✨ Medical Vocational Scopes and Qualifications
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Vocational scopes of practice and associated prescribed qualifications
| Scope of practice | Prescribed qualification |
|---|---|
| Accident and medical practice | |
| The primary care of patients on an after hours or non-appointment basis where continuing medical care is not provided. | Fellowship of the Accident and Medical Practitioners Association (FAMPA) |
| Fellowship of the College of Urgent Care Physicians (FCUCP) | |
| Anaesthesia | |
| The provision of anaesthetics, perioperative care, intensive care and pain management to patients and can include the provision of resuscitation, retrieval/transportation (inter and intra hospital) and hyperbaric medicine to patients. Encompassed in this is the advancement of professional standards, patient safety, education and the advancement of the science and practice of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, intensive care and pain medicine. | Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | |
| The diagnosis and treatment (operative and non-operative) of patients with disorders of structures within the chest including the heart and vascular system, the lungs and trachea, the oesophagus, the diaphragm and chest wall. It includes the management of trauma and congenital and acquired disorders of these structures. | Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) |
| Clinical genetics | |
| The investigation and diagnosis of and provision of medical advice, assessment and management of patients in relation to inherited genetics and chromosomal disorders and predispositions. | Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) |
| Dermatology | |
| The study, research and diagnosis of disorders, diseases, cancers, cosmetic, ageing and physiological conditions of the skin, fat, hair, nails and oral and genital membranes, and the management of these by different investigations and therapies, including but not limited to dermatohistopathology, topical and systemic medications, dermatologic cosmetic surgery, phototherapy, laser therapy, superficial radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy and other therapies that become available. | Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) |
| Diagnostic and interventional radiology | |
| The diagnosis and treatment of patients utilising imaging modalities including general radiography, angiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine and bone densitometry. | Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) |
| Emergency medicine | |
| A field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders. It further encompasses an understanding of the development of pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical systems and the skills necessary for this development. | Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) |
| Family planning/reproductive health | |
| The treatment of, and health provision to, patients in relation to contraception, reproductive health and associated primary sexual health issues. | Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Dip SRH) |
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