Professional conduct
The Australian community rightfully expects a high level of professional behaviour from GPs. Professional competency training and assessment is a core part of the AGPT program.
You should:
- behave and practice with honesty and integrity to meet the standards expected by your peers, patients and the wider Australian community.
- always maintain medical professionalism, in practice and in the community, including the appropriate use of social media. This means displaying professional behaviours and standards towards patients, RACGP staff, MEs, supervisors, training site staff, other healthcare professionals and community members.
Professional and ethical boundaries in the doctor–patient relationship are essential to good medical practice. A professional and ethical therapeutic relationship puts the patient at the centre of care and supports the wellbeing of both you and your patients.
Developing a successful therapeutic relationship with your patient requires trust, integrity and setting professional boundaries. Ongoing self-reflection is important to ensure you uphold the highest professional and ethical standards in your practice.
You also need to take responsibility for your learning and actions. We’re here to support you on your journey to Fellowship, but it’s up to you to make the most of the support and expertise available to you. This includes communicating with your supervisor, training site, TC and ME effectively and appropriately and completing program-related administrative tasks in a timely manner.
We can only give you the right support if you communicate your need for help. If you’re worried about anything related to your training journey, reach out to someone within your training support network who you feel most comfortable talking to (eg your supervisor, ME, registrar liaison officer, TC, regional ME, or regional director of training).
If we’re having trouble contacting you or believe you're failing to conduct yourself professionally, we’ll attempt to raise these issues with you. If we can’t satisfactorily resolve the issues, we may decide it’s necessary to take remedial action or withdraw you from the program.