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Affected section
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Change
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Entire handbook
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- Handbook renamed ‘AGPT Training Site and Supervisor Handbook’
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How to use this handbook
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- New section added ‘Training program contacts’
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Introduction to the program
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- New section added ‘Who’s who in training’
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General practice terms
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- Added ‘ADF registrars may have their location obligation met through their ADF service obligations.’ for clarity
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Education program
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- Wording update in ‘In-practice teaching’ section to remove duplication
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Your role in hosting a registrar
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- Added ‘If you are hosting an ADF registrar for the first time in your training site, there are significant contractual differences in the arrangement. Your RACGP local team can provide specialised advice on ADF registrar arrangements.’
- New section added ‘The registrar’s consulting room and provision of equipment’
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Supervision requirements
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- ‘the doctor being above the training cap (eg an ADF registrar)’ added as a bullet point in ‘Supervisor to registrar ratios’
- Wording updated in ‘Day-to-day supervision requirements’ for clarity and accuracy
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Placement process and employment procedures
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- ‘Conflict of Interest Guidance’ removed from ‘Conflict of interest’ section and replaced with a link to the Placement Policy
- Added ‘ADF registrars are permitted to approach training sites to discuss placements ahead of the placement process as they require permission from their service to apply for a civilian placement.’ to ‘Employing a registrar’ section with a link to the ADF Guide added
- Added a link to Preparing for your registrar – a practice manager’s checklist at the end of the section
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Orientation
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In-practice teaching
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- Added ‘discussion of ReCEnT reports’ to list of other teaching activities
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Out-of-practice time requirements
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Training site reporting requirements
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- Wording updated for clarity and accuracy
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Work health and safety and adverse events
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- Wording revised in “Work health and safety’ ‘Stress and fatigue in general practice’ ‘Maintaining appropriate boundaries and ‘Helpful resources’ sections for clarity and accuracy
- Added a link to the GP Training Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- Added a link to the new RACGP Wellbeing Hub (replacing the GP wellbeing webpage)
- Wording revised in ‘Adverse events (including critical incidents’ and definition of a critical incident removed (to avoid confusion with the definition of an adverse event)
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A supervisor’s tasks
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- Wording updated for clarity and accuracy
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The designated supervisor
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- Added ‘Only an accredited specialist GP can be the designated supervisor for a GP registrar in a training site.’ for clarity
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Coordinate the supervisory team
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- Wording revised for clarity
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Develop a teaching plan
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- Wording updated to remove duplication with ‘Teaching time requirement’ section
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Provide in-practice teaching
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- New section added ‘ReCEnT report discussion’
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Contribute to assessment
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- Added ‘In training sites with many supervisors, the designated supervisor should gather the views of all supervisors in preparation for completing the assessment.’ to information about mid-term and end-of-term assessments
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Support your registrar
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- Wording updated for clarity in ‘Supporting your registrar’s wellbeing’ and added a link to the new RACGP Wellbeing Hub
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Engage in professional development
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- Wording updated for clarity and accuracy in ‘Supervisor professional development requirements for new supervisors’
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Accreditation
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- Wording revised for clarity
- New section added ‘Dual college accreditation’
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Useful information and contacts
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- Removed links to policies and guides that were not relevant to training sites and supervisors
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