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: NZ$599 (GST Inclusive)
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 Monday, 17 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 note: This year we are introducing live long case sessions (1.3, 1.4. and 1.5). During session 1.3. you will be shown a recording of the examiners meeting with the patient. For the patient’s privacy, this recording will be livestreamed for the online attendees, but it will not be included in the livestream recording. If you want to watch this session, it must be watched live.
2025 programme
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| Day one – Saturday, 5 April 2025 | |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | 1.1. Welcome/The Long Case – from the examiner's perspective |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | 1.2. The Long Case - from the candidate's perspective |
| 10.30am - 10.45am | MORNING TEA |
| 10.45am - 11.30am | 1.3. Long Case – Examiners (recording – please note this session will not be recorded) |
| 11.30am - 12.15pm | 1.4. Long Case – inexperienced candidate |
| 12.15pm - 1.00pm | 1.5. Long Case – experienced candidate |
| 1.00pm - 1.45pm | LUNCH |
| 1.45pm - 2.15pm | 1.6. The Exam from a Candidate's Perspective |
| 2.15pm - 3.00pm | 1.7. The Short Case |
| 3.00pm - 3.45pm | 1.8. Cardiovascular Short Case |
| 3.45pm - 4.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 4.00pm - 4.45pm | 1.9. Endocrinology Short Case |
| 4.45pm - 5.30pm | 1.10. Abdominal Short Case |
| Day two - Sunday 6 April 2025 | |
| 10.00am - 12.15pm | 2.1. Neurology Short Case (with 15-minute break halfway through) |
| 12.15pm - 1.00pm | 2.2 Respiratory Short Case |
| 1.00pm - 1.45pm | LUNCH |
| 1.45pm - 2.30pm | 2.3. Rheumatology Short Case |
| 2.30pm - 2.45pm | 2.4. 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. The waitlist for our 2025 course is now closed.
Registration
Registration for our 2025 two-day course is now open.
If you would like to be notified of registration opening for future courses, 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 (please specify which course you are enquiring about).
Email physician.education@otago.ac.nz