Nuclear medicine training in Australia

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 3 May 2024

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Citation:

Thoo S, Knipe H, Nuclear medicine training in Australia. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-188515

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-188515

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/188515

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188515

Article created:

2 May 2024, Sophie Thoo

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Sophie Thoo had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

3 May 2024, Henry Knipe ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Nuclear medicine training in Australia can be undertaken as part of or after radiology training through the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) or following basic physician training (BPT) through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).

Structure

Entry requirements

RACP

Prospective trainees must have ¹:

completed BPT, including written and clinical examinations
current medical registration
been appointed to an appropriate advanced training position

RANZCR

Prospective trainees must have ^ref:

completed the RANZCR Clinical Radiology Part 2 Examinations
current medical registration
appointment to an appropriate advanced training position
minimum of 4 years of accredited radiology training
completed all system-focused training and work-based assessment requirements including researchff

NB: Details are correct at the time of writing. Please check with RACP/RANZCR for updated details.