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Once you've completed all requirements of your training and the ATC in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine has recommended you for admission, the College will invite you to apply for Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Approval of training periods are determined by the Advanced Training Committee (ATC) in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. To be approved, your individual training program must be consistent with the training requirements and appropriate for the stage of training you have reached.

Upon completion of each rotation or calendar year of training, the ATC reviews your progress according to the training requirements. If you have satisfactorily completed all training requirements, the ATC will certify that training period.

Changes to your rotation require you to re-submit an application form (if online registration is closed) to your training committee as soon as possible. This includes any changes to sites, dates of rotations and flexible training arrangements.

The PREP teaching and learning activities are designed to support you in your reflective practice and self-directed learning. A variety of teaching and learning activities and assessments are used, catering to a range of learning needs, styles and situations that may arise in your workplace training.

The Advanced Training Program in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine allows adequate time for you to gain the necessary learning experiences across a range of relevant rotations during your 3-year total training period (36 months FTE).

At least 12 months of Advanced Training in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine must be undertaken in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand to ensure that you receive adequate exposure to local practices and health services.

The Advanced Training Research Project (ATRP) is a report on a project that you have had significant involvement in designing, conducting of research and analysis of data. It enables you to gain experience in:

The ATRP, introduced to most trainees who commenced after 2017, addresses wide variations in purpose, type, quantity and assessment criteria across the RACP Training Programs. An ATRP submission provides evidence of the skills of:

It's recommended that you submit your research project in your penultimate year. If you submit in your final year, you may not have enough time to address any feedback or resubmit it if needed. This could delay your progression of training or admission to Fellowship.

You must apply for RPL for research activities within 6 months of commencing your first approved rotation in your Advanced Training Program. You'll need to submit evidence of satisfactory completion with your application.

Exemptions for alternative research in progress during your Advanced Training will be assessed for suitability against the ATRP guidelines and marking criteria. You can apply for an exemption if you are undertaking a:

A PhD and higher degree by research completed through an Australian or Aotearoa New Zealand University will automatically satisfy the Advanced Training research requirement without the need for review by project markers.

Exemption is granted only when the evidence presented fulfils the research requirements, separate to whether your research or coursework is relevant to your current specialty. You will be required to submit evidence of satisfactory completion before the end of your Advanced Training.

Additional project formats may be considered provided they meet the Advanced Training Research Project (ATRP) guidelines and marking criteria. Trainees and supervisors seeking additional format approval need to provide justification as to how the project submission meets the criteria.

An audit project aims to assess, evaluate and improve the quality of healthcare through the systematic review of practice. A specific component of practice to be reviewed is identified and local performance is assessed against specific criteria in relation to the gold standard.

An audit will identify substandard areas and develop recommendations for implementation, based on a succinct review of the literature. The audit should then be repeated to assess the success of the interventions.

The size of your audit is dependent on the topic and nature of the audit undertaken. The presentation of the audit must adhere to the standards for presentation of research, including the suggested word count.

A systematic review is a method of critically appraising bodies of research studies with a high level of rigour. Systematic reviews are different to narrative reviews and expert commentaries because they use a well-defined protocol to ensure high coverage of all relevant information and can be replicated easily. A standard, published protocol, such as the PRISMA guidelines could be used.

You're encouraged to present your Advanced Training Research Project (ATRP) orally at hospital, state or national meetings and submit your work for publication in an appropriate peer-reviewed journal. It should meet the requirements of that journal and instructions to authors for the journal should be submitted with the ATRP.

Turnitin is an originality and plagiarism detection tool, which compares projects against electronic texts from the Internet, published works and assignments previously submitted to Turnitin by other users.

For most Advanced Training Programs, submission of your research project is due by your second last year of training to ensure enough time for marking the project and the opportunity to resubmit if required. Refer to the requirements for submission dates.

A CbD involves a comprehensive review of a clinical case or cases between you and an assessor. After the CbD, the assessor provides constructive feedback to help you improve and structure your future learning.

An assessor can choose any case or cases where you'll play a significant role in clinical decision-making and patient management. The discussion should reflect your level of experience and be linked to your Advanced Training Curriculum.

The Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety online course teaches best practice medicine for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori patients through reflection on your own cultural values and recognition of their influence on professional practice.

Developmental and Psychosocial (D&P) Training assists trainees to develop a sophisticated understanding of child development, encompassing physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and social areas, which should be gained from the perspective of the child within the family and in the context of the community.

These areas reflect a holistic approach to the health problems of children and young people. An understanding of the roles and inter-relationships of many allied health and community-based services, in a way that distinguishes them from experience in organ-based specialties, is required.

An approved clinic is determined to be a clinic where other health and/or educational professionals are involved, and supervision is directed by a paediatrician who is experienced in one or multiple areas of D&P Training, such as behaviour, development, rehabilitation and child protection.

Trainees must nominate a paediatrician with a special interest and skill in behavioural paediatrics or, where available, a child psychiatrist or paediatric clinical psychologist, to act as their supervisor.

The assessment guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) rating form (PDF) and guidance. Each DOPS criterion is rated as either unsatisfactory, satisfactory or superior against a 9-point scale. This guide should assist the observer in discriminating between different levels of rating.

Maintaining a Procedures Logbook is intended to ensure that you have undertaken adequate preparation and practice in the most common neonatal procedures. You need to be able to demonstrate that you have reached a level of procedural expertise similar to that of a consultant.

Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Communication and Professional Development logbook template (XLS)
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Follow-up Activities logbook template (XLS)
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine NETS logbook template (XLS)
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Procedures logbook template (XLS)

Your proposal is to include a background, rationale, hypothesis, methodology and budget. The proposal should be accompanied by a comprehensive literature review that is the standard equivalent to a National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant Application or New Zealand Health Research Council (NZHRC).

This project option requires prospective enrolment to the Advanced Training Committee/Advanced Training Subcommittee. It can be considered on the basis there is a neonatal and perinatal medicine focus.

Published papers submitted for consideration as a research project must be work-related to neonatal and perinatal medicine, which have been completed within 5 years of you commencing Advanced Training in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine.