Rehabilitation Medicine

Core training

36 months

At least, in AFRMAustralasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine-accredited settings

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

12 months

At most, in other clinical disciplines or research

Training settings

2

At least, each different

• The RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians accredits each setting for the most trainees it can take and the kinds of rehabilitation it offers, such as general, neurological, brain injury or spinal cord injury, and gives its status as accredited, provisional or conditional
• The listThe accredited settings list gives each setting with its trainees and the date its accreditation runs to
• FacilitiesA desk, a work email address, a computer with internet access, video and telemedicine facilities, study and tutorial rooms, and a medical library, with literature search training on request
• In your first 2 weeksAn orientation to the organisation and to the training site
• New settingsA setting applies with the accreditation assessment form, and the Faculty's accreditation subcommittee decides its status and the most trainees it takes
• Aotearoa New ZealandABI Rehabilitation in Auckland and Wellington, and Auckland City, Burwood in Christchurch, Kenepuru Community, Middlemore with the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit, and Wakari in Dunedin hospitals
• OverseasChangi General Hospital in Singapore, provisionally accredited for 1 trainee
• In the territoryUniversity of Canberra Hospital for 5 trainees, in general, neurological, geriatric and community rehabilitation

What every accredited rehabilitation medicine setting must give you

Rehabilitation beds

10 to 20

Managed by a trainee in a purely inpatient position, at most 20 without junior doctors

Formal teaching

1 hour

Each week at least, on site, led by rehabilitation physicians for rehabilitation trainees

Rotation supervisors

1

Each rotation at least, and 2 recommended

Supervisor on site

17.5 hours

A week at least in an inpatient setting, half the working week

Research project supervisor

1

Nominated before specialty consolidation, recommended

Entry phase examination

10

Clinical stations, in the specialty entry phase

Fellowship written examination

2

Papers on one day, an essay paper and a multiple choice paper

Fellowship clinical examination

10

Clinical stations

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.

8

Each phase, at least two every 3 months

Long case assessments

4

Each phase, one directly observed

Research project

1

Before the end of training, submitted by the end of specialty consolidation, recommended

Submission dates

3

Each year: 31 March, 15 June and 15 September

Supervisor workshops

3

Free, by the end of training

Online resources

5

By the end of training

Clinical neuropsychology essays

5

Submitted 6 months before Fellowship, recommended

Functional Independence Measure course

1

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

10 years

To complete the program