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Paediatrics and Child Health covers Paediatric Nuclear Medicine, so this is the parent specialty entry.
RACP
When Paediatric Nuclear Medicine applications run, and what the round looks like.
Feb
The RACP registration deadlines (28 February / 31 August) are for annual re-registration within training, not the initial application.
There is no centrally published PGY floor, because Basic Training selection is run by hospital networks rather than by the college. PGY2 to PGY4 is typical.
High
How Paediatric Nuclear Medicine training is structured.
3 years
To complete
3 years
Competencies
To complete
Advanced Paediatric Life Support, or an Advanced Life Support course
Compulsory for every trainee.
During Basic Training
RACP Written Examination
Multiple choice, blueprinted to the curriculum.
Before progressing to Advanced Training
RACP Clinical Examination
Two long cases and four short cases.
Before progressing to Advanced Training
One set of categories across every specialty, so two can be compared. Only those with criteria recorded for this specialty are shown.
Rotations, logbooks, procedures, and exposure
Exams, qualifications, courses, and teaching
Papers, impact factor, audits, and QI
Registration mechanics and logistics not covered above
Sourced from Australian medical community discussion.
Before each training period
Which curriculum
Advanced Training
Community paediatrics and complex disability experience is underrepresented in most CVs — it differentiates applicants to programs with community and developmental paediatrics training.
Queensland Health is the only state department publishing these figures so far.
A centrally coordinated Queensland Health pathway or network
An individual Queensland Health facility accredited for training
Queensland pathway
No published selection-round or workforce figures available
The source lists 18 areas of paediatric advanced training; check the current list with the college, as it is not reproduced here
Two ways in — through the state-wide basic training network, or through an individual accredited Queensland Health facility
Queensland Health, medi-nav, 31 July 2026. Selection numbers are for first-year entry and vary year to year.
Changes published by RACP.
New curriculum introduced for Basic Paediatric Training from 2025. Trainees commencing BPT from 2025 follow the new curriculum. Trainees who started in 2024 or earlier complete the previous PREP program.
8 posts across 8 hospitals in Australia. Each circle counts hospitals.
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Published by RACP and the Medical Board unless stated.
Colleges, portals and rubrics
Connected to this specialty by the Medical Board’s specialty structure, by college, or by a shared training pathway.
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