Annual Report - Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program

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Key Result Area 5 Stakeholder Value In collaboration with academic partners, AOGP is increasing general practicerelated academic research activity, and the involvement of the AOGP community in academic research and teaching. AOGP is establishing constructive links with federal and state government health departments. Key Objective #5 Expanding AOGP’s evidence-based decision-making capacity, regarding GP education, training and workforce issues. Key Objective #6 Engaging stakeholder groups as and when appropriate. Research Committee The Research Committee is in place to progress and manage AOGP’s involvement in research and to provide support and mentoring to Staff, Registrars, and Supervisors who are involved in this research. This subcommittee meets every six weeks and reports to the Board through its Chair annually. In 2010, the AOGP Research Committee consisted of: Research and Development Manager (Chair) Dr Caroline Laurence, AOGP Director of Medical Education Dr Lawrie McArthur, AOGP Medical Educator – Research Portfolio Dr Moira McCaul, AOGP Education Team Coordinator – Quality Assurance & Research Dr Taryn Elliott, AOGP GP Supervisor representative Dr Peter Donohoe (from July 2010) GP Registrar representative Dr Andrew Linn Academic Skills Post Registrar Dr Annie Lin (3 Feb 10 – 2 Feb 11) In July 2010 we saw a new GP Supervisor representative on the AOGP Research Committee. AOGP Research Program A large project commissioned by the Board in 2010 was the development of a three year research plan that incorporates a range of strategic, educational and developmental research. This involved a consultation process with the broader AOGP community to identify research ideas and broaden the participation in research beyond key staff. This has resulted in a priority list of studies that will be the focus of AOGP resources and will provide a range of participation levels from leading a project, to being part of a team or steering group. This priority list was endorsed at the November 2010 Board meeting ready for implementation in 2011. The Research Panel Held at the AOGP Education Weekend, the panel was entitled ‘The Faces of Research at AOGP’. Feedback was extremely positive and a suggestion was put forward that AOGP should look into launching a Research Foundation to support research locally. This will be further developed and presented to the Board for consideration in 2011. Dr Caroline Laurence Research Committee Chair Appeals and Grievance Committee An independent subcommittee structure is in place to enable the effective processing of local appeals and grievances. This subcommittee is convened as required. The Appeals and Grievance Subcommittee includes, but is not limited to: • an independent chair (preferably a GP or health professional independent of the training program). • the RLO and/or an independent AOGP Registrar nominated by the complainant. • the SLO and/or an independent AOGP Supervisor accepted by the complainant. • an independent medical education expert. The Chief Executive Officer of AOGP provides secretariat support for the conduct of this committee. To date, all concern and issues have been effectively resolved with early intervention and localised mediation. AOGP is pleased to report that this committee has not been required to meet since the organisation’s inception in 2002. 6
Chief Executive Officer’s Report Key Result Area 4 AOGP is implementing a best practice vertically integrated teaching framework within the AOGP region that is reflective of local needs AOGP is exploring the feasibility of horizontally integrated teaching and international opportunities to deliver general practice training Key Objective #4 Creating community based learning environments for multi-level learning that reflect local needs Conversations held with Supervisors, Registrars, Practice Managers – and AOGP staff, throughout 2010, has led me to reflect on the AOGP approach to education and training. The words customised, personalised and specialised feature across Adelaide to Outback documentation and physical space. These three words first appeared regularly in feedback offered by Registrars about how they interpreted their education and training from AOGP. They were then adopted as a way to encapsulate the three principles that reflect AOGP’s education philosophy. Customised is about making the Registrar’s training relevant and real for them – whilst also meeting all the relevant college/s’ requirements. Personalised is about AOGP communicating to the best effect for all parties, specifically with AOGP core stakeholders as the focus. Specialised is about recognising General Practice as a speciality, and delivering a robust and quality training program that reflects this level of expertise. In adopting this philosophy the AOGP education framework aims to foster easy access to well supported teachers and experts, as well as provide targeted training, information and resources. As part of this framework a major emphasis is placed on the building of the Supervisor’s teaching skills and investing in the Registrar’s main teaching environment visà-vis the practice. Equally, this philosophy and framework informs the innovations that we pursue at AOGP. We continue to challenge ourselves, and our training collaborators, to ensure any innovations are well researched, supported and that their implementation will advance the goals that have been set for AOGP. The strong working relationship between AOGP and its Liaison Officers – who represent the core stakeholders, namely Registrars, Supervisors and Practice Managers – ensures AOGP and its core stakeholders, work as partners to achieve these goals. Formal evaluation throughout AOGP’s nine years of experience confirms that we have constructed a unique approach to training, whilst continuing to use the standard training components that make up most training programs. In 2010 this approach has been applied to our 122 Registrars – 50 Junior Doctors and 35 IMG doctors, with the goal of ensuring that they have maximum opportunity for success through the training they are offered at AOGP. The AOGP staff - who all are integral to the delivery of this training program - are noted by their passion and pursuit of excellence across education, research, strategy and business. This year allowed the AOGP team as a whole to operationally review the AOGP Strategic Plan. They determined operational improvements that would assist the Key Result Areas (KRA) to be met within the timelines that have been set by the Board. Specifically in 2010 the AOGP Management Team benefited from the inclusion of a Strategic Operations Manager, namely Dr Sarah Meertens. Whilst Sarah’s brief is to manage the operational implementation of the Strategic Plan, she also has key portfolio responsibility for GP Early Exposure, Community Stakeholder relations as well as Registrar Recruitment and Selection. Both AOGP management and staff concur that her contribution to the AOGP team in 2010 has been outstanding. Moving to Liaison Officer personnel, in 2010, Dr Roly Vinci, through his role as the AOGP urban Supervisor Liaison Officer (SLO), stepped up to become the chair of the national SLO group as well as be a member of the National GP Supervisors Association (NGPSA). During this same time Dr Ben Abbot, in his capacity as rural SLO, helped drive many of the local AOGP initiatives, 7
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