Check your eligibility
Vocational Training Pathway – Examination Eligibility
General Practice Experience Pathway – Exam Eligibility
Practice Experience Program – Specialist Stream Partially Comparable Exam Eligibility
Remember, from 1 January 2022 GPE pathway candidates need to have completed the Practice Experience Program – Standard Stream before sitting exams. Check the General Practice Experience Pathway Exam Eligibility Policy for details.
Enrolment dates
AKT and KFP |
2022.2 |
Open: 9:00 am (AEST) on Wednesday 13 April 2022 *
Close: Midnight (AEST) on Sunday 8 May 2022
*Note: The opening date has changed from 6 April 2022 to 13 April 2022. Please update your calendar.
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The 2022.2 AKT and KFP exams will be delivered in venues in capital cities and a limited number of regional centres across Australia. More information on exam venues. Following successful trials recently, the AKT exam will be returning to a computer-based delivery in venues, and the KFP will be a paper-based exam. For more information, refer to the FAQs.
CCE |
2022.1 |
Open: 9:00am (AEDT) on Wednesday 9 March 2022
Close: 1:00pm (AEST) on Tuesday 12 April 2022
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2022.2 |
Open: 9:00am (AEST) on Monday 25 July 2022
Close: Midnight (AEST) on Sunday 28 August 2022 |
Important: Make sure you record the correct date in your calendar as late enrolments cannot be accepted. We always recommend enrolling early to avoid missing out. For further details, please see the RACGP Assessments and Examinations Candidate Handbook.
My candidacy
All candidates who enrol in a Fellowship exam after 1 January 2019 have three years to complete their candidacy. If you have enrolled in an exam since 2019.1, you can track your journey to Fellowship in the ‘My candidacy portal’.
Special arrangements are available to the following groups of candidates:
- All candidates eligible to sit the RCE or Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) in 2020 or 2021 will be granted an additional semester in their candidacy. Candidates can sit one or more exams in this semester or use the time to prepare for a later exam.
- All candidates who were enrolled in the 2020.2 AKT and/or KFP as at 9 am on Friday 9 October 2020 will be granted an additional semester in their candidacy. Candidates can sit one or more exams in this semester or use the time to prepare for a later exam.
Candidates may be eligible for more than one of these special arrangements. Eligible candidates may have a maximum of eight semesters in which they can enrol in exams over four years (plus approved suspensions and leave).
Access My candidacy portal
Exam dates
AKT and KFP |
2022.2 |
AKT:
Saturday 16 July 2022
KFP:
Friday 15 July 2022
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CCE |
2022.1 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
18-19 June 2022
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
25-26 June 2022 |
2022.2 |
Day one:
Saturday and Sunday
5-6 November 2022
Day two:
Saturday and Sunday
12-13 November 2022 |
Important things to know about the delivery of the exams:
- The CCE is delivered across two consecutive weekends. Candidates will be allocated one exam session in the first weekend, and one session in the second weekend.
Exam fees
AKT and KFP |
2022.2 |
AKT: $2330
KFP: $2330 |
CCE |
2022.1 |
$4770 |
2022.2 |
TBA |
Payment is made online at the time of enrolment via credit card.
Financial hardship
Candidates are encouraged to enrol into an examination as soon as possible after enrolments open, and to not wait until the end of the enrolment period. Any candidate experiencing financial hardship may make a request for an alternative payment arrangement by submitting an Application for Special Consideration for Financial Hardship via email to examinations@racgp.org.au
Please see the RACGP Assessments and Examinations Candidate Handbook for further details.