SLOs
June 2024 meeting of the SLO Advisory Council
The second annual face to face meeting of the Advisory Council, held in June 2024 in Brisbane, brought together a large cohort of SLOs, and indeed both Colleges were very well represented at an executive level too. ACRRM was represented by:
- President, Dr Dan Halliday
- General Manager of Education Services, Ms Kyra Moss
- National ME Lead for Supervisor Support, Dr Coralie Endean;
and RACGP was represented by:
- President, Dr Nicole Higgins
- CEO, Ms Georgina van de Water
- Acting Chief GP Training Officer, Ms Sue Hefren
- Acting Head of GP Training Operations, Ms Emma McLeay.
With such a prominent audience, the Advisory Council took the opportunity to formally present four key pieces of advice:
Advice 1 - Bi-College Professional Development for supervisors
- Collaboration between the Colleges is needed urgently for the delivery of supervisor professional development (SPD) and bi-college networking opportunities.
Advice 2 - Lack of acknowledgement and responsiveness by Colleges to supervisor concerns
The key issues that supervisors felt were not being addressed by the Colleges in a timely manner included:
- 12-month placements for greater workforce certainty, particularly in rural areas;
- System constraints affecting placement flexibility and team supervision;
- Differences between rural and metropolitan regions in meeting supervision requirements;
- Logical application of the “2-practice rule” for registrars’ diversity of practice.
Advice 3 - Practice accreditation
- Concerns about processes in accrediting new practices and managing poorly performing ones, with the continued accreditation of some practices despite geographic disparities and a failure to meet supervisor requirements;
- The role of SLOs in accreditation issues, and their call for early involvement before issues become formal – as has proven successful for RVTS.
Advice 4 - Mediation and conflict
- When relationships break down, it is crucial to have a clear intervention process, particularly regarding communication with College Representatives. SLOs have advised that they can play a pivotal role in this process, especially in addressing issues related to employment termination and performance when it becomes a safety concern.
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Date reviewed: 05 December 2024
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