1. Attendance at relevant seminars and conferences whether lecturing or as an attendee	10
2. Written detailed report of conference/lecture/seminar	20
3. Attendance at sports meetings, events as team podiatrist (not as a spectator)	30
4. Preparation of an original case study/assignment standard referenced format 2000 to 3000 words	30
5. Publish an original paper on podiatric sports medicine	50
6. Presentation of lecture/case history at: —
conference	40
seminar	30
state sports podiatry group	20
non-podiatry professional group (e.g. SMA/Physiotherapy group)	30
7. Complete accredited sports medicine related postgraduate studies	50
8. Research documentation e.g. case treatments, creation of database.	40
9. First Aid Certificate	10
10. Renew C.P.R. certificate yearly	10

Items 4, 5 and 6 are mutually exclusive. Separate original papers must be used for each item.

Credit points may be allocated to any advertised conferences, seminars, and courses, as determined by the Board of Trustees.  Criteria for credit point requirements for Fellowship may be changed from time to time.  Special cases may attract higher points upon consideration by the Board of Trustees.

Points criteria

The following credit system has been approved to allow Members to achieve the required quota.

Guidelines for Fellowship Papers

These must fit within the following criteria

• Case History with associated extensive literature review (e.g. minimum 10 reviewed papers)
• Or Original Research Paper which
• shall have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
• shall not be a co-authored paper
• shall be of a standard acceptable for publication by the "Australian Journal of Podiatric Medicine"

The purpose of the paper is to (one or more of the following)

• show practical or theoretical application of adequate sports knowledge
• demonstrate research ability, e.g. literature review, survey
• show deep knowledge of core subject

 Length of paper must be approximately 3000 words and a specific paper must be prepared for the Fellowship. This may be based on previous research.

4. Demonstration of practical activities.

All candidates for the qualification of Fellow of the Academy meets the Points criteria of the AAPSM to demonstrate practical involvement in the area of Sports Podiatry over a twelve-month period of active AAPSM membership. 150 points are required. The A.A.P.S.M. State Director is responsible for verification of the points accrued for members in his State. When applying to undertake examination, the Member is to present their Log Book of points to their State Director for verification prior to lodgment.

Each of the above requirements must be met within a two-year period commencing from the date on which the first examination is attempted.

These requirements may be reviewed from time and new requirements will be published in the AAPSM Newsletter or on this web page. In the event of dispute regarding examination results, right of appeal shall be to the full Board of Trustees, and any appeal will be held at the Meeting of the Board of Trustees next held after receipt of such appeal. No Examiner will be a member of this Board.

2. Examination requirements.

Two examinations must be successfully attempted.  The first examination is a closed book supervised paper that has been previously trial tested through existing Fellows. The format of the first examination paper is multiple-choice questions with some short answer questions. Pass mark for this examination is 75%. The second examination consists of clinical based, written answer questions with a pass mark of 75%.

 

3. Publication of Fellowship paper.

This is an original case study, assignment or research paper in standard format of a minimum of 3000 words. This must be presented and accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal prior to the granting of the Fellowship award.

Q. What is required to become a member?

A. Members are student or registered podiatrists who pay an annual membership fee.

 

Q.   What is required for a member to become a Fellow?

A.    A Fellow must meet the following requirements;