Entry Requirements

• Completion of Royal Australasian College of Physicians Basic Training, including Written and Clinical Examinations
• A current medical registration
• Been appointed to an appropriate Advanced Training position
• New and current trainees need to apply for Advanced Training each year.
• Refer to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for further information in relation to selection into the training program

Total Training Time

Total: 6 years (full-time)

Basic Adult Medicine: 36 months (full-time) basic training 

• 24 months minimum of core training, including:
  
  • 12 months minimum in medical specialties
  • 3 months minimum in general and acute care medicine
• 12 months maximum of non-core training, which can be replaced by additional core training:
• at least 12 months at a Principal Training Program Level 3 hospital
• at least 3 months outside a Principal Training Program Level 3 hospital
• completion of an Advanced Life Support course or equivalent
• completion of the Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety online course (requirement for trainees who commenced in 2022 onwards, recommended for trainees who commenced before 2022)

OR

Basic Paediatric and Child Health: 36 months (full-time)

• 24 months minimum of core training, including:
  • 9 months minimum in general paediatric medicine
  • 3 months minimum in paediatric emergency medicine
  • 3 months minimum in neonatology in a perinatal unit (maximum total of 12 months across both perinatal and non-perinatal units)
  • 3 months minimum in a paediatric medical specialty
• 6 months minimum at a Principal Training Program Level 3 hospital over the course of training
• 12 months maximum spent completing either required or optional training rotations.
• completion of the Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety online course (requirement for trainees who commenced in 2022 onwards, recommended for trainees who commenced before 2022)
• completion of a Paediatric Advanced Life Support course (or equivalent)

Advanced Clinical Immunology/Allergy Training: 36 months (full-time)

• 24 months of core training
• 12 months of non-core training
• Research Project requirement:
  • Trainees who commenced in 2019 onwards:
    • 1 x Advanced Training Research Project
    • 1 x Immunology and Allergy Research Project*
  • Trainees who commenced between 2017 and 2019:
    • 1 x Advanced Training Research Project
  • Trainees who commenced before 2017:
    • 1 x Immunology and Allergy Research Project
• Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety online course (trainees who commenced in 2023 onwards)
• Developmental and Psychosocial Training (Paediatrics & Child Health trainees only)

OR
Advanced Training in Immunology and Allergy – Joint RACP / RCPA: 48 months (full-time)

• 42 months of core training
  
  • 18 months of core clinical training
  • 24 months of core laboratory training
• 6 months of non-core training
• Research Project requirement:
  • Trainees who commenced in 2019 onwards:
    • 1 x Advanced Training Research Project
    • 1 x Immunology and Allergy Research Project*
  • Trainees who commenced between 2017 and 2019:
    • 1 x Advanced Training Research Project
  • Trainees who commenced before 2017:
    • 1 x Immunology and Allergy Research Project
• Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety online course (trainees who commenced in 2023 onwards)
• Developmental and Psychosocial Training (Paediatrics & Child Health trainees only)
• RCPA Basic Pathological Sciences Examination (trainees who commenced in 2020 onwards)
• RCPA Part I Examination
• RCPA Part II Examination

*Not required if your Advanced Training Research Project is specific to immunology and allergy, is supervised by an immunology and allergy Fellow and completed during Advanced Training

How To Apply

If you're a medical officer planning to undertake basic physician training in Queensland, you must apply to join the network. Queensland Health advertises positions for the following clinical year via an annual, state-wide Resident Medical Officer (RMO) and Registrar Recruitment Campaign.

To be considered for a network training place, complete the following:

1. 1. Visit Queensland network to check your eligibility and read the 'How to apply' section.
   2. Discuss your training plans:
      • If you want to begin training, meet with an RACP Educational Supervisor or Director of Physician Education (DPE) to discuss physician training as a career.
      • If you want to join the network to continue training, meet with a Network Rotation Coordinator to discuss your outstanding training requirements and examination plans.
      • Submit your application via the RMO and Registrar Recruitment Campaign  within the specified dates.*

Within the Campaign application, indicate you're applying for the 'Queensland Basic Physician Training (Adult Medicine) Network'.

You'll be asked a series of network-specific questions and your written responses will be scored. The score contributes towards ranking.

You also need to upload relevant documents, including a current CV. Note the network selection committee requests applicants use the standard Queensland Health template.

*Applying via the Campaign allows you to simultaneously apply for the network and employment with individual RACP-accredited hospitals. If you're selected into the network, you'll be allocated to a training hospital. They provide you with an employment contract and a DPE approves you to begin training. You can then register with the RACP by the end of February deadline.

Basic Adult Internal Medicine Training or Basic Paediatrics & Child Health Training is the first step to becoming a Physician at the RACP.

To be eligible to start Basic Training at the RACP, you must:

• current general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia or medical registration with general scope of practice with the Medical Council of New Zealand
• an appointment to an appropriate training position at an accredited setting
• discussed your application and received approval to apply for Basic Training from the hospital or network Director of Physician Education (DPE)

Advanced Training allows trainees to continue developing their knowledge and skills through a chosen clinical specialty. All trainees can complete their registration online. 

Step By Step Educational Path

View the step by step education pathway here.   

Application Deadline

• 28 February: Applications for prospective approval of Basic Training (first half of the year) close
• 31 August: Applications for prospective approval of Basic Training (second half of the year) close

You must organise the timely submission of all necessary documentation and keep a copy of the application for future reference.

Frequently Asked Questions