’t have an exemption to sit the Fellowship exam while on leave.
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 Assessment and examinations candidate handbook.