A rapidly growing variety of intense, yet highly rewarding career paths that offer work with patients in need of round-the-clock care, support and a positive approach to medicine.
What Palliative Care and Geriatic Specialists Do
Palliative care and Geriatrics are fields of medicine that relate to caring for and providing treatment to aging and dying patients.
Geriatrics– In the field of medicine, Geriatric Professionals treat, care for and manage elderly patients and any problems or disorders that arise from old-age.
Palliative Care– In the field of medicine, Palliative Care Professionals help with the management and care of individuals who are severely ill, in order to improve their quality of life.
Relevant Jobs
Geriatric Medicine Professionals are concerned with diagnosing and managing medical disorders and illnesses that affect the cognition and functionality of elderly people.
Registration Steps to become a Geriatric Medicine Practitioner
- Accredited Undergraduate Medicine Degree or Postgraduate Medicine Degree
- General Medical Registration
- Completion of RACP Basic Physician Training, including the RACP Written and Clinical Examinations
- Six years of full-time training, including three years of basic adult medicine, and three years of Advanced Geriatric Medicine Training.
Palliative Medicine Professionals are concerned with managing individuals who have far-advanced, progressive diseases or disorders. These individuals typically have a short or limited prognosis, and the role of the Palliative professional is to ensure quality of life and comfort.
Registration Steps to become a Palliative Medicine Practitioner
- Accredited Undergraduate Medicine Degree or Postgraduate Medicine Degree
- General Medical Registration
- Completion of RACP Basic Physician Training, including the RACP Written and Clinical Examinations.
- Six years of full-time training, including three years of basic adult medicine, and three years of Advanced Palliative Medicine Training.
Rheumatologists are concerned with diagnosing, treating and managing patients with diseases or disorders in the joints, muscles and bones.
Registration Steps to become a Rheumatologist
- Accredited Undergraduate Medicine Degree or Postgraduate Medicine Degree
- General Medical Registration
- Completion of RACP Basic Physician Training, including the RACP Written and Clinical Examinations.
- Six years of full-time training, including three years of basic adult or paediatric medicine, and three years of Advanced Rheumatology Training.