About your training fees

Training and assessment fees at a glance

This two-page summary of the ANZCA Training Program training and assessment fees provides a visual breakdown of what fees you may need to pay; when they're payable; and how ANZCA invests in the delivery and improvement of training and assessment.

What we’re doing to improve the trainee experience

Training is one of the great strengths of our college – rigorous, continually improving and shaped by fellows, supervisors, and trainees working together. Here are some of the improvements we're working on:

• Enhancing My Portfolio to reduce administration and make training requirements and approvals easier to manage.
• Strengthening the trainee voice through trainee and graduate outcomes surveys and trainee journey mapping, giving us better information about trainee experiences, including training requirements, learning resources, supervision, wellbeing and communications.
• Establishing a dual ANZCA-CICM training recognition process to reduce unnecessary duplication and support a more streamlined pathway for trainees to achieve both fellowships, while maintaining the standards of both programs.
• Improving trainee selection processes to provide greater clarity and consistency around requirements and expectations.
• Strengthening assessment design and delivery to ensure assessments remain robust and aligned with evolving regulatory requirements
• Improving training site accreditation and quality assurance through stronger monitoring, clearer expectations and better use of trainee feedback about training environments

What your training and assessment fees support

The ANZCA Training Program is supported by around 100 staff across Education, Information Technology, Australian regional and New Zealand offices, and the ANZCA Library, together with fellows and other clinicians who contribute their expertise to the program. Your fees contribute to the people, systems and infrastructure required to deliver and continuously improve training and assessment, including:

Training program delivery, development and trainee support

Curriculum and program development, training administration, trainee services and support, education policy and regulatory requirements, and initiatives designed to improve the trainee experience.

Training site accreditation and quality assurance

Accreditation and monitoring of hospitals and other training settings delivering the ANZCA Training Program, including quality assurance and continuous improvement of training environments.

Assessment development and delivery

The design, development, quality assurance and delivery of examinations and other assessments, including examiner support, psychometric services, venues, technology and examination logistics.

Training systems and digital platforms

The development and maintenance of systems supporting training and assessment, including MyPortfolio, training site accreditation systems, examination management systems and Learn@ANZCA.

Clinical education leadership and expertise

Clinical education leaders and fellows provide specialist expertise to support program development, training standards, trainee and supervisor support, assessment and education governance.

Learning resources and educational content

Development and curation of educational and knowledge resources supporting the training program, including ANZCA Library and evidence resources.

Shared services and governance

The training program is also supported by organisational services such as finance, technology support, people and culture, communications, legal and governance.

Other services available to trainees

As members of the college community, trainees also have access to a range of broader ANZCA services and resources, including:

• Patient safety and quality resources, such as professional documents and safety alerts. 
• Advocacy with governments and other stakeholders.
• ANZCA Library services. 
• Wellbeing resources. 
• Learning events and exam support activities.
• College publications including the ANZCA Bulletin and Australasian Anaesthesia (the Blue Book).

What your examination fees support

Examinations support the full examination lifecycle, including examination development and quality assurance, candidate administration, examiner preparation, venues, logistics, technology and psychometric services to maintain the high standards expected. 

In any given year, the college examines 550-580 Primary Examination candidates and 500-525 Final Examination candidates. Approximately 85 primary examiners and 98 final examiners contribute their professional expertise and volunteer their time to support the examination process.

Costs associated with exam delivery include: 

• Examination development and quality assurance– development and review of examination content, psychometric services, specialist examination software and other quality-assurance activities.

• Candidate administration and support– five full-time examination support staff, supported by senior staff, together with invigilators and other examination-day support.
• Written examination delivery– venue hire across Australia and New Zealand, invigilators, candidate support and arrangements required to provide approved examination adjustments.
• Viva examination delivery– two sittings each year for both the Primary and Final examinations, each conducted over five days. Delivery includes venues capable of accommodating approximately 250–300 candidates and 80–90 examiners, examination equipment and approximately 15 supporting staff.
• Examiner preparation and support– examiner workshops and preparation activities designed to support consistent and high-quality assessment.
• Examiner travel and accommodation– travel and accommodation required to support the delivery of the Primary and Final examinations.
• Travel and accommodation costs for examiners for the two sittings of both primary and final examinations.

Training fee payment options and assistance

For more information on paying your annual training program fees, including when your payments are due; whether or not you're eligible to pay your fees in instalments; and what support is available to trainees experiencing financial hardship, please visit our new Training fee payment options page.