Rheumatology

Core rheumatology

24 months

At least, at accredited settings

In Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand

24 months

At least, at accredited settings

Accredited settings

2

At least, each different

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, approved in advance

• 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
• Aotearoa New ZealandAuckland City, Christchurch, Dunedin, Middlemore, North Shore and Waikato hospitals, and the Wellington Regional Rheumatology Unit at Hutt Hospital, each for up to 12 months of core training
• In the territoryNo setting in the territory is accredited for core rheumatology training
• Employment is for 3 years, with an interview each year. Several positions include rural work, and part-time training is possible

What every accredited rheumatology setting must give you

Outpatient clinics

3

A week at least, one of them a general rheumatology clinic, supervised by consultant rheumatologists

Clinical meetings

Weekly

On site, with journal club, case presentations, and pathology and radiology meetings

Rotation supervisors

2

Each rotation, both Fellows of the RACPRoyal Australasian College of Physicians in rheumatology in core training

Research project supervisor

1

Nominated before specialty consolidation, recommended

Rheumatology consultants

3

On clinical service, one always contactable and on site each day as needed

Supervisor meetings

3 months

At most between meetings with at least one supervisor

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

Cases managed logbook

2

Each phase, 8 weeks of cases each time

Research project

1

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

Annual Scientific Meetings

1

National, with its Advanced Training preceptorship, 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