Admission to Fellowship

This page provides information about Admission to Fellowship for trainees and SIMG candidates. There is a different process depending on your training pathway.

Admission process for Trainees

1. Apply for admission to Fellowship using the Application for Admission to Fellowship form [PDF; 453 KB]. 
2. At time of application, you will be required to:
   • ensure all training requirements are complete and documented on your training record
   • pay the Fellowship application fee
   • submit a current copy of your medical registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) 
   • have your application proposed and seconded by two RANZCP Fellows
   • ensure all training fees are paid. Trainees on an approved payment plan must be up to date with payment. 
3. Applications that have satisfied all requirements will be tabled at the Education Committee for ratification.  
4. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata). 
5. On receipt of the fee your name is submitted to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date. 
6. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia. 
7. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services. 
8. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. Regrettably, special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated. 

Contact traininghelp@ranzcp.org for more information.

Admission process for SIMG candidates

Eligibility 

To be eligible to apply for RANZCP Fellowship, SIMG candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Completion of all requirements of the relevant specialist pathway.  
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) for the entire Fellowship ratification process. A certificate of registration should be submitted with the application for Fellowship. 
• Primary source verification (PSV) which includes providing evidence of: 
  • basic medical qualification
  • all components of the highest specialist qualification.

Partial Comparability candidates

1. Submit a completed SIMG application for Fellowship form by email to simgehelp@ranzcp.org and pay the application fee. 
2. The Partial Comparability Assessment Review Panel (PCARP) reviews assessment results.  
3. PCARP makes a recommendation to the Committee for Specialist International Medical Graduate Education (CSIMGE) that the application for Fellowship be approved. 
4. Review by College legal counsel and ratification by the Education Committee (EC). 
5. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata). 
6. On receipt of the fee your name is submitted to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date. 
7. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia. 
8. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services. 
9. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. To allow sufficient time to plan what is a complex event, regrettably special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated.

Contact simgehelp@ranzcp.org for more information.

Substantial comparability candidates

1. Submit the End of placement - supervisor and employer declaration form [PDF; 84 KB] to simgehelp@ranzcp.org. 
2. Complete and submit the SIMG application for Fellowship form [PDF; 94 KB] and pay the application fee. 
3. Review of application by College committees. 
4. Membership Services will contact you about payment of your initial Fellowship subscription fee (this is calculated pro rata). 
5. Submission to the Board for admission to Fellowship at the next scheduled date. 
6. You will receive confirmation of your admission shortly after the admission date. From this point you have attained the qualification of FRANZCP and you may use the FRANZCP post nominals and insignia. 
7. Fellowship certificates are issued by Membership Services. 
8. You will be invited to have your achievement recognised at the College Ceremony during an annual RANZCP Congress. Cut off for inclusion in each ceremony is 31 March each year. Fellowships attained after 31 March of that year will be recognised at the following year's ceremony. To allow sufficient time to plan what is a complex event, regrettably special requests to attend an earlier Ceremony are unable to be accommodated.

Contact simgehelp@ranzcp.org for more information.

Admission to Fellowship schedule

This date is relevant to trainees only. Failure to submit application forms and supporting documents by the closing date may result in delays to admission to Fellowship.

Receiving a Certificate of Advanced Training

The Certificate award process happens on a different schedule to Fellowship applications. 

You may get both your Fellowship and Advanced Certificate presented together at College Ceremony if the requirements for both are met by 31 March.

Policies

Regulation Admission to Fellowship [PDF; 129KB]

Admission to Fellowship procedure [PDF; 121 KB]