MTRP Report

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A:

MEDICAL TRAINING REVIEW PANEL ROLE AND MEMBERSHIP

APPENDIX B:

MEDICAL COLLEGE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

APPENDIX C:

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

APPENDIX D:

EXTENDED DATA TREND TABLES

APPENDIX E:

DATA SPECIFICATIONS

APPENDIX F:

TRAINING PROGRAM TERMINOLOGY

MEDICAL TRAINING REVIEW PANEL ROLE AND MEMBERSHIP

Under section 3GC of the Act, the MTRP is required to examine the demand for and supply of medical training opportunities and to monitor the effect of the Medicare provider number arrangements. These arrangements generally require medical practitioners to complete a recognised postgraduate training program, in either general practice or another specialty, before they are eligible to provide services that attract Medicare benefits.

Role of the Medical Training Review Panel

The MTRP was established to monitor the demand for and supply of medical training opportunities and to monitor the implementation of particular measures in the Health Insurance Amendment Act (no 2) 1996.

Medical Training Review Panel Membership

Members of the MTRP must be endorsed by the Commonwealth Minister for Health and comprise of representatives of each member organisation listed below.

Chair

Australian Government Department of Health

State and Territory Health Departments

ACT Health

Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory

Department of Health, South Australia

Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania

Department of Health, Western Australia

Department of Health, Victoria

NSW Ministry of Health

Queensland Health

Medical Colleges

Australasian College of Dermatologists

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

Other Organisations

Australian General Practice Network

Australian Medical Association

Australian Medical Council

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training

Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation

Australian Medical Students Association

Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils

General Practice Education and Training Ltd

Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Inc.

Rural Doctors Association of Australia

Observers

Australian Indigenous Doctors Association

Australasian College of Sports Physicians

Australian Private Hospital Association

Catholic Health Australia

Medical Training Review Panel Subcommittee Memberships

The 2014 membership of the MTRP Clinical Training Subcommittee was:

Dr Andrew Singer (Chair)

Australian Government Department of Health

Dr Will Milford

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training

Dr Nick Buckmaster

Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation

Professor Simon Willcock

Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils

Professor Frank Bowden

ACT Health

Associate Professor Alison Jones

SA Health

Dr Craig White

Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania

Ms Jessica Dean

Australian Medical Students Association

Professor Nick Glasgow

Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Inc.

Dr Kim Hill

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators

Dr Marie-Louise Stokes

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

The 2014 membership of the MTRP Data Subcommittee was:

Dr Nick Buckmaster (Chair)

Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation

Dr William Milford

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training

Professor Nicholas Glasgow

Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand

Dr Andrew Gosbell

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Dr Linda MacPherson

NSW Ministry of Health

Dr Dennis Pashen

Australian General Practice Network

Ms Lesley Chisholm

Department of Health, Victoria

Ms Maureen McCarty

Australian Government Department of Health

Ms Mila Nastachevskaia

Australian Government Department of Health

The 2014 membership of the MTRP Rural Subcommittee was:

Dr Dennis Pashen (Chair)

Australian General Practice Network

Dr Dinesh Arya

NT Health

Dr George Cerchez

Department of Human Services, Tasmania

Dr Nick Buckmaster

Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation

Dr Ross Roberts-Thomson

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training

Dr William Milford

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training (alternate)

Dr Linda MacPherson

NSW Ministry of Health

Ms Jenny Johnson

Rural Doctors Association of Australia (alternate)

Dr Jeff Ayton

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Professor Richard Murray

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine/James Cook University

Ms Jessica Dean

Australian Medical Students Association

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MEDICAL COLLEGE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Appendix B provides summary information about each medical colleges training requirements.

The training requirements for vocational trainees vary between colleges. Tables B1 to B3 provide a consolidated summary of the length of vocational training and training program entry requirements, as well as the guidelines for part-time training and interrupted training.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this appendix is correct at the time of publication and relevant for the data period that the report covers. However, these requirements change over time, and information should be checked with the relevant college or training organisation if current information is required. Website contact details for each college or training organisation are provided in the summaries for the colleges below.

In order to improve general understanding of medical college training requirements, the MTRP has decided to use common language in describing each college training program. Accordingly, the descriptors used in this summary may vary from the information provided by the individual college, faculty or vocational training organisation.

Consolidated Summary Tables

Table B1: Summary of specialty training requirements and entry time, 2013

College/Faculty/Training organisation

Training requirements

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)

5 years full-time (0.5 years introductory training, 1.5 years basic, 2 years advanced and one year provisional fellowship)

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Faculty of Pain Medicine (ANZCA-FPM)

1-3 years full-time, depending on prior specialist training and experience

1-2 years of structured training in Faculty Accredited Unit full-time equivalent

1 elective year full-time equivalent

Can enter during specialty training

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

4 years full-time and assessments (including SST and Final Examinations)

Entry following the Surgery in General (SIG) year

Australasian College of Dermatologists (ACD)

4 years full-time trainees who do not pass both written and clinical fellowship examinations and satisfy all other training requirements in their fourth year may be invited to undertake a fifth year of training

This will be dependent upon the availability of a Fellow to oversee the trainee in a non-accredited training position and at the discretion of the National Training Committee

Can enter after completing PGY1 and PGY2

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)

2 years basic training full-time (which comprise PGY1 and PGY2) NB: From 20 June 2014 ACEM no longer processed registrations for basic training

From 1 January 2016, PGY1 and PGY2 will no longer be part of the ACEM Training Programme structure

1 year provisional training full-time equivalent

4 years advanced training full-time equivalent

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

3 years full-time

Optional 4th year for Advanced Skills training and for academic post

May apply in PGY1 and can enter after completing PGY2

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM)

3 years basic training full-time

3 years advanced training full-time

Can enter after completing PGY1

1st January 2014 onwards:6 months of Foundation Training (undertaken prior to selection into the training program)

24 months core intensive care training

12 months clinical anaesthesia training

12 months clinical medicine training

Approximately 12 months elective training (amount dependent