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We represent supervisors through credible advocacy that is backed by sound research. GPSA is open to partnering with relevant health sector policy makers and representatives on research that can give new insights into the GP training climate and the contribution that supervisors make to it.
Please contact ceo@gpsupervisorsaustralia.org.au if you wish to discuss a potential research proposal.
The 2021 GP Supervisors Australia (GPSA) Annual Survey revealed 70% of GP supervisor respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their Regional Training Organisation (RTO). Reflecting this confidence in the RTOs, just over three-quarters (77%) of respondents nominate their current RTO as an organisation they trust to be involved in the future delivery of high-quality registrar training. GP Supervisors also expressed a high degree of trust in the colleges. Click here to read more.
There is strong policy debate about adopting a single-employer model for GP registrars, which involves registrars being employed by an entity outside of the practice where they are training, on a salary. Results from the 2021 GP Supervisors Australia (GPSA) Annual Survey exploring the views of training practices on the single employer model for registrars, have found that most of the GP Supervisor members surveyed were unaware of the model, and fewer supported it. The survey found that less than 20% of GPSA members surveyed had knowledge of the single-employer model, and when we explained it in brief, only 18% supported it. Read report
This study involved a national online survey of Australian GPs and was conducted in April and May 2020, with 572 respondents. We found that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has resulted in major changes to general practice business models. Most practices have experienced increased workload and reduced income.
Australian general practices have undertaken major innovation and realignment to respond to staff safety and patient care challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased administration, reduced billable time, managing staffing and pivoting to telehealth service provision have negatively affected practice viability. Major sources of information for general practice are primary care–specific, but many practices turn to colleagues for support and resources.
Read more here
Summary video clip here
General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) in partnership with General Practice Supervisors Australia (GPSA) and Monash University invited 25 GPs to participate in a study designed to better understand the reasons why general practitioners (GPs) do or don’t supervise GP Registrars in rural areas of Tasmania and why.
This study is the first systematic analysis of GPs participating in registrar supervision and what underpins their decision to participate.
This project will help to understand Tasmania’s current and future GP supervisor workforce training support needs locally and nationally to ensure there are enough GP Supervisors to meet training demand within the AGPT program into the future.
We had an overwhelmingly positive response from Tasmanian GPs about their experiences supervising GP registrars. Apart from what we have found from the MABEL data, GPs are telling us much more about supervision within the context of rural general practice, how much they value registrars, and some of the challenges at a community, personal and practice level for enabling positive supervision.
The strong message is that GP registrars are a very positive group to have around in the practice, and rural GPs value the additional workforce they bring to the practice.
Rural GP Supervisors identified the increased capacity realized with GP registrars helped to deliver additional services and support to rural patients critical to increasing primary care access in communities with limited health services.
GP supervisors interviewed also identified the chance to teach (building the next generation) and share learning about general practice in rural communities as real strengths of participating in the AGPT program.
This project is now complete. Download the final communique here. Summary findings can be downloaded here. The project final report can be downloaded here. The research published as a result of this project is found here and here.
Update – September 2020: Another article has been published from this project in BMC Health Services Research. This article focuses on the experiences of GP Supervisors in small rural communities and suggests that to increase opportunities for Registrars in rural communities there needs to be:
This article is available here
Further information:
Michael Bentley, GPTT Project Lead, michael.bentley
GPSA admin@gpsupervisorsaustralia.org.au or 03 5440 9077
This research project is supported by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners with funding from the Australian Government under the Australian General Practice Training Program.
This project is now complete and the tool is available on our website. Click here to access.
The project set out to adapt and validate a tool to measure the educational alliance from the GP Supervisor’s perspective.
The relationship between a registrar and his or her supervisor has been suggested as the platform for all other aspects of learning and the concept of the educational alliance is a central component of this relationship.
The result is the GP-Supervisory Relationship Measure for Supervisors (GP-SRMS) which is now validated for use in the AGPT program and the Australian general practice sector. It is understood that this is a world-first.
The project was conducted by General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) in partnership with General Practice Supervisors Australia (GPSA) and Monash University.
A complementary tool – the GP Supervisory Relationship Measure for Registrars has also now been adapted and validated (see below).
This project is now complete. Download the final communique here, summary findings can be downloaded here. The published findings can be found here.
Further information:
Michael Bentley, GPTT Project Lead, michael.bentley
GPSA, admin@gpsupervisorsaustralia.org.au
This research project is supported by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners with funding from the Australian Government under the Australian General Practice Training Program.
GPEx, in partnership with General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT), General Practice Supervisors Australia (GPSA), and Monash University have completed their education research project funded through the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian Department of Health (DOH).
The research grant was awarded for a project that aimed to measure the educational alliance between a GP Supervisor and a GP Registrar from the perspective of the GP Registrar.
Following on from the successful work of GPTT, GPSA and Monash University to develop the GP Supervisory Relationship Measure for Supervisors (GP-SRMS), the GP Supervisory Relationship Measure for Registrars (GP-SRMR) project has successfully adapted and validated a complementary tool to explore the relationship from the registrar’s perspective.
Using computer adaptive testing the number of questions in both the GP-SRMS and GP-SRMR can be reduced substantially whilst still maintaining their validity and reliability.
Representatives of the project partners conducted a consultation with Registrar Liaison Officers (RLOs) at their national conference in August 2018 to gain registrar feedback on how the GP-SRMR and the GP-SRMS might best be used in practise.
Further information:
Dr Taryn Elliott, GPEx, taryn.elliott@gpex.com.au
GPSA, admin@gpsupervisorsaustralia.org.au
This research project is supported by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners with funding from the Australian Government under the Australian General Practice Training Program.
Thank you to everyone who provided information for our 2020 National Survey:
The winners of our draw are:
Carolyn Miller, Goolwa Medical Centre
Matthew Cardone, Tweed Health For Everyone
David Foley, The Hawkesbury Family Practice
Thank you to everyone who provided information for our 2021 Survey Your Views on the Future of GP Training:
The winners of our draw are:
Dr Michelle Emmerson, Hallett Cove Family Practice
Dr Graham Morris, Kadina Medical Associates
Dr Christina Wong, Pambula Medical Centre
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