Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

The FRACP stands for "Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians" and is the rough equivalent of the MRCP in the United Kingdom and the Board examinations in the United States. It involves a minimum of 3 years of Basic Training, after which the candidate must pass a written (theory) examination (in March) and, if successful, can sit the clinical examination in July (held approximately 4-6 weeks earlier in New Zealand).

The examinations, being the primary hurdle to becoming a specialist physician, are notoriously difficult with an average first attempt fail rate of 50%.

After this there is approximately 3-4 years of Advanced Training in a chosen speciality before the candidate is accepted as a Fellow of the college.