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Affected section
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Change
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Entire handbook
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- Added icons for information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registrars, the Wellbeing hub and the Rural Generalist handbook
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Entire handbook
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- Updated the wording in the ADF icons per recent policy updates
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Introduction to general practice
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- Added reference and link to the RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and health training framework
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Training support: teams, roles and responsibilities
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- Renamed from ‘Who’s who in training’
- Updated for accuracy
- Added information on the role of ‘cultural educator’ and ‘cultural mentor’
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Induction to the AGPT Program - Induction meeting
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- Updated for clarity and accuracy
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Recognition of prior learning and experience (RPLE)
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- Updated for clarity and to align with the update to the RPLE Policy
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Training program requirements
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- Re-formatted and headers updated for consistency with the Training Program Requirements Policy
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Extended skills training
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- Section re-organised for clarity
- Tables added/updated for accuracy and clarity and to align with the update to the Training Program Requirements Policy
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Additional rural skills training
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- Updated for clarity and accuracy
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Education requirements - Your teaching plan
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and health education
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- Re-organised for accuracy (moved from 'in-practice education' to 'out-of-practice education') and re-worded for clarity
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WBA program - Clinical case analysis (CCA)
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- Removed section on Clinical case analysis (CCA)
- Removed section on Case-based discussions (CBD)
- Section on multi-source feedback (MSF) updated as it is now colleague only (no patient surveys)
- Section removed on Clinical audit
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Program time
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- Updated to align with the Training Program Requirements Policy
- Added the need to notify the RACGP of changes to training hours
- Removed the reference to dual Fellowship for program time (as applicants for dual Fellowship haven’t been accepted since Jan 2025)
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Maximum program time cap (new section)
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- Added information on the maximum program time cap per the Registrar Support and Educational Interventions Policy
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General training stream
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- Added references to ‘general practice settings’, ACCHS and AMS to align with the Training Program Requirements Policy
- Added ‘Registrars in the general training stream can do all their training in a rural area’ for clarity
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Overseas doctors
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- Removed the reference to the exemption to train in an MM 1 location for accuracy. (This is a transfer and is in the section on ‘Training transfers’)
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Professional conduct
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- Moved out of the section on ‘Training program requirements’ to align with the Training Program Requirements Policy and the Requirements for Fellowship Policy. (It sits in the Requirements for Fellowship Policy)
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Practice diversity
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- Updated to align with the change to the Standards for general practice training (4th edition) that no longer specifies 'two'
- Removed references to exceptions/exemptions
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International placement
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Pre-existing personal relationships
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Telehealth
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- Added when it can't be conducted as a Medicare service
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Complete an employment agreement
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- To clarify for 'community-based extended skills term'
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Apply for a Medicare provider number
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Supervision during general practice training
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- Added reference to ‘small group learning’
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Boundaries in the workplace
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Academic posts
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- Updated location and wording to align with the Extensions of Program Time Policy (moved as it isn’t a training program requirement)
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Exam eligibility
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- Updated to align with the Fellowship Exams Policy wording
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Exam candidacy
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- Updated for clarity and to align with the Fellowship exams handbook wording (& example)
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Exam support program
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- Updated for clarity and to include IGPTN and regional medical educators and to remove redundant text/refer to the policy
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Completion of training
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- Updated per recent policy changes
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Applying for Fellowship
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- Updated to align with the wording from the Training Program Requirements Policy (‘…within one year of completing… ) and to include information on extensions awaiting Fellowship per the Extensions of Program Time Policy
- Added new section on ‘FRACGP RG Fellowship and FRACGP’ for clarity
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Your Medicare provider number
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- Updated for accuracy and clarity
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Your safety and wellbeing
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- Added reference to the wellbeing hub
- Removed redundant text
- ‘Issues in the workplace’ updated for accuracy and clarity
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Adverse events
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- Updated for consistency in terminology across documents
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FLIs and remediation
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- Updated to align with the Registrar Support and Educational Interventions Policy
- Updated wording for clarity, accuracy and conciseness
- Updated section on ‘Remediation’ to align with policy updates (Fellowship Exams Policy and Registrar Support and Educational Interventions Policy)
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Leave
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- Added more information on the study leave incentive process
- Added information on the maximum program time cap
- Updated for accuracy and to align with policy updates
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Extension of program time
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- Moved this information into the section on ‘Program time’
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Training transfers
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- Updated to align with the Training Transfer Policy
- Added reference to the maximum program time cap
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Withdrawal and re-entry
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- Added link to with Withdrawal Policy for the section on ‘involuntary withdrawal’
- Added reference to the statement of training and support in the section on ‘After withdrawal’
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Disputes and complaints
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- Updated for clarity and accuracy
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