Welcome from the Dean


Welcome to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and in particular this section of the website which deals with education for our Trainees and Fellows.

There is an enormous amount happening around education at the College. The Education Deanery is now fully established, supported by educational governance structures, consisting of Fellows on various education committees.  These are structured in such a way that there are Expert Advisory Groups which are the policy incubator committees and then education committees within the Divisions, Chapters and Faculties, which primarily have an implementation role around our new education programs.

Within Basic Training, there have been many changes.  In the new program, which has now been rolled out for first year basic physician trainees for 2008, there are a number of new initiatives that we have put into practice.   Details can be found on the College website, but essentially there is now a prospect of a training program where Fellows of the College, acting as Educational Supervisors or Directors of Physician Education, will meet regularly with Trainees and assist them in their progression to become consultants in the workforce.

There are a number of changes being planned around Advanced Training.  One of the new key developments is that Advanced Training will, in the majority but not in every instance, be undertaken by Specialty Training Committees (STC) within Specialty Societies.  These Trainees, importantly, remain Trainees of the College, but the Specialty Societies take a critical, indeed pivotal role, in supporting the training of the Trainees within the various disciplines.  I am pleased to announce that to date there are two STCs in operation, STC in Neurology and the STC in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine.  More information on how  the STCs operate can be obtained from the STC Terms of Reference.

The three Faculties of the College have now employed Fellows to assist with curricula development and reengineering of the training programs within the Faculties.

The Education of Fellows is not being neglected.  There has been a lot of work over the last three years in the development of a new MyCPD program.  The key elements of this program revolve around a Fellow thinking about their own practice and critically evaluating what their learning needs are, undertaking the relevant learning and then examining how their plan might be modified to improve their clinical practice.

All of these developments are designed to enrich the training experience, to better prepare Trainees for consultant practice and to support Fellows in their ongoing professional development.


Kevin Forsyth
Dean

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