Basic Training in Adult Internal Medicine

Basic Training in Adult Internal Medicine Overview

To become a physician in Australia, you are required to undertake a minimum six-year training program. The training program, delivered by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), will see you complete your first three years of Basic Training in Adult Internal Medicine.

Advanced Training

Upon completion of your Basic Training, you can select from a variety of Advanced Training programs that will allow you to specialise in a specific specialty area of Adult Internal Medicine. Your Advanced Training program will take approximately three years to complete.

Some of the areas which you can specialise in Adult Internal Medicine include:

*Alternative entry requirements exist for these training programs, please see RACP website for additional information.

You may decide that you want to specialise in more than one specialty area, and so you can choose to undertake multiple Advanced Training programs depending on your areas of interest. It’s not uncommon for physicians to be dual trained in Infectious Diseases and Public Health Medicine, for example, so you have the ability to expand your learning and create different career paths based on your interests and experience.

Training and assessment summary

The Queensland Basic Physician Training (Adult Medicine) Network oversees the recruitment, selection and allocation of doctors intending to commence Basic Physician Training in Queensland. Training functions in a centralised network, where trainees are allocated to one of five different network rotations throughout the state (Coastal, Far North, North Queensland, Northside or Southside) to complete the three-year training program.

Eligibility

Applicants must hold general registration with the Medical Board of Australia, be eligible for registration with the RACP as a basic trainee and qualify as postgraduate year three (PGY3) or above.

Flexibility

Minimum 0.2 full-time equivalent commitment. Basic training program must be completed within 8 years.

Interrupted training

Allowed. Interruptions of more than 12 continuous months may require the development of a Return to Training Plan in collaboration with a supervisor and approval from the relevant training committee. These requirements are mandatory for interruptions greater than 24 continuous months.