Read More The Royal Australasian College of Physicians. We connect, train and represent over 25,000 medical specialists and trainee specialists from 33 different specialties, across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We set and maintain the standards for high quality UK medical training on behalf of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians Your training pathway to become a Physician will depend on your chosen medical specialty. Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board. Do you want to be an EM physician? Apply or re-register Basic Training registration is open for the second half of the current year. The short term training in a medical specialty pathway is for IMGs who are overseas-trained specialists or specialists-in-training wishing to undertake a short period (usually up to 24 months) of specialist or advanced training in Australia. Basic Training is the first step in a minimum 6-year training program with the RACP to become a Physician. Go to Basic Training to find out how to apply to become a Physician. Every year the RACP facilitates training at accredited training sites in Australia, New Zealand and overseas for over 6,000 students in 33 diverse medical specialties, including six joint training programs. Medical graduates who have completed their degree overseas (international medical graduates) have the same eligibility requirements for Basic and Advanced Training as Australian or New Zealand trained medical graduates. This pathway does not lead to registration as a specialist in Australia. ACEM is the not-for-profit organisation responsible for training emergency physicians and advancement of professional standards in emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand.