Developed for Overseas Trained Physicians (OTP), with a focus on the Australian health care environment, this resource has been designed to prepare you for practice in Australia.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the Australian healthcare setting including the range of legislative requirements for practice and prescription of pharmaceuticals.
- Have an awareness of the broader context of health, including national health priorities and immunisation policies and practice.
- Understand the principles of quality and safety.
- Describe the importance of ethical decision making.
- Use a range of communication skills in both multi-disciplinary and patient settings.
- Describe the role of teaching in the clinical setting.
- Understand the importance of physician self care.
- Have an awareness of the multicultural nature of Australian society.
| Author: | OTP Committee OTP Assessment Subcommittee, Adult Medicine & Chapters OTP Assessment Subcommittee,Paediatrics & Faculties New Zealand OTP Assessment Committee |
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| Peer Reviewers: | Dr Bindu Bali A/Prof Jermaine Coward Dr Pravin Shetty Dr Claudia Whyte Dr Thalwattegedera Chamila Chandrawanshi Dabare |
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| Version: | 3 | ||
| Release date: | December, 2017 | Revised date: | N/A |
