Medical Education Officers provide crucial educational support to both prevocational supervisors and doctors throughout their training.

PMCV’s guide for MEOs can be found here:

Supporting Prevocational Supervision

Supervision roles within prevocational medical training that MEOs may provide support to include DCTs, Term Supervisors and Clinical Supervisors.

Directors of Clinical Training (DCT)/Supervisors of Training (SiT)

Term Supervisors

Clinical Supervisors

Additional Resources

In addition resources for supervisors which can be accessed above, MEOs may find the following resources useful in supporting prevocational medical training.

PMCV’s Guidelines for Effective Resourcing of Medical Education Units

Term Description template and guide

AMC’s Guide to Prevocational Training in Australia for Supervisors

AMC’s Guide to Prevocational Training in Australia for PGY1 and PGY2 Doctors

Improving Performance

If a concern about a trainee’s progress is raised by a Term Supervisor they are advised to refer to the local escalation pathways and resources, and seek the support of the DCT and Medical Education Unit. The DCT may require your assistance to provide structure, and follow up with the trainee throughout the year using tools such as performance improvement plans.

If a matter relates to Cultural safety, or Indigenous Health, then consider partnering with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health professionals to support the performance improvement. Your health service may have specific units or individuals dedicated to this purpose, and if not, consider how you may advocate for them to do so.

The following resources will support MEOs in improving performance of prevocational doctors:

PMCV’s Guidelines for Improving Performance

AMC’s Improving Performance Action Plan (IPAP) template

MEO Network

PMCV has established a community of practice accessible to all MEOs, Medical Education Managers and MEU staff across Victoria.

To express interest in joining:

Cultural Safety

All health professionals role-model cultural safety in practice. It is your role to continually improve your understanding of cultural safety, to engage the skills and expertise of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health professionals in your work, and to seek professional development opportunities related to cultural safety. Your workplace may have an Aboriginal Health Unit or Aboriginal Liaison Services.

If not, you can consult: