New Basic Training Program

The new Basic Training Program is a hybrid of time and competency-based training. There is a minimum requirement for trainees to complete three years of full-time equivalent clinical experience.

The curricula standards outline what trainees are expected to be (Competencies), know (Knowledge Guides) and do (Entrustable Professional Activities). These are supported by learning, teaching and assessment programs.

Early adopters

Early adopter training settings are working with us to lead the rollout. Early adopters will:

  • test the new training program
  • test supporting materials and activities
  • develop a network of change champions

A select group of early adopter settings began implementing the new Basic Training programs across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia from 2021. See the lists of settings below.

Aotearoa New Zealand

Included training settings*

Change champions

Phases of training

Auckland PCH Network (PCH)

Kidz First Children’s Hospital, Middlemore

Dr Ruchith Gooneratne (DPE)

Dr Ross Nicholson (ES)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

Starship Children’s Hospital

Dr Raewyn Gavin (DPE)

Vaishali Jaisimha (TPC)

Tauranga Hospital

Dr David Jones (DPE)

Waitakere Hospital

Dr Genevieve Ostring (NDPE)

Dr Sharon Wong (DPE)

Whangarei Hospital

Dr Sarah Goffin (DPE)

Dunedin Hospital (PCH)

n/a

Dr Kalhari Weerasinghe (DPE)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

Taranaki Base Hospital (PCH)

n/a

Dr Richard Smiley (DPE)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)

*List is based on trainees being rotated out to appropriate training settings, linked to their phase of training.

Settings withdrawn from the early adopter rollout:

  • Waikato Hospital will withdraw from the early adopter rollout of the new Basic Training program at the end of the 2022 clinical year due to delays in development of the education platform, Tracc, and associated ongoing impacts to user experience. Impacted trainees will transition to the PREP Basic Training program for 2023.

Australia

Included training settings*

Change champions

Phases of training

Queensland

Coastal Rotation Network (AIM)

Gold Coast University Hospital

Dr Siddharth Sharma (DPE)

Natalie Howard (TPC)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

Innisfail Hospital

Logan Hospital

Redland Hospital

Robina Hospital

Townsville University Hospital (AIM)

Mt Isa

Dr Angeline Khoo (DPE)
Dr Vasant Shenoy (DPE)
Dr Craig Costello (NDPE)
Rachel Hardy (TPC)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

South Australia

SA PCH Network

Flinders Medical Centre

Dr Matthew Scholar (DPE)

Dr Meredith Forsyth (DPE)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

Lyell McEwin Hospital

Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide

Dr Drago Bratkovic (DPE)

Dr Ben Saxon (DPE)

Tasmania

Tasmanian PCH Network

Launceston General Hospital

Dr Melissa Lambeth (DPE)

Dr Naomi Tomlinson (DPE)

 

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

North West Regional Hospital

Royal Hobart Hospital

Victoria

Eastern Health Network (AIM)

Angliss Hospital

Dr Bianca Devitt (DPE)

Monika Pandey (TPC)

Foundation (BPT1)
Consolidation (BPT2)
Completion (BPT3)

Box Hill Hospital

Epworth Eastern Private Hospital

Latrobe Regional Health

Maroondah Hospital

Peter James Centre

Wantirna Health

*List is based on trainees being rotated out to appropriate training settings, linked to their phase of training.


Settings withdrawn from the early adopter rollout:

  • Western Health Network withdrew from the early adopter rollout of the new Basic Training program on 7 August 2022 due to local capacity constraints and impacts on setting staff from COVID-19. Impacted trainees have since transitioned to the Physician Readiness for Expert Practice (PREP) Basic Training program. 
  • Queensland Paediatric Network will withdraw from the early adopter rollout of the new Basic Training program at the end of the 2022 clinical year due to delays in development of the education platform, Tracc, and associated ongoing impacts to user experience. Impacted trainees will transition to the PREP Basic Training program for 2023.

We gratefully acknowledge the time and effort of all network staff involved in the rollout at the following withdrawn settings:

  • Albury Wodonga Health
  • Ballarat Hospital
  • Bundaberg Hospital
  • Caboolture Hospital
  • Footscray Hospital
  • Gold Coast University Hospital
  • Logan Hospital
  • Rockhampton Hospital
  • Sunshine Hospital
  • Sunshine Coast University Hospital Queensland Children’s Hospital
  • The Royal Darwin Hospital
  • Townsville University Hospital
  • Williamstown Hospital

The Basic Training program handbooks for early adopter trainees can be accessed on the learning resources platform. Please note the requirements outlined in these handbooks only impact trainees at the above listed settings.

We'll share progress updates and new program evaluation when available. Members will continue to be consulted to ensure the best outcomes for trainees and workplace training.

