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Paediatric surgery is diagnosis and treatment (operative and non operative) of children
(usually up to 15 years of age) who may require surgery. It includes non-cardiac thoracic
surgery, general paediatric surgery, oncological surgery urology in children and the
management of congenital abnormalities both ante-natally and in the neonatal period. Also
included is the management of major trauma in children.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

Paediatrics is the assessment diagnosis and management of infants, children and young
people with disturbances of health growth, behaviour and/or development. It also
addresses the health status of this same group by population assessments and
interventions, by education and by research.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

Palliative medicine is the medical care that improves the quality of life of patients and their
families and whanau facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness. The focus
of Palliative Medicine is the anticipation and relief of suffering of patients by means of early
identification, assessment and management of their pain and other physical, psychosocial
and spiritual concerns. In particular, it affirms life, regards dying as a normal process and
intends to neither hasten nor postpone death.

Qualification Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (FAChPM)

Pathology is the assessment and diagnosis of patients with diseases. Includes anatomical
pathology (including histopathology, cytopathology and forensic pathology), chemical
pathology, general pathology (a mix of anatomical pathology and clinical pathology),
genetics, haematology, immunology, and microbiology (including virology).

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA)

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is the diagnosis and treatment (operative and non
operative) of patients requiring the restoration, correction or improvement in the shape and
appearance of the body structures that are defective or damaged at birth or by injury,
disease, growth or development. It includes all aspects of cosmetic surgery.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

Psychiatry is the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of persons with psychological,
emotional, or cognitive problems resulting from psychiatric disorders, physical disorders or
any other cause. Treatment interventions provided by psychiatrists will include biological,
psychological and existential modalities. Psychiatrists also undertake supervision and
consultation with other health professionals working with a broad range of issues.

Qualification Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
(FRANZCP)

Public health medicine is the epidemiological analysis of medicine concerned with the
health and health care of populations and population groups. It involves the assessment of
health and health care needs, the development of policy and strategy, the promotion of
health, the control and prevention of disease, and the organisation of services.

Qualification Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal
Australasian College of Physicians (FAFPHM [RACP])