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Registrar Liaison Officer’s ReportAnother busy year for the GP registrars and the RegistrarLiaison Officers (RLOs). The year began with Nada Andricand Jo Wood continuing in the role, however bothregistrars received their Fellowships in the first 6 monthsand the role was taken up by Sarah Cush in July. Theenthusiasm and experience of Nada and Jo in the rolewas greatly appreciated by all the RegistrarsWhat does the Registrar LiaisonOfficer do?RLOs are GP registrars in training employed to providesupport and advice to registrars on a wide range of issuesrelated to training and education. RLOs help advocatefor the registrars to the Regional Training provider (i.e.NTGPE) in any issues or problems they may be facing.RLOs also have a pastoral care role for the registrars.On a national level RLOs communicate through a listserver, and meet twice annually as part of the GPRA (GPRegistrar Association) Advisory Council to discuss howto further improve GP training at both regional and thenational levels.In the first half of the year RLOs again rang aroundregistrars to ensure practices continued to follow thenational minimum terms and conditions.The monthly RLO newsletter continued providing aregular means of communication to Registrars onRegistrar activities, both academic and social.RLOs attended Registrar workshops through the year, forboth orientation to the role, and continued the RegistrarPrivate Business session. This forum enables Registrarsto open up on issues affecting their training and remindsregistrars they are not alone.Participation in the GPRA list server continues on a largenumber of issues aimed at improving registrar training.What was done and where did theRLOs travel in 2010?GPRA held the Breathing New Life into General Practicein Canberra in March, which was in conjunction with thefirst GPRA Advisory council meeting for 2010. The firsttwo days were run by AGPT and covered information onthe structure of GP training in Australia and importantpolicies and included some professional developmentcontent for the RLOs. The third day was held atParliament House where the Registrars were surprisedby an impromptu morning tea with then Prime MinisterKevin Rudd. The final day was a chance for RLOs to hearabout GPRA’s plans for the year and for RLOs to raiseissues of concern.The GPET convention ‘Clinical and cultural competence:Everybody’s business’ was held in Alice Springs inSeptember. The RLO workshop and GPRA Advisorycouncil meeting were held at the same time, which wasanother forum to discuss the national and regional issuesaffecting registrars.14 Northern Territory General Practice Education
General Practice Training ProgramGeneral Practice Registrar (GPR)ProgramNTGPE is the only Regional Training Provider (RTP) inthe Northern Territory for the GP Registrar trainingprogram administered nationally by General PracticeEducation & Training (GPET). GPRs accepted into theprogram are training towards a Fellowship of the RoyalAustralian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP),Fellowship of Advanced Rural General Practice (FARGP)or Fellowship Australian College of Rural and RemoteMedicine (FACRRM). Registrars undertake their trainingin a variety of posts spanning hospitals and primaryhealth care clinics in urban, rural and remote locationsacross the NT. The program also incorporates a range ofcomplementary learning activities such as orientationand induction activities, fortnightly Small Group Learning(SGL) sessions, external clinical teaching visits (ECTVs),training advisor mentoring where learning plans aredeveloped and reviewed, and bi-annual workshops.Program DetailsIn 2010 NTGPE was responsible for facilitating andcoordinating the general practice education for 90 GPRs,84 of whom were in active terms throughout the year.We continue to have a number of Registrars who chooseto train part time. This illustrates the flexibility NTGPEemploys to support its GPRs throughout their training inmaintaining a healthy balance between their personaland professional lives.GPR numbers 2010 training yearTotal 90Active 84* 30 General Pathway54 Rural Pathway3 Registrars were on leave forthe entire reporting periodWithdrawn 6 The high rate of withdrawalis due to NTGPE withdrawingRegistrars that have had noactivity on their profile for anextended period.* of the 84 active GPRs, 17 undertook their training aspart time during the training yearAs in previous years, 2010 saw movement amongst theGPR cohort both in and out of the Territory.GPR movementsTransferIn (no.)11 Temporary AOBBogongCSQTCGY SynergyGPTVTCTMTVMAType From CommentsPostsundertakenon transfer:ARSP x 1ESP x 2GP Terms x 82 Permanent One (1)being on anADF transferTransfer Type To CommentsOut(no.)3 Temporary AOGP GP TrainingVMAWAGPETESP x 24 Permanent Zero (0) wereADF transfersAnnual Report 2010 15
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