FSP supervisor and training site newsletter

In this issue

• Encourage your registrar to prioritise their wellbeing
• Registrar handbook refresh
• Supervisor on leave process
• Reminder | Update to Key Feature Problem exam format
• Consolidation phase announcements

Encourage your registrar to prioritise their wellbeing

All registrars should be encouraged to have their own GP, outside of the clinic where they work, for independent objective medical care.

If you are located in an isolated area, telehealth is an excellent option. Help your registrars find telehealth-capable GPs through the Doctors Health Line (1800 006 888).

If you are aware your registrar is struggling with a wellbeing issue, please reach out to their Program Officer or Medical Educator. They can support you and link your registrar into wellbeing supports offered by the RACGP.

Finally, if you are struggling, we strongly encourage you to also seek support. In addition to the Doctors Health Line, all RACGP members can access the GP Support Program. This is free and confidential counselling service. Appointments can be made by calling 1300 361 008.

Prioritising wellbeing is important and will set you and your registrar up for a healthier and more sustainable career in General Practice. 

Registrar handbook refresh

The FSP Registrar handbook was recently updated.

Changes include: 

• terminology updates such as post-education to consolidation and learners individualised focused training to focused learning intervention.
• refinement in processes relating to recognition of prior learning, supervisor leave cover and changing training sites.
• further information added regarding program requirements such as practice diversity, and term adjustments.

Supervisor on leave process

If you (the supervisor) intend to take leave for less than two weeks, your registrar can ask another GP who meets the supervisor eligibility criteria (as per the Training site and supervisor handbook) to supervise them.

As part of the EASL pack, you should have filled out the supervisor leave arrangement form (pages 18-20) which will assist your registrar if you are on leave for less than two weeks. If you haven’t completed this form, we recommend doing so.

If you (the supervisor) intend to take more than two weeks leave, you will need to find alternative supervision for your registrar for this period. You’ll be required to submit a change in circumstance (CIC) request. Please allow sufficient time (12 weeks) for this request to be processed to ensure it doesn’t affect your registrars training time or have a flow-on effect to their exam eligibility. 

Reminder | Update to Key Feature Problem exam format

Just in case you’re not aware, from 2025.2 the Key Feature Problem (KFP) exam format has been updated to remove handwritten responses.

To support candidates with the updated format, a full suite of resources is available on the KFP webpage. Feel free to share this with your registrar if they’re not aware. 

Consolidation phase announcements

• Results for the 2025.1 AKT were published earlier this week, Tuesday 11 March 2025. 
• Results for the 2025.1 KFP are scheduled to publish on Monday 31 March 2025. 
• Enrolments for the 2025.1 Clinical Competency exam are currently open and will close on Wednesday 2 April 2025. 
• Enrolments for the 2025.2 AKT and KFP will open at 9.00am AEDT Friday 4 April 2025 and close 11.59pm AEST Thursday 1 May 2025. 

Please keep in mind that requests for late enrolment will no longer be accepted outside of the enrolment period. Special arrangement applications are also required by the close of enrolments.

Another thing to keep in mind for those that have a registrar in the consolidation phase is that if your registrar would like to change training site/s and/or supervisor, the registrar must submit a change in circumstance request, and the new training site and/supervisor must already be accredited to train FSP registrars.