The College, training departments, networks, clinical supervisors, and trainees share the responsibility of ensuring a supportive training environment that meets curriculum and regulatory requirements.
All accredited trainees in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore are trained within accredited training sites such as hospital departments and private practices.
Clinical Radiology and Radiation Oncology accredited training sites are assessed against College standards to ensure facilities and governance structures are in place to support training delivery and meet trainee needs.
Implemented from 2025, the RANZCR Training Site Accreditation Standards represent a significant enhancement in our accreditation process, designed to create an environment where both training sites and trainees can excel. These standards emphasise support and encouragement, aiming to empower training sites to deliver optimal training experiences. By simplifying and clarifying expectations, we seek to make compliance more straightforward, fostering transparency and consistency across all accredited programs
The Process Guidelines are to be read in conjunction with the RANZCR Clinical Radiology or Radiation Oncology Training Site Accreditation Standards. The purpose of a formal process of accreditation and reaccreditation of sites for the training program is to ensure that each training site is consistently delivering a high-quality education and training experience.
Clinical Radiology Training Site Accreditation Standards
Clinical Radiology Training Site Accreditation Process Guidelines
There are three categories of accreditation allocated to a clinical radiology training sites:
Radiation Oncology Training Site Accreditation Standards
Radiation Oncology Training Site Accreditation Process Guidelines
The listings are updated on an annual basis following the completion of the year’s accreditation activities.
Network training refers to a group of training sites working together to provide comprehensive training. Trainees rotation across hospital, private practices, regional centres, and specialty sites to develop broad skills, gain multi-system knowledge, and experience diver training environments.
Trainees are expected to rotate through various sites during their training, with support from their training department and network to plan these rotations.
Each network is supported by governance committees and Training Network Directors in Radiation Oncology and Network Training Directors in Clinical Radiology.
There are a number of different roles that support the management and accreditation of training sites and networks.
A Chief Accreditation Officer is appointed within clinical radiology and radiation oncology to provide oversight of the accreditation program. For more information see:
A Deputy Chief Accreditation Officer is appointed within radiation oncology to provide support to the Chief Accreditation Officer with overseeing all aspects of training site and network accreditation. Clinical Radiology will also seek to appoint a Deputy CAO in the future. For more information see:
Network Training Directors monitor and support training programs within their training network. For more information see:
The role of the Radiation Oncology Training Network Director is to coordinate and lead the network, and to be a central point of contact for the College and health jurisdictions regarding training delivery. For more information see:
Some training networks are supported by an Education Support Officer (ESO) who provides administrative support to the functioning of the training network and Training Network Director in radiation oncology or Network Training Director in clinical radiology. For more information see:
The College participates in the Australian Government’s Specialist Training Program (STP), which provides funding to enable medical specialist trainees to rotate through an expanded range of settings beyond traditional public teaching hospitals. See our Specialist Training Program page for further information