🛈 Important update: new portals for some trainees

Trainees starting from 2025

Supervisors of Basic Trainees starting in 2025 will follow the new curriculum and use the Training Management Platform (TMP) to manage trainees' requirements, rotations, and assessments.

Trainees who started before 2025

Supervisors of Basic Trainees who started before 2025 will continue using the PREP Training Portal for their requirements, rotations, and assessments.

Director of Physician or Paediatric Education (DPE)

A Director of Physician or Paediatric Education takes a macro level approach to foster a link between the RACP and a training site.

View current DPEs

Responsibilities

• provide leadership within their workplace or geographic area
• oversee the Basic Training program and provide support for Basic Trainees within their training site(s)
• provide support to Educational Supervisors and Ward/ Service Consultants
• establish and facilitate local support networks
• complete program administrative work as required

To apply

All accredited training sites for Basic Training except secondment sites have a DPE.

1. Discuss your interest with the current DPE (or Network Director) and Director of Medical Services (DMS). This could be an opportunity for succession planning, or for you to become a Deputy DPE.
2. Send a brief nomination letter from the Director of Medical Services, or equivalent at the training site, addressed to ‘The Chair, Divisional Basic Training Committee’ and your CV outlining you teaching and supervision experience to BasicTraining@racp.edu.au (Australia) or basic.training@racp.org.nz (New Zealand).

Educational Supervisor (ES)

An Educational Supervisor (ES) assists the DPE at their site by assembling the evidence of educational activity and progress generated by the trainees assigned to them. 

Educational Supervisor (ES)

An Educational Supervisor helps the DPE by collecting information about the training and progress of their trainees.

Responsibilities

• collaborate with the DPE to provide support for basic trainees within your training site(s)
• oversee the training program for a small group of 3 to 5 of basic trainees within your hospital
• meet with each trainee at least 2 times per year to assess their progress and use the feedback from the formative assessments (Mini-CEX), learning tools (Learning Needs Analysis) and Ward/Service Consultant reports to help them complete the mid and end of year progress
• provide regular and timely feedback
• provide assistance with training and assessment
• complete program administrative work as required by the DPE

To apply

• you must be a Fellow of the RACP (Adult Medicine Division) or a Fellow of the RACP or other Specialty College (Paediatrics & Child Health Division).
• you can self-nominate by emailing a Basic Training supervisor nomination form (DOC) to BasicTraining@racp.edu.au (Australia) and basic.training@racp.org.nz (Aotearoa New Zealand).
• You can be nominated by a trainee as part of their annual application for Basic Training after discussing the nomination with you or the DPE.

Ward Service Consultant (Rotational Supervisor)

A Ward Service Consultant (Rotational Supervisor) is a clinician who actively supervises and supports a basic trainee with the main clinical tools in the PREP program,  the Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) and the mini-CEX.

Responsibilities

• provide direct educational support
• facilitate the development of knowledge and skills outlined in the Basic Training Curricula
• model exceptional clinical practice and procedures
• conduct work-based assessments eg mini-CEX
• provide regular and timely feedback on a trainee’s progress and achievement
• guide trainees' learning plans through completion of the Learning Needs Analysis
• complete Ward Service Consultant Reportssup*

^*These completed reports are not required to be sent to the College at this stage, it is recommended that the trainee provide this report to the Educational Supervisor to inform the mid-year and end of year progress reports.

Note: Basic Trainees usually have at least 1 Ward Service Consultant (Rotational Supervisor) per rotation.

To apply

A Ward/Service Consultant is a clinician but may not be a Fellow of the RACP.  Speak to the DPE at your hospital/training site to find out more.

Professional Development Advisor (PDA)

A PDA facilitates a Basic Trainee’s personal and professional development, guided by the Professional Qualities Curriculum.

Responsibilities

• facilitate the personal and professional development of your trainees and motivate them to reflect on non-clinical professional skills as identified in the Professional Qualities Curriculum
• meet with your trainee at least twice a year to give feedback on their reflection in the online Professional Qualities Reflection (PQR) tool. 
• facilitate critical review and reflection on a trainee's practice through discussion
• provide timely and comprehensive feedback on a trainee’s progress and achievements

• you can self-nominate by emailing a completed Basic Training supervisor nomination form (DOC) to BasicTraining@racp.edu.au (Australia) or basic.training@racp.org.nz (Aotearoa New Zealand)
or
• you can be nominated by a trainee as part of their annual application for Basic Training after discussing the nomination with you or the DPE.