Training site orientation

Orientation to the training site

When you start a new placement, your designated supervisor or training site team member should give you an orientation to the site, including:

• introducing you to all members of staff
• teaching you how to use training site systems
• explaining where to find relevant resources, including reference materials, medications and equipment
• explaining relevant policies, procedures and processes in the training site, such as referral, admission to hospital, after-hours arrangements, follow-up of patients, sterilisation, prescribing Schedule 8 medications and disposal of waste.

Your consulting room and equipment

Training sites are encouraged to provide registrars with their own consulting room. Where this is not possible (eg for part-time registrars), training sites are encouraged to minimise your movement between rooms over the consulting week.

Training sites are required to provide you with access to equipment that enables you to provide comprehensive general primary care and emergency resuscitation as per the RACGP Standards for general practice. In addition to other equipment the training site should supply you with a sphygmomanometer, ophthalmoscope, and auriscope in your room. You should have access to a dermatoscope within the training site, but it may be shared between the GPs in the training site.