Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Core training

24 months

At least, at accredited settings

Specialty position

12 months

At least, in an accredited RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians adolescent and young adult medicine position

Non-core trainingA rotation outside the areas the program requires. It counts toward training time only up to the program's limit.

12 months

Most, in an approved position

Training settings

2

Accredited or approved, at least

In Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand

24 months

At least, at accredited settings

• Accredited positionsCore training counts only in an accredited position, each for up to 12 months, in the accredited sites list. A position is core, or related, in work such as drug and alcohol, gender or mental health
• Aotearoa New ZealandThe Centre for Youth Health at Kidz First, Counties Manukau, with two core fellow positions of 12 months and a related registrar position of 6
• Core positionsAt The Children's Hospital at Westmead, an adolescent medicine registrar and a provisional half-time complex care position, a fellow at John Hunter Children's, and a core or related fellow at Westmead Hospital
• Related positionsDrug and alcohol fellows at both Sydney children's hospitals and John Hunter Children's, a research fellow and a provisional half-time gender position at Westmead children's, and a John Hunter Children's registrar

What every accredited adolescent and young adult medicine setting must give you

Continuity of care

12 months

Across a year, among outpatient clinics and multidisciplinary team work

Orientation

First week

An induction to training at the setting

Supervisors

2

Each rotation, at least one an RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians Fellow who is an adolescent and young adult medicine specialist

Research project supervisor

1

Nominated before specialty consolidation, recommended

Supervisor meetings

4

Formal meetings a year at least, about every 3 months

Trainees per supervisor

2

Full-time equivalent at most, for each full-time primary supervisor

Divisional examinations

2

Written and Clinical, passed in Basic Training before Advanced Training

Learning capturesA work-based assessment in which you record and reflect on a learning activity, linked to your learning goals.

12

Each phase, at least one a month

Observation capturesA work-based assessment in which an assessor watches you at work and gives feedback against your learning goals.

12

Each phase, at least one a month

Progress reportsYour own and your supervisors' assessment of your progress against the learning goals over a period of training.

4

Each phase, at least one every 3 months

Rotation plansA plan for each rotation of how you will cover your learning goals there, approved by your supervisors.

1

For each rotation, at or before its start

Logbook

1

Completed by the end of training

Research project

1

Before the end of training, submitted by the end of specialty consolidation, recommended

Supervisor workshops

3

Free, by the end of training

Part-time training

0.2

Full-time equivalent, at least

Interruption

12 months

Continuous, with no extra training required

Time limit

8 years

To complete the program