Trainee Support

Trainees' Café

The Trainees' Café is the official website of the College Trainees' Committee and has been developed to provide trainees with an up-to-date and interactive experience with the College and peers, with a strong emphasis on trainee current affairs. It contains: Useful links including training and deadlines A trainee forum Trainees election details and Trainee support links in Australia and New Zealand

About the College Trainees Committee (CTC)

The CTC is a committee of the College Board and is responsible for:

• providing an identifiable forum for the views of all trainees
• advocating for trainees in matters affecting their selection, training, assessment, supervision and educational experience
• the appointment of trainee representatives onto the CTC and College committees
• the development of new initiatives to support trainees and enhance their training experience
• liaising with state/regional trainees’ committees

The Board delegates to the CTC the following:

• responsibility for making recommendations regarding policy relating to any training matters and referring these to the appropriate College committee
• the selection/election and ratification of appointments of trainee representatives to College committees

In New Zealand and most states/territories of Australia, there are state/regional trainees' committees, which are subcommittees of the College Trainees’ Committee. These committees discuss local and national issues with relevant issues referred to the CTC for discussion/action. To contact the New Zealand Trainees' Committee, please email racp@racp.org.nz.

Trainees are the future of the RACP and the committee encourages all trainees to become involved in College activities.

The CTC can be contacted via email (traineescommittee@racp.edu.au) or through Radmila Jancic in the Education Deanery on (+61 2) 8247 6291.

More information about the CTC responsibilities, involvements and initiatives, is available from Trainees' Café.

Training Wheels

Three times a year, the New Zealand Trainees' Committee publishes "Training Wheels", a newsletter designed especially for the needs and interests of New Zealand Basic & Advanced Trainees.

The newsletter contains information on courses, resources, events, exams, and general training news. Visit the "Training Wheels" archives here.

Difficulties in training?

If you wish to discuss issues relating to your training program, initially, we recommend that you try and sort the issue out at the local hospital level. If this is not possible, see the below pages for more information.

PREP Basic Training

Advanced Training