Trainee Information

• Requirements to satisfy advanced training in Endocrinology
• ESA office bearers and Council Secretariat
• ESA Meetings
• List of ESA Awards
• ESA Membership
• Resources

Information for New and Prospective Advanced Trainees in Endocrinology in Australia

Requirements to satisfy advanced training in Endocrinology

Of the three years of essential Part II training, one or (preferably) two years must be in a clinical job equivalent to being sole senior Registrar in a busy teaching Hospital covering a wide range of adult Diabetes and Endocrinology case work.

Precise details should be sought from members of the RACP Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) for Endocrinology:

• Chairman: Dr Katherine Samaras, FRACP NSW
• Co-ordinator of Advanced Training: Dr Harvey H Newnham, FRACP VIC
  
• Or your State or local representative:
  • A/Prof Peter G Colman, FRACP VIC Appointed Member
  • Dr Harvey H Newnham, FRACP VIC Appointed Member
  • Dr Amanda J Terry, FRACP SA Appointed Member
  • Dr Ronnie W Yuen, FRACP WA Appointed Member
  • Dr Roderick John Delius Clifton-Bligh, NSW Trainee Representative
  • A/Prof. Mark Kotowicz, VIC Australia and New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society
  • Prof. John Prins, QLD Endocrine Society of Australia
  • Dr Stephen Twigg, NSW Australia Diabetes Society
  • Dr Kim Donaghue, NSW Paediatric Representative
  • Dr Geoffrey J Knight, FRACP WA Committee for Paediatric Physician Training
  • Dr Michael C Woodward, FRACP VIC Committee for Physician Training Representative

ESA Meetings

Three meetings are organised by the ESA annually:

• The Annual Scientific meeting (ASM) is the premier meeting, rotating around the capital cities, with invited world-expert lecturers giving Plenary sessions, focussed topic reviews, and scientific presentations by clinicians and basic scientists in oral and poster fora. See ESA Meetings.
• The Clinical Weekend usually precedes the ASM, and is a valuable learning venue for new and experienced clinicians, with challenging cases being selected for open, small group discussion and expert opinion by local and invited clinicians. See ESA Meetings.
• The Seminar meeting for Physicians and Scientists is held each year that does not include an International Congress in Endocrinology (3 out of 4 years), and aims to cover all topics in clinical endocrinology in a review format over the three year span. These meetings are popular with trainees. See ESA Meetings.

Affiliated Societies also hold annual meetings:

• Australian Paediatric Endocrinology Society (APEG)
  
• Australian Diabetes Society (ADS)
  
• Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB)
  
• Australian & New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS)
  
• Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity