Some accredited training settings/networks require applicants complete PGY2 before commencing accredited Basic Training roles. What's the RACP’s stance on this practice?
The AMC has confirmed that PGY2 doctors who are enrolled in college training programs don't need to undertake PGY2 under the new Framework. The RACP will continue to allow entry into Basic Training from PGY2 onwards, subject to all other entry and selection criteria being met.
We acknowledge that there's a lot of variation in the systems and contexts for managing the junior medical workforce across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This is due to differences in service delivery structures, employment legislation and practitioner regulation, and workforce and healthcare access patterns, as well as training and education considerations. Therefore, we recognise that employers may have selection/recruitment criteria for accredited Basic Training positions that are more stringent and may require applicants to complete PGY2 under the respective country’s prevocational framework.
In navigating changes to prevocational training and impacts on entry to Basic Training, the RACP is seeking close collaboration with PMCs and remains a committed advocate for:
- pathways for doctors-in-training to be as expedited as educationally justified.
- increased flexibility throughout training pathways for doctors-in-training.
- competency-based approaches to determining progression for doctors-in-training.
- patient safety and socially accountable training programs.
- trainee and educator wellbeing.
- high-quality training environments.
- responsible use of training capacity across our health systems.
- transparent and timely communication about changes relating to doctors-in-training.