If you wish to undertake training that varies from the standard Anaesthesia Training Program or if you have undertaken previous training experience that can be credited as part of your ANZCA training, you may request prospective or retrospective approval through the DPA Assessor.

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Prospective approval is required for:

• Provisional Fellowship Program
• Part-time training
• Overseas training
• Clinical training outside of clinical anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine
• Interruptions to training (including parental leave)

Retrospective approval is required for:

• Partial training in a foreign training program
• Recognition of postgraduate qualifications in anaesthesia for trainees who work in Affiliated Training Regions (Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia)
• Senior House Officer appointments in anaesthesia in the United Kingdom
• Recognition of previously undertaken full-time research or training in an anaesthesia-related discipline
• FJFICM
• Retrospective Module completion
  

Prospective Approval Requests

Provisional Fellowship Program

Trainees wishing to undertake their final (fifth) year of training in a Provisional Fellowship Position may seek Prospective Approval to do so. Eligibility for these types of positions requires Trainees to have completed 48 months of training, documented completion of Modules 1-10 and have successfully completed both the Primary and the Final Examinations (Regulation 15.7.5).
Implications of undertaking an Provisional Fellow Position as opposed to being an Advanced Trainee Year 3.
Provisional Fellowship Program Application Form ( 136 kB)

Part-Time Training

Trainees wishing to undertake training in a part-time capacity may apply to have this training time approved (see Regulation 15.9 & 15.10).
Application for Part-time Training ( 114 kB)

Overseas Training, or Formal Research or Clinical Training outside of Clinical Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine

Trainees wishing to undertake training either Overseas or in Clinical Training outside of Clinical Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine (e.g., Emergency Medicine, Clinical Medicine or Formal Research) will require prospective approval to ensure that this time can be credited towards their training (Regulation 15.5.2.3, 15.6.3 & 15.7.4)

Interruptions to Training (including Parental Leave)

As per Regulation 15.10, Approved Training must include at least two continuous years of Training Time, interrupted only by Normal Leave. Any period of leave longer than Normal Leave is considered interrupted training.

15.10.1 Extended parental leave or sick leave must be notified to the College and advice obtained as to the effect of Training Time.

15.10.2 If training is interrupted for more than one year, subsequent training must include at least one continuous year of supervised training.

Please contact the College via the contact details below with queries pertaining to Interrupted Training.

Retrospective Approval Requests

Partial Training in a Foreign Training Program

A Trainee who has completed partial training in a foreign training program that predates commencement of Approved Training, and who is not deemed an Overseas Trained Specialist (Regulation 15.11.1).
Application for Retrospective Accreditation for Partial Training in a Foreign Anaesthesia Program (  115 kB)

Trainees who work in an Affiliated Training Region (Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia) and who hold a postgraduate qualification in anaesthesia

A Trainee who works in an Affiliated Training Region (Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia) and who holds a postgraduate qualification in anaesthesia by examination that is accepted by Council (Regulation 15.11.2).
Application for Retrospective Accreditation of Training Time for Holders of a Postgraduate Qualification in Anaesthesia by Examination ( 118 kB)

Senior House Officer appointment in anaesthesia in the United Kingdom

A Trainee who has occupied a Senior House Officer appointment in anaesthesia in the United Kingdom after 1 April 1996 (Regulation 15.11.3).
Application for Retrospective Accreditation of UK Senior House Officer Time ( 112 kB)

Recognition of previously undertaken full-time research or training in an anaesthesia-related discipline

A Trainee who has previously undertaken full-time research or training in an anaesthesia-related discipline conducted by another College (Regulation 15.5.2.3 & 15.11.4).
Application for Retrospective Accreditation of Anaesthesia, Research or Training in an Anaesthesia-Related Discipline ( 128 kB)

FJFICM

A Trainee with FJFICM may be granted retrospective approval of supervised training in Clinical Anaesthesia in Approved Training Sites during training for FJFICM (Regulation 15.11.5).

Retrospective Module Completion

Trainees who have had training time retrospectively accredited (in either ANZCA or Overseas Hospitals) may have Modules signed off by their Module Supervisor and/or current Supervisor of Training, after satisfactory discussion about the relevant Module experience, and the provision of satisfactory documentation (e.g., log book or signed entry in the Learning Portfolio ( 287 kB) to support the completion of the Module.

Should you have further queries please contact the College via:

Assessor Support
Training & Assessments
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
PO Box 6095
ST KILDA ROAD CENTRAL  VIC  8008
AUSTRALIA
Office:   +61 3 9510 6299
Fax:      +61 3 9510 6786
Email: Assessor-requests@anzca.edu.au