Kickstart your career in pain medicine
Pain medicine is a dynamic and rewarding career choice for specialists looking for a new challenge. Find out what it involves; where it can take you; and how to get started.
Our pain medicine training program is a two-year post-specialist qualification that leads to fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists with the post nominals FFPMANZCA.
Information on eligibility, application steps, required documents, fees, and prior experience recognition for joining our post-specialist pain medicine training program.
Resources for FPM trainees and supervisors
The ANZCA Faculty of Pain Medicine Training Program comprises a minimum of two years' clinical experience directly related to pain medicine, which allows specialists and those completing a specialty training program to become a specialist pain medicine physician.
Our training courses and trainee tutorial program are designed to support pain medicine trainees.
We've developed a range of courses and resources to support your pain medicine training.
We've collated a range of online resources to support our supervisors of training (SOTs) with the training, assessment, and pastoral care of FPM trainees.
We've accredited more than 40 multidisciplinary pain management units (training units) in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore to provide approved pain medicine training.
Find dates and locations of long-case assessments and FPM fellowship exams, as well as information on the format, marking criteria, and application fees and forms.
Our mentoring program aims to support pain medicine trainees and fellows during their training and/or early post-fellowship years.
Elevate how you educate with the ANZCA Educators Program (AEP).
More FPM programs and pathways
Better Pain Management is a professional, high quality online education program developed by the Faculty of Pain Medicine.
If you trained as a specialist anaesthetist or specialist pain medicine physician overseas, we offer several SIMG pathways to practice in Australia or New Zealand.
The Faculty of Pain Medicine has defined processes to endorse fellows who practise procedures. The procedures endorsement program is open to FPM fellows, and to trainees who are in the practice development stage (PDS) of their FPM Training Program.
