ABSTRACT
The Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils launched the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors in October 2006. The curriculum framework: balances the major areas of clinical management, communication and professionalism, and highlights the importance of an integrated approach to prevocational learning and teaching; supports practice-based, opportunistic and continuous learning, and specifies performance and supervision requirements for junior doctors; and has been published in both Internet and printable versions, to make the document accessible and easily usable by junior doctors and supervisors. The implementation of the curriculum framework will be overseen by a steering group that includes representatives from key stakeholder groups, including junior doctors and medical students.
Subject(s)
Medical Staff, Hospital/education , Australia , Career Choice , Curriculum , Forecasting , Humans , Internet , Learning , TeachingABSTRACT
The workplace remains the most important learning environment for junior doctors in their postgraduate years. There is no national curriculum to guide the education of prevocational doctors. The apprenticeship model is under threat, and is not sustainable in the future without significant changes to the system. Supervision is crucial for junior doctors' learning and for safe, quality patient care.
