Overview
National specialist training pathway for doctors seeking to become specialist ophthalmologists in Australia and/or New Zealand; RANZCO runs a centralised selection and Network Selection Committees appoint trainees to RANZCO-accredited training posts, matched via the National Ophthalmic Matching Program.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- Not stated on official page
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Australian Medical Council (AMC) and Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) accredited college programme leading to FRANZCO
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical degree with full registration in Australia or New Zealand at time of applying; Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency (confirmed by 1 April of the application year); minimum two years full-time postgraduate prevocational experience including intern year, with at least 18 months broad non-ophthalmology medical/surgical experience
- International applicants
- No - citizenship or permanent residency of Australia or New Zealand required
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Full medical registration in Australia or New Zealand
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- RANZCO centralised selection process, then Network Selection Committee selection and employment by health jurisdictions (National Ophthalmic Matching Program)
Funding
- Funding
- Salaried employment by the relevant health jurisdiction (trainee fees apply)
Official sources
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