The Rational Test Ordering Consultation Skills Teaching Plan is designed to enhance the ability to order tests effectively during patient consultations. It emphasises best practices for accurate and efficient test ordering to improve patient care.
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This best-practice resource is a Teaching Plan on Rational Test Ordering, which is part of GPSA’s Consultation Skills series.
Date reviewed: 11 February 2026
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Taking a thorough and focused history is essential in general practice, as it supports diagnosis and management while excluding serious causes, all within a biopsychosocial framework. GP supervisors play a crucial role in teaching these skills to registrars, helping them navigate the balance between comprehensive and efficient history taking in a patient-centered context.
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Date reviewed: 10 February 2026
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This teaching plan explores strategies to improve time management in medical consultations, fostering efficiency without compromising patient care. It equips educators and trainees with practical tools to enhance consultation skills.
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This best-practice resource is a Teaching Plan on Time Management, which is part of GPSA’s Consultation Skills series.
Date reviewed: 21 February 2026
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This teaching plan emphasizes the importance of mastering focused and evidence-based physical examination skills, which are critical for general practitioners to address patients’ needs effectively. It highlights the GP supervisor’s pivotal role in teaching and demonstrating these skills, particularly in areas where hospital exposure may be limited, such as dermatology and musculoskeletal medicine.
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Date reviewed: 16 March 2026
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This teaching plan focuses on rational prescribing, emphasising the judicious, safe, and effective use of medicines to improve health outcomes while mitigating potential harms. It highlights the critical role of GP supervisors in shaping GP registrar prescribing practices and connects with related GPSA teaching plans on prescribing mechanics, polypharmacy, deprescribing, and antibiotic use.
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Date reviewed: 11 February 2026
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This teaching plan focuses on developing the skills required for writing high-quality referrals during consultations. It provides practical guidance to enhance communication and ensure effective patient care transitions.
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This best-practice resource is a Teaching Plan on Writing Quality Referrals, which is part of GPSA’s Consultation Skills series.
Date reviewed: 22 February 2026
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This teaching plan emphasises the importance of maintaining high-quality medical records as a cornerstone of safe, effective, and continuous patient care. It equips supervisors with strategies to assess and guides GP registrars in mastering this essential skill for clinical practice and medico-legal purposes.
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Date reviewed: 11 February 2026
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This teaching plan focuses on developing General Practice registrars’ skills in delivering effective health education to promote health, wellbeing, and behavior change, a core competency in the RACGP and ACRRM training curricula. It highlights the importance of brief interventions and motivational interviewing in providing evidence-based health information while considering sociocultural factors and health literacy.
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Date reviewed: 10 February 2026
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This teaching plan emphasises the vital role of preventive healthcare in general practice, focusing on illness prevention, early disease detection, and health promotion. It highlights the importance of addressing health disparities, particularly for disadvantaged groups, and equips GP registrars with the necessary knowledge and skills for preventive health assessments and population screening.
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Date reviewed: 27 October 2025
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This teaching plan addresses the critical issue of antimicrobial resistance, emphasising the role of GP supervisors in guiding registrars to prescribe antibiotics judiciously. It highlights strategies such as targeted teaching, feedback, and role-modeling, aligned with the Choosing Wisely Australia campaign to promote rational prescribing practices.
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Date reviewed: 26 February 2026
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