Fellowship

Fellowship Application List

The requirements for attaining and maintaining fellowship within the Association are:

1.) Member of AAPM for more than three years

2.) Hold Certified Practice Manager Status

3.) Hold Diploma of Professional Practice Management or equivalent business or management related qualification or higher

4.) Complete either:

• Three approved case studies on healthcare practice management; or
• an approved professional paper on healthcare practice management; or
• an additional qualification of Certificate IV or higher in a related field of study, a health or business management qualification or another relevant qualification, such as clinical health, accounting, business, IT, law; or
• 240 hours of formal studies related to healthcare management such as study modules

5.) 300 CPD Points over three years

6.) Complete the AAPM Fellowship Interview

Case Study Guidelines

• Applicants must request approval for topics from the AAPM Fellowship Taskforce
• Case studies may be published in the National Journal, used on the AAPM web site or presented at the National Conference.
• Each case study needs to be a clear example of some change, development or introduction of systems within your practice.
• The process needs to include the perceived problem or necessary change to the practice, the process involved and the outcome.
• Statistics, if measurable, would be useful.
• The case study is expected to be two to three pages long.
• Case studies need to extend applicant.
• The Fellowship Taskforce may sometimes issue scenarios.