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ACSEP
When Sport and Exercise Medicine applications run, and what the round looks like.
Assessment
Entrance Examination, first sitting of the year. 7 March in 2026.
The Entrance Examination is held remotely in 2026, which covers both sittings.
Selection runs once a year from about July to October, and each cycle publishes its own dates.
Foundation requirement: equivalent of 3 years general medical and surgical postgraduate training before starting ACSEP advanced training. Most applicants are PGY3+.
Moderate
How Sport and Exercise Medicine training is structured.
Each stage has its own minimum and maximum time
Competencies
To complete
ACSEP Entrance Examination
Held twice a year and sat remotely in 2026. A pass is valid for 10 calendar years, so one sitting can cover several application rounds.
Before applying, and a pass is eligibility for selection rather than a place
One set of categories across every specialty, so two can be compared. Only those with criteria recorded for this specialty are shown.
Total 100% of the curriculum vitae score
Sport and exercise medicine clinical rotations, and sitting in with a Fellow.
Conferences, education modules including trauma, anti-doping and cultural safety, scholarships and awards, and personal involvement in sport.
Paid roles, event and team coverage across a variety of sports, and long-term team coverage for one team.
Postgraduate achievements in the specialty, such as a doctorate, a masters or a diploma.
Peer reviewed publication, first authorship particularly.
Rotations, logbooks, procedures, and exposure
Rural, regional, and remote experience
Sourced from Australian medical community discussion.
Before you apply
While building the application
When the curriculum vitae is submitted
When an interview is offered
The 2025 registrar cohort was 34% women, 8% Indigenous and 6% rural/regional — a genuine diversity priority meaningfully improves interview odds via the 60% preference pool.
Selection and workforce history, transcribed as published.
175
Fellows in Australia
At 31 December 2025
A very small specialty of 175 Fellows at the end of 2025, unusual in that Victoria (62) holds more Fellows than New South Wales (54).
How many Fellows of this specialty were on the register in each state at 31 December 2025. This is workforce size, not intake — a large number here does not mean a large number of training places.
| Jurisdiction | Fellows |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 13 |
| New South Wales | 54 |
| Northern Territory |
Queensland Health is the only state department publishing these figures so far.
The college itself
No published selection-round figure available
A small workforce — 15 specialists in Queensland against 150 nationally, with 12 trainees in the state
Queensland Health, medi-nav, 31 July 2026. Selection numbers are for first-year entry and vary year to year.
Changes published by ACSEP.
The Indigenous workforce diversity priority also covers Pasifika applicants, and the rural priority carries its own published definition. There are seven scored curriculum vitae categories, an examination pass stays valid 10 years, and accepting an interview confirms willingness to train at an available practice.
5 posts across 5 hospitals in Australia. Each circle counts hospitals.
Sports and Arthritis Clinic, Specialist Sports Medicine Centre, Balmain Sports Medicine and 31 more are not shown on the map, with no location on file. Their posts are still counted above.
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Hospital locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. State boundaries from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Published by ACSEP and the Medical Board unless stated.
Colleges, portals and rubrics
Requirements, windows, and criteria change annually. Verify with ACSEP before making career decisions. Report an error on this page.
Selection points and pathways for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Māori applicants
Exams, qualifications, courses, and teaching
Leadership and roles beyond clinical work
Registration mechanics and logistics not covered above
| Queensland | 21 |
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| South Australia | 5 |
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| Tasmania | 3 |
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| Victoria | 62 |
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| Western Australia | 16 |
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| Australia, total | 175 |
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Source: Australian Government Department of Health. Medical Education and Training (2025), Chapter 4: Fellows — College Fellows by state, as at 31 December 2025. Figures are transcribed as published.