Nephrology

Training settings

2

At least, accredited

In Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand

24 months

At least, in accredited settings

Overseas

12 months

At most, in accredited settings

Dialysis

6 months

At most, without other significant medical work

• Accredited settingsCore training counts only in an accredited setting, in a position suited to core training. Each setting has its own limits on core months and trainees, in the accredited sites list
• OverseasAdult settings accredited for up to 12 months: the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and settings in England
• In EnglandGuy's and St Thomas', Hammersmith, Royal Free, Royal London and Southmead hospitals and the Oxford Kidney Unit, each for up to 12 months
• Aotearoa New Zealand10 settings: Auckland City, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hawke's Bay, Middlemore, North Shore, Taranaki Base, Waikato, Wellington and Whangārei hospitals
• In the territoryCanberra Hospital, for up to 24 months of core training

What every accredited nephrology setting must give you

Scientific meetings

1

At least, the chance to attend one during core training

Rotation supervisors

2

Each rotation, Fellows of the RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians, one a practising nephrologist

Research project supervisor

1

Nominated before specialty consolidation, recommended

Nephrologist supervisor

1

Full-time equivalent on site, which several nephrologists can share

Supervisor meetings

3 months

At most between meetings, and more often is strongly recommended

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

Case reports

2

By the end of training, reviewed by a rotation supervisor

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