General Paediatrics

Core training

30 months

At least, in approved rotations at accredited settings

Essential general paediatrics

12 months

At least, within core training

Hospital and developmental

6 months

At least in each: hospital paediatrics, and developmental and behavioural paediatrics

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

6 months

At most, in a role relevant to one or more learning goals

In Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand

24 months

At least, at accredited settings

• Kinds of experienceEach accredited setting offers some of essential general paediatrics, hospital paediatrics, and developmental and behavioural paediatrics, in the Professional Experience Guide
• Rural themeA rural setting offers all three kinds and meets the rural theme, unless its line says otherwise. The most core time a setting counts is in the accredited settings list
• Aotearoa New Zealand19 accredited settings, in the Aotearoa New Zealand list
• Hospital and developmentalThe Canberra Hospital

What every accredited general paediatrics setting must give you

Inpatient beds

4

Paediatric medical beds at the setting, at least

Emergency presentations

3,000

Paediatric presentations at the setting each year, at least

Admissions

400

Paediatric medical admissions from the emergency department each year, at least

Outpatient clinic

1

General paediatric clinic each week for you to attend, at least

Supervisors

2

Each rotation, at least one a Fellow of the RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatrics & Child Health Division

Supervisor meetings

3

Formal meetings each rotation, at least

Continuing Fellow

1

In general paediatrics, kept across all your rotations, recommended for continuity

Research project supervisor

1

Nominated before specialty consolidation, recommended

Learning themes

8

Each completed by the end of training

Rural rotation

6 months

At a setting accredited for rural general paediatrics

Captures

18

Learning or observation, on developmental and behavioural paediatrics

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 its start

Research project

1

Research, an audit or a systematic review, by the end of training

Paediatric advanced life support

1

Course, face to face, by the end of training

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