Policy Update Notice - PEP SP Participant Handbook – Substantially Comparable V2

Affected section

Change

Continuing professional development

• CPD quicklog link added

RACGP membership

• Wording updated to clarify membership renewal date

Training program

• Wording updated to clarify the ‘start work’ date

Supervisor

• Responsibilities updated to include a reference to the work performance report

Medical educator

• Responsibilities updated to include small group learning activities, webinars and exam support webinars

Induction

• Updated to align with current practices, removing reference to the online questionnaire being completed prior to the induction

Learning needs assessment

• Updated to align with current practices, removing reference to the Early Assessment for Safety and Learning multichoice questionnaire, and adding ‘It’s best to do the induction interview in your clinic to access clinical software for the RCA.’ and ‘The induction interview includes a 30-minute RCA with feedback to inform the learning needs.’

Supervision level

• Replaced ‘As you progress … the RACGP may recommend to the MBA that your supervision level be changed to a lower or higher level’ with: ‘For information about supervision level, refer to the Ahpra website and the PEP SP Supervision Policy

Program commencement

• Wording updated to clarify the commencement date

Core modules (mandatory)

• Updated to align with current practices, including the number of modules and how to access these modules

Small group learning

• Updated to align with current practices, deleting ‘Attendance will be generally capped at 10’

Work-place based assessments

• Updated to include the WBA competencies

To consider in preparation for a mini-CEX

• Updated to clarify photo ID is necessary and AI transcribing software is not permitted.

Case-based discussions

• Updated to clarify the requirements for CBDs (on different patients from mini-CEX) and the expected academic standards (All work…must be clearly referenced…)

Progression review committee

(previously ‘Concordance’)

• Title of this section change and content of the final paragraph updated to reflect a change in process. Changed from ‘If you apply for a reconsideration of the assessment decision, feedback will be held until the outcome of your reconsideration is determined.’ To ‘If you apply for a reconsideration… feedback will be provided after the reconsideration application deadline (10 business days after you were notified of the original decision.’)

Resitting the WBAs (Previously ‘Second attempt’)

• Section renamed and details added to clarify the cost involved and that the WBAs will be repeated in the same format

Emergency leave

• Section deleted as this information is in the policy. Link to the policy (PEP SP Leave Policy) included in the section on ‘Additional leave’.

Leave and the RACGP

• Wording updated for accuracy (‘ …membership fees will be waived…’ not ‘suspended’)

Involuntary withdrawal

• Updated to clarify the date to dispute an involuntary withdrawal (changed from ‘…within 20 business days of the date of withdrawal or the date of receiving the notification.’ to ‘…within 20 business days of the date of receiving the notification.’)

Re-entry

• Added information on gaining medical registration via other pathways as per the MBA’s Standards: Specialist medical college assessment of specialist international medical graduates (p16 clause 13).

Disputes and complaints

• Sub-section on ‘Disputes’ removed as the program is managed at a national level while disputes are managed regionally. Reconsiderations and appeals sections left as is.