Educational support

Educational support

General practice is a broad and complex discipline and requires a wide range of skills and knowledge. Registrars come to GP training with varied and unique skillsets. The AGPT program is designed to facilitate the development of critical knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary for competent, unsupervised general practice.

Competency across the domains of general practice is relevant to every general practice consultation. Many registrars will gain the required skills and knowledge during the standard training program. However, for many different reasons a registrar may struggle to attain these competencies within the usual training program time or with the usual training program education and resources. Some registrars will require extra assistance in the form of Focused Learning Interventions (FLIs) and remediation terms to assist in your goal of achieving Fellowship and undertaking independent General Practice in Australia.

Educational interventions are an opportunity to resolve ‘blind spots’ and address individual learning needs. Performance issues that require support may be minor and transient or more significant and persistent; there may be a single issue or multiple issues. Your RACGP training team will work with you to identify and implement the most appropriate, targeted educational support or intervention for your circumstances.

Concerns about performance and progress might involve:

• communication skills

• clinical skills

• cognitive skills

• organisational, integrative and collaborative skills

• professional behaviour

• some Ahpra Addenda

• other serious issues that might be reportable, including:

  • health and personal issues

  • work environment and systems issues.

Our educational support has a stepped approach:

• early identification of registrars who need extra assistance

• providing appropriate assistance and support

• educational intervention (eg focused learning intervention)

• implementing remediation.