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2024 - Updated CTCA Training Requirements

Over the last 12 months the CTCA Training Guidelines have been reviewed and agreed upon by the CTCA Conjoint Committee and the Parent Bodies. As a result, the CTCA Training Guidelines and the requirements are changing from 1 July 2024. All current CTCA specialists and those applying for initial certification in CTCA after 1 July 2023 will need to meet the requirements in the new CTCA Training Requirements.

Please see the ANZCTCA website for further information. 

2016: Clarification on types of CTCA Cases and Supervision

The Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in CT Coronary Angiography (CTCA) would like to clarify the following concerns with regards to defining particular types of CTCA cases and what is an acceptable standard of evidence;

Correlated Cases; means cases where correlation is achieved through either angiographic correlation, clinical correlation or functional test correlation where the specialist is aware of the referring physician’s management plan for the patient after or as a result of the scan. E.g. stress echo/nuclear MPS and/or through clinical follow-up with referring medical practitioner/multidisciplinary team.

Library Cases; means blind cases with correlation, worked up on a workstation from raw image data where the CTCA Specialist submits a brief written record of their review of the Library Case with their application for reaccreditation. This record must set out the date the library case is read, the date of the original examination, the Unique ID (Patient initials or ID number) and the relevant findings. A copy of the official examination report should be available for submission in the event of an audit.
For recertification: each library case completed after 1 July 2014 are required to be recorded on the CTCA Conjoint Committee library template which is available on the ANZCTCA Recertification Webpage. Library cases completed prior to the date above will need attestation from a Level B CTCA specialist.

Live Cases means:

•    For recertification: Cases where the Registered CTCA Specialist is one of up to two reporting registered CTCA specialists, and is readily available to influence the conduct of the examination, by personal attendance if necessary.  The CTCA specialist's name must appear on the report for each live case claimed by the CTCA Specialist for recertification.

•    An eligible cardiac CT case for CTCA logbooks is one where the examination targets the coronary artery tree as part of the study.

The Conjoint Committee does not recognise video / taped (SCCT Category A1) cases as live.
Live cases declared as non-course live cases which are performed contemporaneous to a course will not be accepted.

Level B CTCA Specialist Supervision:
For initial registration: all cases in the applicant’s logbook must have been supervised by a Level B CTCA Specialist and applicants are advised to confirm that their Level B CTCA Specialist supervisor’s name appears on the Conjoint Committee’s CTCA Specialist Register before embarking on training. When such training is undertaken internationally, applicants are advised to ensure that their supervisor is accredited by SCCT as a Level 3 CTCA Specialist or equivalent and that there is a mechanism by which their case work can be certified by the training facility.

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.