Overview
The Department of Medicine offers annual revision courses for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Divisional Clinical Examination.
These courses provide candidates with the knowledge, motivation, and a plan of action to best prepare themselves for the Clinical Examination, for both long cases and short cases.
The course is divided into two parts:
Two-day course
- Hybrid online and in-person, and there is no intake limit
Weeklong course
- In-person only
- Intake limited to 20 places selected from the waitlist
- There is no guarantee that you are enrolled in the weeklong course until you have confirmation from us after the results of the February Written Examination are released
- If you are enrolled in the weeklong course, you are automatically enrolled in the two-day course as well. Attendance is compulsory
Two-day course: 5–6 April 2025, in-person and online
Dates: 5–6 April 2025
Venue: Hybrid online and Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital
Cost: TBD
Format: The course will run in-person and online from Saturday 5 April to Sunday 6 April 2025. There will be videos of Long and Short Case Examinations available online on the course Moodle for you to view before the course begins.
Recordings: All lectures will be livestreamed and recorded. The recording will be made available to candidates within a 48-hour period after the livestream has ended.
Registration cut off: In-person registration will close Friday 21 March 2025. Online registrations will be accepted until Wednesday 2 April.
In-person registration includes:
- Physical attendance to all presentations and lectures as well as access to the live stream and online access to the live stream recordings within 48hrs of the live sessions ending
- Hard copies of all specialty course workbooks
- Catering
Online registration includes:
- Virtual attendance to all presentations and lectures using the live stream as well as online access to the live stream recordings within 48hrs of the live sessions ending
- Electronic copies of all specialty course workbooks
The course provides candidates with an in-depth understanding of the structure of the RACP Clinical Examination and the assessment criteria. It involves lectures and video presentations of long and short case presentations and will ensure candidates are employing proper technique in each instance. The course will provide candidates with the knowledge, motivation and plan of action to best prepare themselves for the clinical exam and maximise their chances of success on exam day.
Two-day course programme
Please see the below timetable from 2024 as a guide to how the course is structured. The 2025 timetable will be circulated to registered candidates once it is finalised.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| Day one – Saturday 4 May 2024 | |
| 10.30am–10.45am | Welcome and introduction to the course |
| 10.45am–11.25am | The long case |
| 11.25am –12.25pm | Long case 1 |
| 12.25pm–1.00pm | Lunch |
| 1.00pm–2.00pm | Long case 2 |
| 2.00pm–2.40pm | The short case |
| 2.40pm–3.25pm | Cardiovascular short case |
| Day two – Sunday 5 May 2024 | |
| 9.30am–10.15am | Endocrinology short case |
| 10.15am–12.30pm | Neurology short case (with 15min coffee break halfway through) |
| 12.30pm–1.15pm | Lunch |
| 1.15pm–2.00pm | Rheumatology short case |
| 2.00pm–2.45pm | Respiratory short case |
| 2.45pm–3.30pm | Abdominal short case |
| 3.30pm–4.15pm | The exam from a candidate's perspective |
| 4.15pm–5.45pm | Discussion and closing remarks |
Weeklong course: 7-11 April 2025, in-person only
Dates: 7-11 April 2025
Venue: Dunedin Hospital
Cost: NZ$5,000 (GST inclusive)
The weeklong course is run in-person only, and the intake is only 20 places. It is a practical course with real patients, examiners, and candidates – just like the real exam.
Registration includes:
- Automatic registration for the two-day course. In-person attendance is compulsory
- Hard copies of all two-day course materials and access to all electronic course materials
- A social event – evening of 8 April. Transportation from the hospital will be provided
- Catering
The 20 places in this course will be given to waitlisted candidates. To be added to the waitlist, please email us at physician.education@otago.ac.nz
Please include the following information in your email:
- Name
- Your preferred email address
- Where you will be based at the time of the course (country and hospital)
- Whether you have sat and passed the RACP Written Examination
- Whether you will be taking the RACP Clinical Examination for the first, second or third time
Please note: This information will only be shared with the course co-ordinators and convenors.
Registration
Registration for our 2025 course offerings will open February 2025.
If you would like to be notified of registration opening, please email physician.education@otago.ac.nz
Further information
If you have any enquiries about one of our courses, please contact the course coordinators at physician.education@otago.ac.nz. Please specify which course you are enquiring about.