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13. CETI’s Hospital Skills Program – Alpana Singh
Alpana Singh presented on CETI’s hospital skills program. See attached presentation.
14. Issues affecting prevocational training
The forum held an open discussion on some of the issues affecting prevocational
training.
People leaving their contracts early. Many PGY2s resign before the end of term 5,
often after giving the minimum required notice. We need to find out why people are
leaving in large numbers in PGY2 term 5 and find positive methods to reduce the
problem. It was acknowledged that PGY2s leaving early made life more difficult for
those remaining, but opinions differed on the appropriate response. Some thought
that the problem should be solved by hospitals hiring more PGY2s in the first place,
or being more willing to hire temporary staff (eg, backpacker doctors from the UK).
Others thought that some pressure or incentive should be brought to bear on PGY2s
to encourage them to stay. There was some support for the introduction of a
certificate of completion to be awarded to PGY2s at the end of term 5, but others
thought that this represented a punishment of those who left before the end of the
year, who might have good reasons for doing so.
Term dates across the nation do not match up, thus making it hard for those that
wish to move interstate to complete their prevocational training. Term dates
should be made the same nation wide.
JMO reps feel there should be more flexibility within the workforce.
15. Planning for 2011
Dr Lucy Cho led a discussion of plans for 2011.
Working groups:
Education: continuing
Supervision: continuing
Welfare: continuing
Assessment: merge with Education or Supervision
Handover: not continuing
Training: to work on an ongoing information pack for JMOs about vocational
training options, courses, admission requirements, recognition of prior learning
and similar issues.
A communications team with representation from each working group should
consider the best methods of communicating the activities of the JMO Forum to
JMOs and the rest of the health system.
Next meeting
The next JMO Forum meeting is scheduled for;
Friday 11 March 2010
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre Conference Room, Building 39, Gladesville Hospital
Page 6/6 of the minutes of the JMO Forum held on the Friday 3 December