The transition from hospital work to consulting patients in the general practice setting is highly challenging. For the new registrar, the general practice environment is characterised by a wide breadth of clinical problems, chronic disease management, relative independence of decision-making, time pressures, clinical uncertainty, unfamiliar practice systems, and financial and billing issues.
The GP supervisor plays an important role to support the new GPT1 registrar as they settle into community practice. This webpage contains a number of resources to assist.
Alone: General Practice
This webinar discusses the first weeks of general practice and how the supervisor can help the registrar ‘survive’ the transition from the hospital setting by using a range of tools.
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
Describe the key challenges for the new GP registrar in the first weeks of general practice
Implement practical strategies to support your GP registrar at the commencement of the placement
Clinical Supervision – Keeping Your Registrar Safe and Supported
This webinar discusses the clinical supervision role of the supervisor in the first month of practice, including an approach to the Early Assessment of Safety and Learning (EASL) and the RACGP Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA) program.
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
Describe clinical supervision as part of the broader role of the GP supervisor
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