RACP / RCPA
Haematologists diagnose, investigate and treat disorders of the blood, bone marrow, clotting and lymphatic systems, from anaemia and bleeding disorders to leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. They work in the clinic and the laboratory, perform bone marrow biopsies and oversee blood transfusion.
Applications
Applications open mid-JulyThrough the statewide panel of the Annual Medical Recruitment campaign
No information available on interview dates.
Getting a training position and joining the College program are two separate steps. Apply for a position in postgraduate year 4 at the earliest, to start Advanced Training in postgraduate year 5.
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Total training
6 years
From the start of Basic Training, full time
After Basic Training
3 years
36 months of Advanced Training in clinical haematology, at least 12 in each phase
Fellowship
Year 6
FRACP, at the end of Advanced Training
Throughout training
What every accredited haematology setting must give you
Stage by stage
Stage 1 of 4
Before Advanced Training
Entry follows RACP Basic Training, in adult medicine or in paediatrics and child health.
Divisional examinations
The Divisional Written Examination and the Divisional Clinical Examination, both passed before Advanced Training
Stage 2 of 4
At least 12 months full-time equivalent
You learn how the program works and show you are ready to progress.
Training application
At the start of this phase, due 28 February for a start at the beginning of the year or 31 August for mid-year
RACP Advanced Training Orientation resource
In the first 6 months
Cultural safety
The RACP Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety resource, before specialty consolidation, recommended, unless done in Basic Training
Progress decision
At the end of the phase, on evidence of competence
Stage 3 of 4
At least 12 months full-time equivalent
You keep developing in haematology as you work toward the learning goals.
RACP Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy resource
Before transition to Fellowship, recommended, and by the end of training
Progress decision
At the end of the phase, on evidence of competence
Research project
Submitted by the end of this phase, so there is time to resubmit
Stage 4 of 4
At least 12 months full-time equivalent
You show you meet the standards and prepare for unsupervised practice.
Learning goals
25, rated at the end of each phase on a five-point scale
The professional activities
Team leadership, supervision and teaching, quality and clinical research, clinical assessment and management, transitions in care, acute care, longitudinal care, communication with patients, prescribing, procedures, investigations, clinic management and end-of-life care
The knowledge guides
Anaemia and iron disorders, bone marrow failure and other cytopenias, myeloid disorders, lymphoid disorders, plasma cell dyscrasias, bone marrow transplantation, cellular and immune effector therapies, thrombosis, bleeding, transfusion medicine, and laboratory haematology in clinical practice
Completion decision
Then Fellowship of the RACP
One program run by both colleges through the Committee for Joint College Training in Haematology. The laboratory years add the RCPA examinations.
Total training
7 years
From the start of Basic Training, full time
After Basic Training
4 years
2 years of core laboratory haematology and 2 years of core clinical haematology
Fellowship
Year 7
FRACP and FRCPA together, at the end of the joint program
Throughout training
Stage by stage
Stage 1 of 4
Years 1 to 3
Entry follows RACP Basic Training, in adult medicine or in paediatrics and child health.
Divisional examinations
The Divisional Written Examination and the Divisional Clinical Examination, both passed before Advanced Training
Stage 2 of 4
At least 2 years
Core laboratory training: laboratory practice, safety, quality assurance and management, with a little clinical work.
Basic Pathological Sciences examination
Usually before or during the first year of training
Part I examination
Written and digital slides, then a dry practical and an oral, once you will have 18 months of laboratory training by its second phase
Stage 3 of 4
At least 2 years
Core clinical training in inpatient and outpatient haematology, to manage clinical problems without supervision.
Research project
Met by the RCPA haematology dissertation
Stage 4 of 4
12 months
The last year of the four, in the laboratory or the clinic.
Part II examination
The oral, after Part I and the Basic Pathological Sciences examination
Completion
FRACP and FRCPA together
Practise this interview with each station timed. Interview practice
Postgraduate years 2 and 3
Basic Training
Research
Trainees starting Advanced Training in 2027 or later follow new haematology curricula, with new assessments and progression criteria.
Trainees who started in 2026 or earlier stay on PREP.
None available.
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