How to get on

32 specialties, each guide written the way a senior reg would tell you: pathway, requirements, exams and costs, which jobs count, and what r/ausjdocs says — every fact with its source.

Compare all 32 side by side · income · calendar

Surgical 11

Cardiothoracic SurgeryRACS / ANZSCTS (RACS Committee in Cardiothoracic Surgery)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●5 / 5
to fellowship12 yrs
open jobs42that count
General SurgeryRACS / General Surgeons Australia (Australian Board in General Surgery)
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs58that count
NeurosurgeryRACS / Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA)
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●5 / 5
to fellowship11 yrs
open jobs29that count
Obstetrics and gynaecologyRANZCOG
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○3.5 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs14that count
OphthalmologyRANZCO
entryPGY64 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs24that count
Orthopaedic SurgeryRACS / Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA 21)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●5 / 5
to fellowship11 yrs
open jobs31that count
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (ENT)RACS / Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS)
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs38that count
Paediatric SurgeryRACS / ANZAPS (RACS Committee of Paediatric Surgery)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship12 yrs
open jobs33that count
Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryRACS / Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ABPRS)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●5 / 5
to fellowship11 yrs
open jobs37that count
UrologyRACS / Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ)
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs34that count
Vascular SurgeryRACS / Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery (Board of Vascular Surgery)
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs41that count

Critical care 4

AnaestheticsANZCA
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship7 yrs
open jobs14that count
Emergency MedicineACEM
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship7 yrs
open jobs30that count
Intensive Care MedicineCICM
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs18that count
Paediatric emergency medicineACEM / RACP joint (Advanced Training in Paediatric Emergency Medicine)
entryPGY64 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs12that count

Medical 7

Addiction medicineRACP — Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (AChAM)
entryPGY64 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○1.5 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs6that count
Basic Physician Training (Adult Internal Medicine)RACP - Royal Australasian College of Physicians
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●○○3 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs55that count
DermatologyACD
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●5 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs1that count
Paediatrics (Basic Training in Paediatrics & Child Health)RACP - Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Paediatrics & Child Health Division)
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○3.5 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs16that count
Palliative medicineRACP — Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (AChPM)
entryPGY64 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs29that count
Rehabilitation medicineRACP — Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM)
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship7 yrs
open jobs6that count
Sexual health medicineRACP — Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM)
entryPGY64 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs4that count

Other 10

Clinical radiologyRANZCR
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●●4.5 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs7that count
General practice and rural generalismRACGP / ACRRM
entryPGY20 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●○○3 / 5
to fellowship5 yrs
open jobs11that count
Medical administrationRACMA
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs1that count
Occupational and environmental medicineRACP — Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM)
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○1.5 / 5
to fellowship7 yrs
open jobs0none matched
Pain medicineANZCA — Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitivenessnot published
to fellowship10 yrs
open jobs8that count
PathologyRCPA
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●○○3 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs2that count
PsychiatryRANZCP
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●○○○2 / 5
to fellowship5 yrs
open jobs13that count
Public health medicineRACP — Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM)
entryPGY53 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●○○3 / 5
to fellowship9 yrs
open jobs8that count
Radiation oncologyRANZCR (Faculty of Radiation Oncology)
entryPGY31 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●○○3 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs2that count
Sport and exercise medicineACSEP
entryPGY42 yrs unaccredited
competitiveness●●●●○4 / 5
to fellowship8 yrs
open jobs1that count

Entry PGY, competitiveness (1–5, the encoder's call from college numbers and r/ausjdocs) and years to fellowship from the specialties table; open jobs are last night's scrape scored by each specialty's rules.