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Network principles for prevocational medical training - HETI

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<strong>HETI</strong> NETWORK PRINCIPLES<br />

What should <strong>prevocational</strong> trainees be learning?<br />

The learning outcomes required of <strong>prevocational</strong> doctors are described in the Australian Curriculum<br />

Framework <strong>for</strong> Junior Doctors (ACF).<br />

The ACF is built around three learning areas: Clinical Management, Communication and<br />

Professionalism. These areas are subdivided into categories, each of which is further subdivided<br />

into learning topics. Within each learning topic, the ACF describes the workplace-per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

outcomes that <strong>prevocational</strong> doctors are expected to acquire.<br />

The ACF is about more than what doctors know, it is about what they actually do at work.<br />

The learning required of <strong>prevocational</strong> doctors is learning <strong>for</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance: the intended outcome is<br />

that the doctor per<strong>for</strong>ms the behaviours described in the ACF in their daily work. More than proving<br />

individual competencies, the important learning outcome is the capability to integrate competencies<br />

consistently in workplace per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

The appropriate assessment of these learning outcomes is to measure the extent to which the<br />

<strong>prevocational</strong> doctor per<strong>for</strong>ms the behaviours described in the ACF in their daily work.<br />

The ACF and supporting resources are<br />

available online:<br />

www.cpmec.org.au/Page/acfjd-project<br />

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