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. Recertification of registration requires evidence of ongoing competency.

Reminder 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.

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 May 2014, two pathways are available by which CTCA Specialists can apply for Recertification for either Level A or Level B recognition. If you are currently a Level A and wish to apply to become a Level B please refer to the information on Conversion from a Level A to a Level B.

Please note there are specific logbook templates that need to be submitted for each of the two Recertification pathways for Level A and Level B CTCA Specialists.

To recertify please submit a completed recertification application form and a recertification logbook (either Pathway 1 - cases or Pathway 2 - cases and CPD). Please ensure that the logbook template is completed in full with cases from your recertification period. If you are unsure of the dates of your recertification period please contact the Secretariat.

 Payment of CTCA Recertification Invoice

For the 2023-2024 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.

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Resources

Training Requirements for CTCA

Recertification Application Form 

Please note that recertifications due after 1 July 2024 will be reviewed under the new recertification requirements. A new application form for recertifications will be released at this time.

Pathway 1 Resources

  • Recertification Logbook Template - Pathway 1  (please only include cases from within your recertification period, should your logbook include cases outside of this period your logbook will be sent back to you to update)

Pathway 2 Resources:

 Further information

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 a CTCA Specialist.

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

Conversion of Level A to Level B CTCA Specialist Recognition

Please click here for guidelines and resources for conversion of Level A to Level B CTCA Specialist recognition. Please note that applicants will need up to 300 recertification cases (depending on where you are in your recertification cycle) and will also need 150 cases co-reported with a Level B CTCA Specialist. 

Application Resources

Initial Certification 

Specialists who wish to apply for CTCA certification must apply under the initial certification application process.

Application Form - Please download the Application for Recognition of Training in CTCA

Logbook - Please download the CTCA Certification Logbook Template_General.

Please click here for resources for CTCA Specialists.

Recertification

CTCA specialists need to recertify every 3 years using either Pathway 1 or Pathway 2. Reminder emails will be sent in the lead up to your recertification due date. To check your recertification due date please check the Register of Specialists.

Application Form - Application for CTCA Recertification in CTCA

Recertification Logbook - Pathway 1 Logbook Template (cases) or;

Recertification Logbook - Pathway 2 Logbook Template (cases and CPD)

Library Cases  (if you have library cases in your logbook) - Library Cases Template

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. This can be during your recertification cycle or at the end of it and 150 cases co-reported with a Level B are required. Please also refer to the Conversion Guidelines.

Application Form - Application for Conversion of CTCA Level A to Level B

Logbook - Conversion Logbook Template

 

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.