Blog: What is the Prevocational Supervision Training Package?

The Australian Medical Council’s (AMC) revised National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training (NFPMT) will strengthen current supervision standards and emphasise observation, assessment, and feedback with the goal of continuous development for prevocational doctors.

As these standards are implemented from 2024, mandatory training for Victorian prevocational supervisors will be introduced through PMCV’s Prevocational Supervision Training Package. This training is designed to be easily understood and will need to be completed within three years of implementation of the NFPMT.

The package aims to support prevocational supervisors in understanding and fulfilling their role under the revised framework providing them with targeted learning relevant to how they will be supporting and teaching prevocational doctors at their health service.

There will be a total of seven videos released as part of this training package that will cover the following topics:

• Understanding the Framework
• The Role of the Term Supervisor
• Clinical Supervision
• Beginning of Term Discussion
• Term Assessments
• Feedback
• Entrustable Professional Activities – Created by the AMC (Coming Soon)

We will provide further information about what is included in each video in an upcoming blog. 

There are many prevocational supervisor roles that will be more valuable than ever under the revised National Framework. It is important to identify your role and be aware of what training you need to complete. The PMCV Accreditation Committee and the National Framework Steering Committee have endorsed the mandate of the following videos for each role in Victoria.

Prevocational Term Supervisor:

If you are responsible for the training and assessment of prevocational doctors for the entire term duration, you will need to watch the following videos:

• Understanding the National Framework
• The Role of the Term Supervisor
• AMC’s Entrustable Professional Activities

New Prevocational Term Supervisor:

If you are a new Term Supervisor and you have not completed relevant training at a specialty college, you will need to watch the mandatory Term Supervisor videos. It is also suggested that you view the following videos:

• Beginning of Term Discussions
• Term Assessments
• Feedback

Primary or Day-to-Day Clinical Supervisor:

If you work alongside and supervise prevocational doctors on a daily basis it is likely that you are a Primary Clinical or Day-to-Day Clinical Supervisor. You will need to watch the following videos:

• Understanding the Framework
• Clinical Supervision
• AMC’s Entrustable Professional Activities

Directors of Clinical Training or Supervisors of Intern Training:

If you follow the progress of prevocational doctors across the year as a Director of Clinical Training or Supervisor of Intern Training in a Victorian health service, then it is suggested that you participate in the training program by watching the following videos:

• Understanding the Framework
• AMC’s Entrustable Professional Activities

Each training video will be available to access virtually through your health service’s Learning Management System (LMS) or face-to-face via your health service’s Medical Education Unit.

If you are unsure as to what training you need to undertake, we encourage you to reach out to your health service’s Medical Education Unit or visit our NFPMT webpage for more information.