2025 Learning, teaching, and assessment programs
2025 Learning, teaching, and assessment programs
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Advanced Training in Cardiology (Adult Medicine)
Learning, teaching, and assessment requirements
Overview
- What do trainees need to do?
- What do trainees need to do?
- When do trainees need to do it?
- When do trainees need to do it?
Requirements over the course of training
Entry
Entry
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What do trainees need to do?
What do trainees need to do? 1 training applicationWhen do trainees need to do it?
When do trainees need to do it? At the start of the specialty foundation phase.
Due 28 February if starting at the beginning of the year and 31 August if starting mid-year.
Learning
Learning
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What do trainees need to do? Minimum 36 months full time equivalent (FTE) Professional experienceWhen do trainees need to do it? Minimum 12 months FTE during each phase.
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What do trainees need to do? 1 procedural logbookWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training.
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What do trainees need to do? RACP Advanced Training Orientation resourceWhen do trainees need to do it?During the first 6 months of the specialty foundation phase.
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What do trainees need to do? RACP Supervisor Professional Development ProgramWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training.
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What do trainees need to do? RACP Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety resourceWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training, if not completed during Basic Training. Recommended completion before the specialty consolidation phase.
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What do trainees need to do? RACP Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy resourceWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training. Recommended completion before the transition to fellowship phase.
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What do trainees need to do? Recommended resourcesWhen do trainees need to do it? Recommended completion over the course of Advanced Training.
Teaching
Teaching
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What do trainees need to do? Nominate 1 research project supervisorWhen do trainees need to do it? Recommended to be nominated before the specialty consolidation phase.
Assessment
Assessment
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What do trainees need to do? 1 cardiothoracic surgery progress reportWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training.
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What do trainees need to do? 1 research projectWhen do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training. Recommended submission before the transition to fellowship phase.
Requirements per phase
Learning
Learning
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What do trainees need to do?
What do trainees need to do? 1 rotation plan per rotationWhen do trainees need to do it?
When do trainees need to do it? At the start of (or prior to starting) the rotation. Due 28 February for rotations in the first half or whole of the year and 31 August for rotations in the second half of the year.
Teaching
Teaching
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What do trainees need to do? Nominate 2 supervisors per rotationWhen do trainees need to do it? At the start of each accredited or approved training rotation.
Assessment
Assessment
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What do trainees need to do? 12 learning captures (reduced to 4 for 2025 only)When do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 per month (for 2025 only, reduced to minimum 1 every 3 months).
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What do trainees need to do? 4 observation capturesWhen do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 every 3 months.
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What do trainees need to do? 2 progress reportsWhen do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 every 6 months, or 1 every 3 months if the trainee changes rotations or is on a Training Support pathway.