Program overview

Curriculum standards

The curriculum standards are summarised as 18 learning goals. The learning goals articulate what trainees need to be, do and know, and are assessed throughout training.

BE
  1. Professional behaviours
DO
  1. Team leadership
  2. Supervision and teaching
  3. Quality improvement
  4. Clinical assessment and management
  5. Management of transitions from paediatric to adult care
  6. Acute paediatric cardiac care
  7. Management of cardiac conditions from fetal to adolescence, including end-of life care
  8. Communication with patients
  9. Prescribing
  10. Procedures
  11. Investigations
KNOW
  1. Scientific foundations of paediatric cardiology
  2. Acute paediatric cardiac care
  3. Structural heart disease, including valvular and congenital heart disease
  4. Acquired heart disease
  5. Arrhythmias
  6. Genetic cardiac disorders

LTA structure

The learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) structure defines the framework for delivery and trainee achievement of the curriculum standards in the program.

The program is structured in three phases. These phases establish clear checkpoints for trainee progression and completion.

Figure 1: Advanced Training learning, teaching, and assessment structure

An entry decision is made before entry into the program.

A progress decision, based on competence, is made at the end of each phase of training.

A completion decision, based on competence, is made at the end of the training program, resulting in eligibility for admission to Fellowship.

Entry criteria

Prospective trainees must have:

  • completed RACP Basic Training, including the Written and Clinical Examinations
  • general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia if applying in Australia, or a medical registration with a general scope of practice with the Medical Council of New Zealand and a practising certificate if applying in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • an RACP-accredited clinical training position for core Advanced Training in RACP Paediatric Cardiology.

LTA programs

The LTA programs outline the strategies and methods to learn, teach, and assess the curriculum standards.

Entry

Learning

Teaching

Assessment