Entry requirements

You may apply to the Certificate of Postgraduate Training in Clinical Psychiatry if you: 

• have current general or current specialist registration as a medical practitioner in Australia 
• are undertaking your fifth or subsequent postgraduate year or
• trainees undertaking specialist medical college training (other than through the RANZCP) undertaking their third or subsequent postgraduate year and
• are working in Australia with patients who require assessment and/or care and support in relation to their mental health.  

General practitioners, rural generalists, emergency medicine physicians and other medical practitioners who assess and support the mental health of their patients are eligible.

RANZCP Fellows, current RANZCP trainees and SIMG are not eligible to apply. Those who exit training may apply for the Certificate if they meet other entry requirements and may also be eligible for recognition of prior learning.