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Simon Morgan

Email: simon.morgan@gptvtc.com.au
MBBS, MPH, FRACGP, General Practitioner and Medical Educator, General Practice Training – Valley to Coast, Newcastle, NSW

Are GP supervisors confident they can assess registrar competence and safety, and what methods do they use?

Supervision has been defined as ‘the provision of guidance and feedback on matters of personal, professional and educational development in the context of a trainee’s experience of providing safe...


Fatigue – a rational approach to investigation

Fatigue as a presenting symptomFatigue is ‘that state … characterised by a lessened capacity or motivation for work ... usually accompanied by a feeling of weariness, sleepiness, irritability or...


Identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status by general practice registrars: Confidence and associations

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have significantly worse health outcomes when compared with non-Indigenous Australians.1 This includes higher rates of chronic and...


Procedural skills in general practice vocational training What should be taught?

A list of procedural skills is an important component of a curriculum for general practice vocational training. This study aimed to establish an up-to-date list of core procedural skills...


Procedural skills of Australian general practice registrars: A cross-sectional analysis

The provision of clinical procedural services has been, and remains, an integral part of general practice. In Australia, as in many other countries, general practitioners’ (GPs’) provision of...


Random case analysis A new framework for Australian general practice training

This article will explore RCA as a powerful tool for teaching, supervision and formative assessment. As well, we propose a new framework for conducting this activity in the Australian general...


Referral rates of general practice registrars for behavioural or mental health conditions in children

General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for the primary care of Australians of all ages. As healthcare becomes more complex, and new discoveries and therapies continue to emerge, the knowledge...


Responding to registrars’ in-consultation calls for assistance: Practical implications from the ReCeNT project

General practice supervisors oversee general practice registrars1 as they work and learn in practice.2 During consultations, registrars are expected to identify and address gaps in their knowledge...


Starting off in general practice – consultation skill tips for new GP registrars

The transition from hospital work to consulting patients in the general practice setting is highly challenging. For the new registrar, the general practice environment is characterised by a wide...


Teaching rational prescribing to general practice registrars: A guide for supervisors

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. – Paracelsus1Harms of...


Test result audit and feedback (TRAFk) as a supervision method for rational test ordering in general practice training

The use of pathology and imaging tests is increasing worldwide.1 In Australia, the majority of testing occurs in primary care.2 While some of this increased testing is appropriate, reflecting...


The paediatric clinical experiences of general practice registrars

Commensurate with the demographic changes in the overall population, recent studies have demonstrated changes in the demography of patients who visit general practice.3 Over the past 16 years, a...


The Registrars’ Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project: educational and research aspects of documenting general practice trainees’ clinical experience

General practice vocational training in many countries, including Australia, operates in an apprenticeship-based model. Most of the teaching and learning occurs in the practice environment with the...


Towards an educational continuing professional development (EdCPD) curriculum for Australian general practice supervisors

Supervision has been defined as ‘the provision of guidance and feedback on matters of personal, professional and educational development in the context of a trainee’s experience of providing safe...


We live in testing times Teaching rational test ordering in general practice

Pathology, imaging and other investigations have a critical role in the diagnosis, monitoring and screening for disease in medical practice. Reference books of medical tests are at least as old as...


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