Recertification of CTCA Specialists

The Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in CT Coronary Angiography requires all registered CTCA Specialists to renew their registration on a triennial basis (every 3 years). Recertification of registration requires evidence of ongoing competency.

Reminders will be sent to all CTCA specialists who are due to recertify. Please ensure your contact details are up to date. CTCA Specialists who do not submit their applications for recertification with the Committee Secretariat by the stipulated deadline will be removed from the CTCA Register, and Medicare Australia will be informed of their revised registration status.

For those submitting a logbook, please note that should it contain identifiable patient information it will not be accepted. Where applicants submit logbooks which contain identifiable patient information these will be immediately deleted, and the applicant will be responsible for resubmitting a new version of the logbook with de-identified information.

CTCA Specialists that have been removed from the CTCA Register are able to re-register. This will involve making a full application for Recognition of Training in CT Coronary Angiography to the Conjoint Committee.

As of 1 July 2024 the CTCA recertification requirements have changed. If you are due to recertify before 31 December 2025, please ensure that you check which application options apply to you before completing application form. A reminder email will be sent to all those due to recertify in 2024 and 2025 with the relevant recertification options. Please check the CTCA Specialist Register for your initial certification date and recertification due date and ensure all cases in your logbook are within your recertification period.

Payment of CTCA Recertification Invoice

For the 2024-2025 Financial year recertification costs $450.00 (including GST). Once your application and logbook has been submitted you will be invoiced. An email regarding payment of the invoice will be sent to you once it is available on the MyRANZCR Portal for payment.

For instructions on applying for recertification please refer to the below documents:

Recertification Application Instructions – for those applying in 2024 and 2025 (coming soon)
Recertification Application Instructions – for those applying in 2026 and 2027 (coming soon)
CTCA Library Case Template

Recertification Level A – initial registration prior to 2017

Those due to recertify as a Level A between 1 July 2024 and 31 December 2025 and who have completed more than 2 recertification cycles can choose one of the below recertification options (please do not include identifiable patient information in your logbook):

Option A – complete online application form and declaration form and attach evidence of 4 hours per year of CPD activities (minimum 12 hours).

Option B – Complete online application form and declaration form and attach evidence of 12 hours of CPD completed in your recertification period (no yearly minimum).

Option C – Complete online application form and logbook template with 300 cases completed within your recertification period (minimum 200 live cases, maximum of 100 library cases and 30 correlated cases with 50% of DLPs listed in logbook)

Recertification Level A – initial registration after 2017

Those due to recertify as a Level A between 1 July 2024 and 31 December 2025 and who have completed less than 2 recertification cycles can choose one of the below recertification options (please do not include identifiable patient information in your logbook):

Option A – complete online application form and logbook template with 150 cases and attach evidence of 4 hours per year of CPD activities (minimum 12 hours).

Option B – Complete online application form and logbook template of 150 cases and attach evidence of 12 hours of CPD completed in your recertification period (no yearly minimum).

Recertification Level B

Those due to recertify as a Level B between 1 July 2024 and 31 December 2025 and who have completed at least 2 recertification cycles can choose one of the below recertification options (please do not include identifiable patient information in your logbook):

Option A – complete online application form and logbook template with 300 cases (including 30 correlated cases) and attach evidence of 6 hours of CPD completed each year of your recertification period (total of 18 hours of CPD with 6 hours of CPD per year).

Option B – Complete online application form and logbook template with 300 cases (including 30 correlated cases) and attach evidence of 18 hours of CPD completed in your recertification period (no yearly minimum).

Option C – Complete online application form and logbook template with 600 cases completed within your recertification period (minimum 400 live cases, maximum of 200 library cases and 50 correlated cases with 50% of DLPs listed in logbook)

Please note that if you are a Level A and wish to convert to a Level B you will need to apply for conversion.

CTCA Training Requirements

In order to be recognised as a CTCA Specialist, Cardiologists, Nuclear Medicine Physicians and Radiologists will need to demonstrate that they have completed the requisite training criteria.

Please download the CTCA training requirements which outline what training and experience you need to achieve, and what evidence of this you need to provide, in order to be recognised as either a Level A or Level B CTCA Specialist.

Please click here to download a copy of the current Guidelines.

Application Resources

Initial Certification

Specialists who wish to apply for CTCA certification must apply under the initial certification application process. Please click here for application form and requirements.

Recertification

CTCA specialists need to recertify every 3 years. Reminder emails will be sent in the lead up to your recertification due date. Please note that recertification requirements for those recertifying after 1 July 2024 have changed. Please click here for application form and requirements.

To check your recertification due date please check the Register of Specialists.

Declaration Form - Declaration of CTCA CPD compliance signed form is required for Level A recertification after 6 years of accrediation confirming the specialist is still active in reporting CTCA plus 4 hours of cardiac imaging CPD per year in 2 out of 3 categories. Signed formed also required for Level B recertification confirming over 300 cases over 3 years plus 6 hours of cardiac imaging CPD per year in a minimum of 2 out of 3 CPD categories

Conversion from a Level A to a Level B

CTCA specialists who wish to convert from a Level A to a Level B need to apply for conversion at the end of their recertification cycle. Further information will be released shortly.

The Application Process

The CTCA application process is designed to assist specialists in achieving recognition of their experience and training.

Your application will be reviewed by the Conjoint Committee secretariat in the first instance to check that it is complete. If necessary, the secretariat will contact you if they require any further information and/ or documentation. After your application finalised you will receive an email with instructions on paying the invoice.

Once complete, an expert panel will assess your application. The panel has one member from each of the three parent bodies (AANMS, CSANZ, RANZCR). If your application is successful, you will be advised of this in writing within 2 weeks of the meeting date and your name will be published onto the CTCA website as either a Level A or Level B CTCA Specialist.

If one or more panel members do not approve your application, it passes to the full Conjoint Committee (9 members), who will consider your application. You may then be asked for more information, or to clarify something in your application. In total, there are three rounds of consideration open to applicants, after which you will need to reapply (for a fee of $425 incl. GST).

For more information, please contact the Conjoint Committee.