Abstract
The RANZCP, in its role as a vehicle of influence and change within the psychiatric profession specifically and the mental health system generally, has recently and publicly recognised the implications of health system reform in Australia and New Zealand. In its strategic planning process, it has identified training and development of the fellowship as a critical component of preparing psychiatrists for their changing role in the new health environment [Citation]. The College has instigated a review (Review of Education and Training. 26 February 1999), with the objective of enabling psychiatrists to gain the skills, knowledge and attitudes which will equip them to work competently in a variety of emergent systems of delivery of mental health service.