Tracc

TRACC

The new Basic Training programs are supported by a new online system called Tracc, which can be accessed by all registered participants in the new Basic Training program. Contact us if you believe you should have access Tracc.

Tracc houses a number of new assessment tools for the new Basic Training programs.

Trainees may complete assessment tools in Tracc or via electronic form as outlined in the table below.

Phase of training

Electronic Form

Tracc (Electronic form optional)

Foundation

nil

  • Phase Learning Plan
  • Rotation Learning Plan
  • Rotation Progress Report
  • Mid-Phase Progress Report
  • Learning Capture
  • Observation Capture

Consolidation and completion

  • Phase Learning Plan
  • Rotation Learning Plan
  • Rotation Progress Report
  • Mid-Phase Progress Report
  • Learning Capture
  • Observation Capture

Electronic assessment forms:

Phase Learning Plan (DOC)
Rotation Learning Plan (DOC)
Learning Capture (DOC)
Observation Capture (DOC)
Rotation Progress Report (DOC)
Phase Progress Report (DOC)

If your setting has not elected to use electronic forms, please use Tracc to complete your assessments.

 

Register for training

New Basic Trainees at early adopter settings must complete their registration online, in line with registration open dates:

  • 1 December to 28 February, if registering during the annual intake
  • Mid-June to 31 August, if registering during the mid-year intake

Completed registrations will be assessed against the eligibility criteria for endorsement from the relevant Director of Physician/Paediatric Education.

Apply online


New program training sessions

The College will be running training sessions on the new Basic Training program assessment tools for early adopter stakeholders throughout 2023.

Each session will focus on how to use one of the new assessment tools using Tracc or an electronic assessment form. The sessions will include:

  • New Basic Training program curricula standards
  • Overview of assessment tool
  • Demonstration of assessment tool on Tracc and/or electronic assessment form

Session topic and times for 2023

The sessions are drop-in and will run for approximately 15 minutes. You're not required to RSVP.

Meeting ID

Passcode

Meeting URL

926 0273 7089 665204 https://racp.zoom.us/j/92602737089

February

All times are AEDT.

14 | Tuesday
Session Time
Learning Captures 9.30am to 9.45am
Progression 10.45am to 11.00am
Observation Captures 11.30am to 11.45am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 1.00pm to 1.15pm
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 2.15pm to 2.30pm
21 | Tuesday
Session Time
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 10.15am to 10.30am
Observation Captures 10.30am to 10.45am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 11.00am to 11.15am
Progression 2.00pm to 2.15pm
Learning Captures 2.45pm to 3.00pm
27 | Monday
Session Time
Observation Captures 9.45am to 10.00am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 10:30 to 10:45am
Learning Captures 11.00am to 11.15am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 1.00pm to 1.15pm
Progression 1.45pm to 2.00pm

 

16 | Thursday
Session Time
Learning Captures 9.30am to 9.45am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 10.30am to 10.45am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 11.30am to 11.45am
Progression 2.00pm to 2.15pm
Observation Captures 2.30pm to 2.45pm
24 | Friday
Session Time
Progression 10.00am to 10.15am
Learning Captures 10.45am to 11.00am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 11.30am to 11.45am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 2.15pm to 2.30pm
Observation Captures 3.00pm to 3.15pm

March

All times are AEDT.

2 | Thursday
Session Time
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 10.15am to 10.30am
Observation Captures 10.30am to 10.45am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 11.00am to 11.15am
Progression 12.00pm to 12:15pm 
Learning Captures 2.45pm to 3.00pm
10 | Friday
Session Time
Observation Captures 9.30am to 9.45am
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 10.45am to 11.00am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 11.15am to 11.30am
Learning Captures 1.15pm to 1.30pm
Progression 2.00pm to 2.15pm
16 | Thursday
Session Time
Observation Captures 9:45am to 10.00am
Progression 10.30am to 10.45am
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 11.30am to 11.45am
Learning Captures 1.15pm to 1.30pm
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 2.30pm to 2.45pm

 

7 | Tuesday 
Session Time
Learning Captures 10:45am to 11.00am
Progression  11.30am to 11.45am 
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 1.45pm to 2.00pm
Observation Captures 2.30pm to 2.45pm
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 3.00pm to 3.15pm
13 | Monday
Session Time
Learning Captures 10.15am to 10.30am
Observation Captures 12.45pm to 1.00pm
Rotation Learning Plan and Rotation Progress Report 1.30pm to 1.45pm
Phase Learning Plan and Phase Progress Report 2:15pm to 2:30pm
Progression 3.00pm to 3.15pm

Opportunity to provide feedback

To provide feedback on your experience in the new program email evaluation@racp.edu.au with your name and training details (role or year of training, division and setting). We will contact you to gather your feedback as soon as possible.

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