The ACSP is an organisation of physicians committed to excellence in the practice of medicine as it applies to all aspects of physical activity.

Founded in 1985, it is the professional body representing sports physicians in both Australia and New Zealand. It conducts an annual scientific conference, produces a scientific journal and is involved in both training and assessment of sports physicians.

ACSP was successful in achieving recognition of Sports Medicine / Sport and Exercise Medicine as a specialist medical discipline in Australia in 2007. The discipline was recognised in New Zealand in 1999. ACSP conducts the only specialist level clinical trainng program in sports medicine and sport and exercise medicine in Australasia. The training program culminates in the award of a Fellowship in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

9th Edition - now available

Decision on Recognition of Medical Specialties

The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tony Abbott MHR, has decided that a case has been made for recognising the discipline of Sport and Exercise Medicine as a medical specialty. This follows advice on the matter from the AMC. This completes Stage 1 of the AMC recognition process.

This decision does not automatically lead to the inclusion of the specialty on Schedule 4 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975, which would grant patients access to rebates through Medicare Australia.

Applications for accreditation of specialist level training and education programs in this discipline may now be considered by the AMC. This is Stage 2 of the recognition process. It is important to note that such applications are not restricted to Stage 1 applicants. Any organisation believing that it might comply with AMC standards for the provision of training in these disciplines may apply.

This is an edited version. See the full report on the AMC website

The Australasian College of Sports Physicians lodged a submission with the Australian Medical Council in April 2008, seeking accreditation as an approved provider of training and assessment in the newly recognised specialist discipline of Sport and Exercise Medicine. The documents that comprise that submission appear here in full and are available for viewing by all interested parties.

In addition, the successful specialist recognition submission is available and provides additional background information on the discipline of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

All documents are in pdf format.

Stage 1

Part 1 submission (final).pdf
RoMSAC SEM Report Nov 2006.pdf

Stage 2

ACSP Stage 2 AMC Accreditation Submission Jan 2008 v2.pdf
Appendix A College Manual.pdf
Appendix B CanMEDS.pdf
Appendix Ba Appendix B Notes.pdf
Appendix C Tutorial Program.pdf
Appendix D MOPS.pdf
Appendix E CanMEDS key implementation issues August 2003.pdf
Appendix Ea Appendix E Notes.pdf
Appendix F Cycles of Review BofC and TC.pdf
Appendix G Notes for Clinical Examiners.pdf
Appendix H Training Applications.pdf
Appendix Ha Training Pre-Interview Assessment.pdf
Appendix Hb Training Interview 2007.pdf
Appendix I Registered Training Practices 2007-2008.pdf
Appendix J Registrar outcome data.pdf
Appendix K Publications 2005 - 2007.pdf
Appendix Ka Publications MJA Essentials sports medicine.pdf
Appendix L Revised Code of Ethics.pdf
Appendix M Graduate Survey 2002-2006.pdf
Appendix N Cultural Competence issues.pdf
Appendix O Cultural Awareness Patient Template.pdf
Appendix P Other Paths to Fellowship.pdf