Maternal Fetal Medicine

• Diagnostic ultrasound in pregnancy, both imaging and ultrasound-guided procedures

• Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound Part 1

  The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine's examination

  • Pass it before the In-Hospital Clinical Examination, and send the College your result letter

• Biostatistics and research methods

  A tertiary course in epidemiology and biostatistics, at least 3 hours a week for a semester, approved before you start

• Multi-source feedback

  At the end of the year, from consultants, peers and other health professionals, with a self-assessment beside it

• Scholarly elective proposal

  Your proposal and timeline, with the first six-monthly assessment, naming a research supervisor for the research stream

You choose in Year 1, with a proposal and timeline in your first six-monthly assessment. A higher research degree in the field, or a suitable vocational course, can exempt you. Apply for the exemption with your first semester's training plan. You still take part in research in your unit.

• In-Hospital Clinical Examination

  You scan three patients over 3 hours at your own site, watched by two examiners, then write reports

  • Open once you hold the Diploma Part 1 and 46 weeks of credited training
  • It assesses your ultrasound technique and Doppler, and 12-week, mid-trimester and third-trimester scans
  • Pass or fail, held February to November, and can be retaken after 4 weeks
  • Pass it by the end of Year 3

• CMFM Written Examination

  Ten short-answer questions for 150 marks in 3 hours 15 minutes, sat by remote proctoring each June

  • Open once 46 weeks of training are credited by its application closing date
  • You have 3 attempts

• CMFM Oral Examination

  A structured oral examination of about 4 hours with a short break, face to face in Melbourne, each August

  • Open once 46 weeks are credited by its application closing date
  • You have 3 attempts

• Scholarly elective progress

  A report with each six-monthly assessment

• Training outside an accredited CMFM unit

  Only in Year 3, approved in advance, up to 6 months in an unaccredited or overseas unit, a non-CMFM unit, or pelvic ultrasound

  • Training in a non-CMFM unit is approved only if every procedural skills assessment can still be done by the end of Year 3

• When to ask

  Training outside an accredited unit goes to the June committee meeting of the year before for a semester 1 start, and to the October meeting for semester 2

  • Send the request 8 weeks before the meeting, with your supervisor there and their CV

• Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology Skills module

  The FRANZCOG Advanced Training module, complete by the end of training

• Procedural skills

  Amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling and structural malformation scanning, each signed off at independent level by the end of training

• First attempt

  Within 2 years of finishing your 3 clinical years

  • Both examinations must be passed within 4 years of finishing them

• A progress reportYour own and your supervisors' assessment of your progress against the learning goals over a period of training. every 6 months, with a mentor or supervisor, ideally a CMFM consultant

• Then apply for certification, approved by the subspecialty committee and the Board

• Scholarly elective deadline

  Finish it within the time your stream allows, or removal from the program is recommended

  • Revisions can delay certification