The New RACP Curriculum: What Every Trainee Needs to Know
If you’re preparing for the RACP Written Exam or Clinical Exam, you’ve probably heard that the RACP curriculum is changing.
From 2025, all new Basic Physician Trainees will start under the new system, and Advanced Training is being progressively redesigned.
At PassFRACP, we know trainees don’t just need exam content — you need context, strategy, and clarity on how these changes affect you right now.
What Is Changing?
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME): Assessment now focuses on entrustable professional activities (EPAs) rather than time served.
- New Assessments: More workplace-based assessments and milestone tracking.
- Training Management Platform: A digital system for assessments and feedback.
- Specialty Rollout: Advanced Training programs like Cardiology and Geriatrics are moving to new curricula from 2025–26.
- Cultural Safety & Equity: Explicit competencies around professionalism and cultural safety.
Why the Curriculum Has Changed
According to the Australian Medical Council Accreditation Report,
the redesign modernises training, ensures progression is based on performance not time, and aligns with international standards.
What This Means for Your Exam Prep
Here’s the key reassurance: the FRACP Written and Clinical Exams are not disappearing.
But expect tighter mapping of exam questions to competencies, more application-based scenarios, and possible inclusion of professionalism and communication.
Tips for Current Trainees
- Know which curriculum applies to your cohort (PREP vs CBME).
- Map your study plan to competencies and EPAs.
- Use WBAs and feedback as mock assessments.
- Balance exam prep with documentation of competencies for progression.
How PassFRACP Helps You Adapt
At PassFRACP.com, we’re evolving to match the new curriculum:
- Question Bank – 1,000+ MCQs/EMQs reflecting Australasian guidelines.
- Mock Exams – timed, peer-analysed, curriculum mapped.
- Curriculum-based tagging of topics to EPAs and domains.
- Analytics and spaced learning revision tools.
Final Word
The new RACP curriculum brings structure and competency focus to training. Exams remain central, but success now means preparing not just for recall, but for application, professionalism, and progression.
With PassFRACP’s question bank and exam strategies, you’ll be ready for both the Written Exam and the evolving training landscape.
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