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Certificate of Women’s Health

The RANZCOG Certificate and Procedural vocational training programs equip medical practitioners to deliver high-quality women’s health services across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Introduction

The Certificate of Women’s Health (CWH) is intended for medical professionals with a special interest in office-based obstetrics and gynaecology. This qualification can be undertaken on its own, or in combination with the Associate Training Program (Procedural) (PTP) and/or Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).

Following successful completion of the Certificate, you will be qualified to deliver shared antenatal and postnatal care, office gynaecology and family planning.

Course content

Please refer to the Training Program Handbook and Curriculum for more information on the CWH training program.

HANDBOOK AND CURRICULUM

Certificate of Women’s Health, Associate Training Program (Procedural) and Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) Handbook

A guide for the three Certificate and Procedural training programs, including processes and other general…

Certificate of Women’s Health, Associate Training Program (Procedural) and Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) Curricula

A progressive framework of knowledge and skill competencies for the three Certificate and Procedural training…

Training requirements

To receive the CWH, you must satisfactorily complete all requirements outlined below within two years of commencement of training, or within four years if completing two or more programs simultaneously.

Logbook

Logbook requirements to be approved by your training mentor

Record of in-training skills, training experience, workplace-based assessments (WBAs) and workshop completion

Detailed instructions on how to document and submit your training documentation can be found in the following:

Workplace-based assessment (WBA)

A WBA is an evaluation of your clinical skills during a normal working day. During a patient encounter or procedure, your training mentor will assess your performance against the standards described for each criterion.

The CWH WBAs are:

Communication Skills

Antenatal Examination

Cervical Screening

Trainees commencing AFTER 1 July 2023 are required to complete WBAs in Integrate and submit them as part of the online logbook

Trainees commencing BEFORE 1 July 2023 are required to download the WBA forms in Integrate under “Resources” and submit them as PDFs with the logbook to Certificate and Procedural Training Programs at cptp@ranzcog.edu.au

Workshops

Certificate of Completion to be uploaded in the logbook for the following:

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (mTOP)

Examination

Please visit Certificate and Procedural examinations for information and resources relating to the examination, including registration open and closing dates

Modules

The five online modules provide access to a range of dynamic resources and learning tasks. Each module is mapped to the curriculum, with clearly stated learning outcomes.

Trainees can access and complete the modules in any order, and at their own pace, via the RANZCOG e-learning system, Acquire.

The subject areas for each module are as follows:

CWH1: Basic skills

Communication

Social, cultural, ethical and legal issues pertaining to women’s health

CWH2: Introduction to antenatal and postnatal care

Preconception and early pregnancy counselling

Routine antenatal care

Common problems during pregnancy and the puerperium

CWH3: Special topics in antenatal and postnatal care

Obstetric complications

Initial management of postnatal depression

CWH4: Introduction to gynaecology

Family planning counselling and contraception

Menstrual disorders

Sexually transmitted infections

Gynaecological examinations

Initial management of domestic violence and sexual assault

CWH5: Special topics in gynaecology

Common gynaecological operations

Gynaecological cancers

Menopause

Initial management of ureto-vaginal prolapse, subfertility, abnormal bleeding and urogynaecological problems

Fees

Please note that the training and examination fees are payable in Australian dollars (AUD), and are not subject to Australian GST.

The College will send you instructions for payment via email.

Training

Fee

$AUD

Frequency

Certificate and Associate (Procedural) training— one program (CWH, PTP or APTP)

$1,698

One-time course fee

Certificate and Associate (Procedural) training — two programs (CWH + PTP or PTP + APTP)

$3,396

One-time course fee

Certificate and Associate (Procedural) training— three programs (CWH + PTP + APTP)

$5,094

One-time course fee

Examination

Fee

$AUD

Frequency

CWH Written Examination

$851

Payable when registration confirmed

Certification

To apply for your Certificate of Women’s Health, you must:

Satisfactorily complete all training and assessment requirements.

Complete the following form:

Training sites

For more information on RANZCOG training hospitals, including a full list of accredited sites in each state, please follow the link below to our Training Sites page.

Training mentors

If you’re a current or prospective training mentor or supervisor looking for information or support, please follow the link below to our Training Supervisors page.

Support

Member wellbeing

A range of member wellbeing services are available to trainees experiencing professional or personal difficulty during training. The College encourages you to access these supports in times of stress, anxiety or poor health.

For more information, please click to expand the sections below, or follow the link to our Member Wellbeing page.