Royal Australian & New Zealand College Of Psychiatrists
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Surplus training, experience and exams. For assessors and supervisors For assessors and supervisors. From its inception, the AA was designed to be a fully fledged medical specialist body with membership limited to legally suited Medical Practitioners engaged in the practice of Psychiatry’. The Association comprised branches in the Australian states and New Zealand, which were considered integral to its function and purpose. At the time, only a handful of universities offered formal psychiatric qualifications, and it was necessary for most doctors wishing to train in psychiatry to relocate interstate or overseas. The establishment of the AA’s Diploma of Psychological Medicine was linked to the decision, taken in the premature 1960s, to transform the Association into a College and thus position the organization as a legally constituted body below which the new qualification could be registered. The Australian and Fresh Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ official coat of arms was adopted in 1969. The crossed bands and central square refers to an intellect that has become disordered and has turned its strength against itself and the body symbolized by the outer bodily circle, the disorganized inner components of the comply and the enclosed central spirit. Its supra position is designed to suggest that it is exerting healing persuade over the disordered intellect. The snakes can also be related to Ungud, the serpent of the Aboriginal dream time. To mark the occasion, a number of exceptional activities were undertaken, such as the presentation and publication of a paper on the history of the past body, The Australasian Association of Psychiatrists from Birth to Dissolution ’ PD 1.5 MB. The beginning formal meeting of the Council of the fresh College took deposit in Canberra on 25 October 1964, and coincided with the College’s Beginning Annual Congress which to this day is tranquil the major annual event in the College’s calendar. A leader in the mental health sector, the College works to prepare medical specialists in the field of psychiatry, promote and enhance clinical practice, support for people affected by mental illness and advise governments on mental health care. Links to a selection of these resources can be found below. Historical photo galleries View photos from the College's archives, from the 1940s to the present day. In 1964, the College established its first sub specialty group, the Section of Child Psychiatry. Membership of the RANZCP has grown steadily throughout the College’s history. Today, the College has almost 500 members, including more than 3600 fully qualified psychiatrists (Fellows) and more than 100 members who are training to qualify as psychiatrists. The College initially had a two tiered membership structure, with the categories of Member’ and Fellow’. In 1986, the category of Member’ was abolished with all existing Members automatically becoming Fellows. Also in 1986, the category of Associate Member was introduced to apply to registrars in College accredited training, and in 1995 the category of Affiliate Member was introduced to provide RANZCP membership to certain oversea strained psychiatrists who were not Fellows of the College. This later became the Australian Psychiatric Bulletin in 1960, earlier the College published the first issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry the beginning Australasian journal devoted to new scientific research in psychiatry in 1967. From its beginning, the College (and previously the AA) has sought to establish links with psychiatrists and psychiatric bodies in other countries. For those interested in more in depth historical information, the College's official history book, Menders of the Mind, is available for release download in book and PD formats.