Frequently Asked Questions

GPSA have put together a series of Frequently Asked Questions on topics that are featured in our webinars and podcasts. The questions come from GP Supervisors and practice managers and the answers come from our Guides, GP Supervisors and practice managers who have a special interest in the topic. View webinars and podcasts related to these FAQs via the buttons below:

Questions on developing your skills as a supervisor

Supervision

Link	Title	Summary
	Introduction to GP supervision – Roles, responsibilities and rewards	This FAQ will provide straight-forward answers to simple questions about becoming a GP supervisor such as: Where do I start? What do I need to know? What do I need to do?
	Supervising IMGs	This FAQ aims to assist GP supervisors to better support IMG GP registrars training in their practices. It is based on the newly published GPSA guide.
	Communication toolbox and Overseas Trained Doctors (OTD)	This FAQ address the resources you can use in your communication toolbox to help overseas trained doctors.
	Supervision of registrars undertaking teleconsultations	An overview of teleconsultation supervision approaches, specific actions and initiatives, and how to use technology for three way consults
	Improve safety with a ‘Call for help’ list	How to utilise the ‘Call for Help’ list to provide clear instructions for registrars on when to call for help, alongside being used as a tool to monitor a registrar’s safety and progress throughout a placement.
	Managing the Stress and Mental Health of GP Registrars	This FAQ will provide you with an understanding of the different strategies you can employ as a GP Supervisor with your GP Registrar to weather a career in general practice safely and sustainably.
	Medico-legal Risks – After-Hours and On-Call	This FAQ explores and address the issues identified for both doctors working in after-hours environments and their GP Supervisors.
	Identifying and Supporting GP Supervisors in Difficulty	Identifying and Supporting GP Supervisors in difficulty in a variety of situations and providing appropriate responses

Teaching and learning

Link	Title	Summary
	Clinical supervision and the use of random case analysis	Explaining various clinical supervision options available to a supervisor as well as a framework for random case analysis.
	Managing Underperforming GP Registrars	Looking at common causes for registrar difficulties and early warning signs, as well as how supervisors can support them.
	Teaching Business Assessment of General Practice	Looking at the need to explain business decisions and the business master plan to registrars, as well as providing tools for a self-assessment of your business practice.
	Teaching Clinical Reasoning	Aimed at helping GP supervisors teach their registrars “to think like a GP”.
	Teaching Professionalism	Aims to support supervisors to identify, assess, and facilitate development of skills in professional and ethical practice in their registrars.
	Teaching techniques and the GP study system	Looking at alternative approaches to in-practice teaching to and how the GP Study System can help GP supervisors on their teaching journey.
	Teaching that connects	Looking at different approaches to teaching that connect with registrars such as flipped and disruptive teaching.
	Teaching the Business of General Practice – Easy Reference Charts	These charts have been compiled for you to help build your registrar’s understanding, manage their expectations, and set standards for their time with your practice
	Planning learning	This FAQ will help registrars plan their learning, covering possible learning needs, both known and unknown, and the tools that supervisors can use to help identify them.
	Formal teaching	This FAQ explains the ‘how to’ aspect of practice-based teaching, focussing on the range of teaching methods and highlighting a new framework for problem case discussion
	Enhancing your in-practice teaching	This FAQ covers concepts such as ‘what to teach’ and ‘how to teach it’.
	Random case analysis	Defining random case analysis and the process involved in sampling of medical records with the registrar to assess their clinical knowledge, decision making and the quality of medical records,
	Ad hoc supervision and informal teaching	This FAQ will provide supervisors with skills in identifying teaching opportunities and in turning ad hoc (corridor) encounters into valuable teaching and learning experiences.

Assessment and feedback

Link	Title	Summary
	Helping registrars shine – assessing and managing registrars with performance issues to work well	Looking at early warning signs for registrar performance issues and describes the parallels between clinical approaches and educational approaches used to diagnose and manage performance issues
	Supporting RACGP Registrars through AKT and KFP assessments	This resource aims to help supervisors of all levels of experience understand the exam process and confidently support their registrar prepare for written assessments.
	Consultation analysis and feedback	This FAQ discusses some of the consultation model structures, how to analyse consultations and, in turn, how to provide developmental feedback to GP registrars around their consultations.
	Feedback	This webinar discusses feedback in a variety of situations that require effective feedback to be delivered, strategies available to deal with almost any learner and situation and how to understand which feedback strategy will suit which situation best.
	Assessing the reflective practitioner	This FAQ is designed to help your registrar understand and develop their reflective practice needs as a consistent part of your teaching routine.
	Observing your registrar: Refine your skills	Details different ways of observation, the consultation observation tool, the most common consulting errors, and feedback on a consultation.
	Telehealth Consultations – Assessment	Learn how to assess registrars performing telehealth consultations, discuss the role and methods of in-practice formative assessment, and adapt other formative assessment methods to the telehealth consultation.
	Staff Performance Development and Management	Providing a framework for staff performance development and management to be a regular and an opportune experience for all parties – ensuring a productive, happy workforce committed to quality healthcare.

Questions on teaching your registrar about…

Clinical topics

Link	Title	Summary
	Fatigue	Fatigue is a particularly challenging presentation for registrars, as it is ambiguous and potentially associated with serious disease.
	COVID-19	Looking at COVID-19 diagnosis, infection management and tele-health
	Coeliac disease	Teaching about Coeliac disease including testing and treatment plans for those who receive a positive diagnosis.
	Managing the Patient with ADHD – helping your registrar deliver best practice care	Answering commonly asked questions relating to ADHD, such as the differences shown in ADHD with adults, as well as common traits of ADHD.