Thank you for your interest in becoming a panel member for the PESCI. We are no longer accepting applications.
Become a panel member for the Pre-Employment Structured Clinical Interview (PESCI)
The role of a PESCI panel member
As a panel member you will contribute significantly to meeting the need for general practitioners in Australia by working collaboratively with your fellow general practitioner colleagues.
The purpose of the PESCI is to assess the ability of an International Medical Graduate (IMG) to practise safely in a general practice position in Australia for which they have applied. All interviews are conducted via Zoom.
Our panels comprise of a chair and two panel members and interview four applicants per day. Our panel members are contracted and are paid for each applicant they assess. In addition, we offer CPD points.
The interview consists of five clinical scenarios, with each panel member delivering two scenarios and the chair one scenario. Our interviews are currently scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and we require panel members to be available from 8:30am AEST to around 5:00pm AEST. We try to offer panel members at least two panels per quarter.
Our panel chairs are responsible for generating a report reflecting the panel’s findings to AHPRA, who make the final decision about registration.
We require all our new panel members to complete an online training module and to attend a training webinar. We pay for attendance at the webinar and offer CPD points as well.
Interested in becoming a PESCI panel member?
You must fulfil these criteria to apply:
- Hold current financial membership of the RACGP
- Hold Fellowship of the RACGP (three or more years)
- Be in good standing with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
- Hold current, unrestricted and unconditional Ahpra specialist medical registration
- Be CPD compliant
- Competent using technology (email, downloading documents) and familiar with Zoom and its functions (including video conferencing, screen sharing, giving remote control, renaming yourself, adjusting audio (microphone) and video (camera) settings, troubleshooting minor issues), or willing to undertake self-learning to gain competency in Zoom
Applicants must be actively practising general practitioners.
If you fulfil the above criteria and you’re interested or have any questions for Dr David Rankin - National Assessment Advisor, PESCI, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Education support team at pesci@racgp.org.au.
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